April 1903

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April 30, 1903: The town of Frank, North-West Territories, the day after the Frank Slide

The following events occurred in April 1903:

April 1, 1903 (Wednesday)

  • The Midwives Act 1902 came into effect in the UK, requiring midwives to be certified and penalizing any woman practising midwifery without certification.[1]
  • Died: Elliott Zborowski (born William Elliott Morris Zborowski), American racing driver, race crash (b. 1856)[2][3]

April 2, 1903 (Thursday)

  • Composer Pietro Mascagni left New York City after completing a tour of the United States.[4]

April 3, 1903 (Friday)

  • Born:
    • Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian social reformer and freedom fighter, in Mangalore (died 1988)[5]
    • Peter Huchel, German poet, in Lichterfelde, under the name Hellmut Huchel (died 1981)[6]

April 4, 1903 (Saturday)

  • In the UK, the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway and the Wrexham and District Electric Tramways both became operational.[7]
  • Democrat John Nelson Hinkle was defeated by Republican Robert H. Jeffrey in the election for Mayor of Columbus, Ohio.[8]
  • Scotland defeated England in the final match of the British Home Championship football tournament, resulting in a three-way tie for first place in the competition.[9]

April 5, 1903 (Sunday)

  • French composer Gabriel Fauré was invested as an officer of the Légion d'honneur.[10]

April 6, 1903 (Monday)

April 7, 1903 (Tuesday)

  • Died: George Chapman, 37, Polish-born serial killer known as "The Borough Poisoner", executedby hanging at Wandsworth Prison, London, UK[11]

April 8, 1903 (Wednesday)

  • At the Camborne by-election in the UK, caused by the death of sitting Liberal MP William Sproston Caine, 74-year-old Wilfrid Lawson retained the seat for the Liberals.[12]
  • 1903 Copa del Rey Final: Athletic Bilbao defeated Madrid CF 3-2 at the Estadio del Hipódromo in Madrid, to win Spain's football cup.[13]

April 9, 1903 (Thursday)

  • William Propsting became Premier of Tasmania.[14]
  • Three men were killed when a 12-inch (305 mm) gun in the forward turret of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-4) shattered during firing practice.[15]

April 10, 1903 (Friday)

  • US tycoon Joseph Pulitzer donated $2 million to Columbia University, to found a school of journalism, also making allowance for literary prizes.[16]

April 11, 1903 (Saturday)

  • Hippolyte Aucouturier won the 8th Paris–Roubaix cycle race.[17]
  • Died: Gemma Galgani, 25, Italian mystic and Catholic saint (tuberculosis)[18]

April 12, 1903 (Sunday)

  • A partial lunar eclipse took place.
  • Born: Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and Nobel laureate, in The Hague (died 1994)

April 13, 1903 (Monday)

  • Died: Moritz Lazarus, 78, German philosopher

April 14, 1903 (Tuesday)

  • Aberdeen Football Club was founded, in Scotland.[19]
  • Two workers were killed and two injured by a delayed explosion of dynamite during construction of the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[20]

April 15, 1903 (Wednesday)

April 16, 1903 (Thursday)

April 17, 1903 (Friday)

April 18, 1903 (Saturday)

  • In the UK, the 1903 FA Cup Final was won by Bury F.C., who defeated Derby County F.C. 6-0 at Crystal Palace.[21]

April 19, 1903 (Sunday)

  • The first of the Kishinev pogroms took place in Kishinev, capital of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire. At least 47 Jews were killed and a further 92 were seriously injured during two days of rioting, led by priests and encouraged by the press.[22]
  • Born: Eliot Ness, US law enforcement agent, in Chicago (died 1957, heart attack)[23]

April 20, 1903 (Monday)

  • John Aitken was elected unopposed as Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand.[24]

April 21, 1903 (Tuesday)

  • The Norwegian steamer Freia was wrecked near Scharhörn during a passage from Kristiania to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.[25]

April 22, 1903 (Wednesday)

  • The New York Stock Exchange opened its new building in Broad Street, New York City, United States.[26]

April 23, 1903 (Thursday)

  • The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Charles Thomson Ritchie, announced the repeal of Corn Duty, to come into force on 1 July 1903.[27]

April 24, 1903 (Friday)

  • Born: José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician, in Madrid (died 1936)

April 25, 1903 (Saturday)

  • In the UK, the final of the rugby league Challenge Cup took place at Headingley Stadium in Leeds, and was won by Halifax, who defeated Salford 7-0.[28]
  • Born: Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician, in Tambov (died 1987)

