January 1903

[January 1], 1903 (Thursday)

• King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Emperor of India, a title first established during the reign of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• Konstantin Tsiolkovski's article, Explorations of outer space with the help of reaction apparatuses, is published, describing his Basic Rocket Equation.
• In the United States, Syracuse Athletic Club defeats Orange Athletic Club 36–0 at Madison Square Garden, to win the 1902–03 World Series of Football.

  [January 2], 1903 (Friday)

• Born: Kane Tanaka, oldest living person in the world

  [January 3], 1903 (Saturday)

• The Norwegian ship Remittant is towed into quarantine in Queenstown, Ireland, as a result of an outbreak of beriberi among the crew.
• Died: Alois Hitler, 65, Austrian civil servant, father of Adolf Hitler

  [January 4], 1903 (Sunday)

• Died: Alexandr Aksakov, 70, Russian writer

  [January 5], 1903 (Monday)

• Died: Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, 77, Spanish politician, former Prime Minister

  [January 6], 1903 (Tuesday)

• Born: Maurice Abravanel, Greek conductor, in Thessaloniki

  January 7, 1903 (Wednesday)

[January 8], 1903 (Thursday)

[January 9], 1903 (Friday)

• The Irish cargo ship SS Palmas is last sighted whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, England, to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The vessel is never seen again and is presumed to have sunk in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 39 crew.

  [January 10], 1903 (Saturday)

• Born: Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, in Wakefield

  [January 11], 1903 (Sunday)

• Born: Alan Paton, South African author and anti-apartheid activist, in Pietermaritzburg

  [January 12], 1903 (Monday)

• Born: Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist, in Simsky Zavod
• Born: Andrew J. Transue, American Congressman and attorney died 1995

  January 13, 1903 (Tuesday)

[January 14], 1903 (Wednesday)

• The Hotel National, Moscow, designed by Alexander Ivanov and financed by The Varvarinskoe Joint-Stock Company of Householders, opens to customers.

  January 15, 1903 (Thursday)

[January 16], 1903 (Friday)

• Born: William Grover-Williams, French racing driver and war hero, in Montrouge

  January 17, 1903 (Saturday)

January 18, 1903 (Sunday)

[January 19], 1903 (Monday)

• The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England.

  [January 20], 1903 (Tuesday)

• In the New York election to the United States Senate, incumbent Republican Senator Thomas C. Platt is re-elected by the New York State Senate.

  [January 21], 1903 (Wednesday)

• The American tugboat Leyden founders in heavy fog in the Atlantic Ocean off Block Island, Rhode Island, while returning from Puerto Rico.
• Robert Reid is appointed to the Australian Senate for Victoria to replace the recently deceased Senator Sir Frederick Sargood.

  January 22, 1903 (Thursday)

• Born:Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist

  [January 23], 1903 (Friday)

• Born: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician, in Cucunubá or Manta

  January 24, 1903 (Saturday)

January 25, 1903 (Sunday)

January 26, 1903 (Monday)

[January 27], 1903 (Tuesday)

• Born: John Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, in Melbourne

  [January 28], 1903 (Wednesday)

• Esmond Train Wreck: Fourteen people lose their lives when the Crescent City Express, bound for Benson, Arizona, US, collides head-on with the Pacific Coast Express, bound for Tucson, Arizona. The accident was caused by a communication failure.
• Died:
• *Augusta Holmès, 55, French composer
• *Robert Planquette, 54, French composer

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[January 31], 1903 (Saturday)