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| 1903 |
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A
Russian scientist, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935),
in 1903 published a paper on rocket space travel using liquid
propellants. |
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| January 1st |
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King Edward VII of Great Britain and the United Kingdom was
proclaimed the Emperor of India. |
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| January 3rd |
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Austrian civil servant Alois Hitler died. He was the father
of Adolf Hitler, the future leader of the Nazi Party and the
Third Reich. |
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| January 6th |
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Albert
Einstein married the Serbian mathematician Mileva Maric. He
and Mileva had an illegitimate daughter Lieserl, who was born
in January 1902. |
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| February
23rd |
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Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay, south of the island, to the United
States of America "in perpetuity". The naval base
and camps at Guantanamo Bay would later become infamous. |
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| March 14th |
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The United States was granted the right to build the Panama
Canal, when the Hay-Herran Treaty was ratified by the United
States Senate. |
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| April 19th |
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American treasury agent Eliot Ness was born in Chicago. Ness
was famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago,
as the leader of the legendary 'The Untouchables', and nemesis
of gangster Al Capone. |
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| June 25th |
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The English author George Orwell (real name Eric Arthur Blair)
was born in Motihari, Bihar, India. Orwell would later write
such classics as 'Animal Farm' and '1984'. |
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| July 1st |
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Maurice
Garin won the first cycling race the Tour de France. The race
ran from the 1st of July to the 19th July. |
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| July 20th |
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Pope Leo XIII died in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, Rome. |
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| July 23rd |
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In Chicago, Illinois, a Dr. Ernst Pfenning became the first
person to own a Ford Model A car. |
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| August 4th |
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Pope Pius X was elected Pope at the Vatican in Rome, and replaced
Pope Leo XIII as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. |
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| September
24th |
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The Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Barton stepped down
and was succeded to the office by Alfred Deakin. |
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| November
3rd |
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Encouraged by the United States, Panama split away from Colombia
and proclaims itself independent. |
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| November
6th |
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The United States of America recognised Panama's independence,
which isolated Columbia and opened the way for the Panama Canal.
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| November
17th |
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There was division within the Russian Social Democratic Labour
Party, and split into two groups, the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. |
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| November
18th |
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The United States and Panama signed the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty.
The act gave the Americans the exclusive rights over the Panama
Canal Zone. |
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| December
17th |
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The
Wright Brothers' successfully made the first manned powered
flight in the Kitty Hawk, in north Carolina. Orville Wright
flew 120ft in 12 seconds, and Wilbur flew 852ft in 59 seconds. |
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