April 26, 1903 (Sunday)

  • The Spanish football club Atlético Madrid was officially founded.[29]
  • The first round of voting took place in the Spanish general election.[30]
  • The 12th season of league football in Argentina began, with six teams competing.[31]

April 27, 1903 (Monday)

  • The Jamaica Race Course opened in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, United States. The Excelsior Handicap was run for the first time as part of the opening celebrations.[32]

April 28, 1903 (Tuesday)

  • 1903 Manzikert earthquake: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck Manzikert in eastern Turkey. Approximately 3,500 people and 20,000 animals were killed.[33]

April 29, 1903 (Wednesday)

  • Frank Slide: The mining town of Frank, North-West Territories, Canada, was devastated by a rockslide caused by limestone breaking off the summit of Turtle Mountain. About 70–90 people were killed, mostly buried alive.[34]

April 30, 1903 (Thursday)

References

  1. ^ The Public General Acts Passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh. London: printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1902.
  2. ^ H. H. (11 April 1903). "Zum Tode des Grafen Zborowski" [On the Death of Count Zborowski.]. Automobilismus. Sport & Salon (in German). pp. 10–11. Retrieved 20 November 2021 – via ANNO.
  3. ^ "Count Eliot Zborowski 23/6/1856 - 1/4/1903". HistoricRacing. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ Mallach, Alan (2002). Pietro Mascagni and His Operas. UPNE. pp. 159–. ISBN 978-1-55553-524-7 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya". Open University. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  6. ^ Carol Ann Costabile-Heming. "Peter Huchel 1903-1981" (PDF). UNT Digital Library. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  7. ^ The Golden Age of Tramways. Taylor and Francis.
  8. ^ "Columbus; Campaign Ends in Cleveland". The San Francisco Call. San Francisco, California. April 5, 1903. p. 25. Retrieved 10 November 2013 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  9. ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
  10. ^ "Fauré Gabriel Urbain". musicologie.org. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  11. ^ Sugden, P. (2002). The Complete History of Jack the Ripper. Carroll & Graf. p. 447. ISBN 9780786709328.
  12. ^ West Cumberland Times, 20 May 1903
  13. ^ "Linguasport - Spanish Cup (F)". Archived from the original on April 27, 2013.
  14. ^ "Parliamentary library profile". Archived from the original on 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  15. ^ "Casualties: US Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Injured in Selected Accidents and Other Incidents Not Directly the Result of Enemy Action". Naval History and Heritage Command. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Report to the Executors and Trustees of the Estate of Joseph Pulitzer..." (PDF). 1915. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  17. ^ "8th Paris – Roubaix, 1903". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  18. ^ Germanus, Venerable Father (2000). The Life of St. Gemma Galgani. Illinois: Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0895556691.
  19. ^ Stirling, Kevin. "Aberdeen v Dundee". Aberdeen Football Club. Archived from the original on 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  20. ^ "Mount Washington Transit Tunnel". brooklineconnection.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  21. ^ "The Emirates FA Cup, Past Results". The FA. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  22. ^ Public Domain Rosenthal, Herman; Rosenthal, Max (1901–1906). "Kishinef (Kishinev)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
  23. ^ "Eliot Ness - Ohio History Central". www.ohiohistorycentral.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Mayoral Election". Free Lance. Vol. III, no. 147. 25 April 1903. p. 22. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  25. ^ "SV Freia (+1903)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  26. ^ Craven, Jackie (9 August 2016). "Architecture of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Building in NYC". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  27. ^ "The British Budget". The Adelaide Advertiser. 25 April 1903. Retrieved 14 March 2017 – via Trove.
  28. ^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995–1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  29. ^ "Atletico Madrid Club History". AtleticoFans. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  30. ^ "Real decreto declarando disueltos el Congreso de los Diputados y la parte electiva del Senado, de 26 de marzo de 1903" [Royal decree declaring dissolved the Congress of Deputies and the elective part of the Senate, of 26 March 1903] (PDF) (in Spanish). boe.es. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  31. ^ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo. "Argentina 1903". RSSSF.com.
  32. ^ "New Track Opens To-day". The New York Times. April 27, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
  33. ^ Ambraseys, N. (2001), "Reassessment of earthquakes, 1900–1999, in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East" (PDF), Geophysical Journal International, 145 (2): 471–485, Bibcode:2001GeoJI.145..471A, doi:10.1046/j.0956-540x.2001.01396.x
  34. ^ "Landslides". Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
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