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The following events occurred inAugust 1903:
- Polish CardinalJan Puzyna de Kosielskoissued a veto (jus exclusivae) against the nomination of the front runner, CardinalMariano Rampolla,in the name of EmperorFranz Josef I of Austria.The veto was refused, but Rampolla lost some of his support.
- Died:Calamity Jane(Martha Jane Canary), frontierswoman and professional scout, 51 (alcohol-related inflammation of the bowel and/or pneumonia)[1]
- Portuguese football ClubBoavista F.C.was formed on this day.[2]
- TheIlinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising,organized by theSecret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization,broke out in theOttomanprovinces ofMacedoniaandAdrianople.
- Pittencrieff ParkinDunfermline,Scotland, was gifted to the people of the town by Dunfermline nativeAndrew Carnegie.[3]
- The USschoonerTennie and Lauracapsized and sank inLake Michigan,9 nautical miles (17 km) offPort Washington, Wisconsin.One of the two crew members was killed.
- Göteborgs IFwon the final of Sweden's1903 Svenska Mästerskapetfootball tournament.[4]
- Born:
- Habib Bourguiba,Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia 1957–1987, in Monastir (d.2000)
- Fahri Korutürk,Turkish naval officer and politician, President of Turkey 1973–80, in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d.1987)
- After five rounds of voting by thepapal conclave,Pope Pius X(Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto) succeededPope Leo XIII,becoming the 257thpope.[5]
- Born:Helen Kane,US singer, in New York City (died 1966)
- Born:Prince Nicholas of Romania,second son of KingFerdinand I of Romaniaand his wifeQueen Marie,atPeleş Castle,Sinaia[6](died 1978)
- KingEdward VII of the United KingdomappointedHenry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote,as the nextGovernor-General of Australia,with effect fromJanuary 1904.[7]
- Police action forced the2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party,presided over byLenin,to relocate from Brussels, Belgium, to London, UK.[8]
- Thesecond tropical cyclone of the seasonwas observed east of theWindward Islands.
- Over 20 people died in a rear end crash between twocircus trainsinDurand, Michigan.Chief Special Agent Albert W. Large of theGrand Trunk RailroadPolice Department was killed, and another special agent was seriously injured in the crash, which was caused by failure of the second train'sair brakes.[9]
- Born:Louis Leakey,Kenyan paleoanthropologist and archaeologist, in Kabete,East Africa Protectorate(died 1972)
- The British government wrote to other parties involved in theBerlin Conferenceof 1884–5, with details of abuses and atrocities in theCongofor whichKing Leopold II of Belgiumwas deemed responsible.[10]
- During aPhiladelphia Phillieshome game atBaker Bowl,a balcony collapsed, killing four people and injuring many more.[11]The Phillies temporarily moved toColumbia Parkpending repairs.[12]
- At hiscoronation ceremony,Pope Pius Xshocked his entourage by wearing a simplepectoral crossmade of gilded metal, which he said was the only one he owned.[13]
- Thetropical stormobserved on August 6 struckMartinique,leaving thousands homeless inFort-de-Franceand surrounding villages. Eight people were killed.[14]
- Kerry GAAdefeatedCork GAAin the semi-final of theAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship - Munster divisionatMillstreet.
- Paris Métro train fire:After several attempts to extinguish a fire on the wooden-bodied Train 43–52, the flames got out of control and 84 people were killed, most atCouronnesstation.
- TheOseberg Ship,a 9th-centuryViking ship,was discovered in a largeburial moundat a farm nearTønsberg,Vestfold,Norway.[15]
- Two people were killed when an earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struckKythera,Greece.[16][17]
- AhurricanestruckJamaica,devastating the island's northern shore and wrecking several ships. Between 65 and 90 people were killed.[18]
- Charles Sullivan and John H. Powell shot and killed Special Policeman Robert A. Sample onFolsom StreetinSan Francisco,California.Sullivan would be convicted ofsecond-degree murderin December; Powell would be convicted ofmanslaughteron January 2, 1904.[19][20]
- Died:Eugenio María de Hostos,64, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher and campaigner[21]
- Thehurricanethat struck Jamaica on August 11 reached theCayman Islands,destroying 200 homes and seven churches onGrand Caymanalone.[22]
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- TheLand Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903was passed in theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom,encouraging landlords to sell their Irish estates to tenants.[23]
- The post ofCommanding General of the United States Armywas replaced by that ofChief of Staff of the Army;Samuel Baldwin Marks Youngwas the first to take the new title.
- Thehurricane that had already devastated Jamaicadissipated overSan Luis Potosí,Mexico, where it caused significant flooding in the area between Tampico andCárdenas.[24]
- TheGreat Western Railwaybecame the first British railway company to operate its ownroad motor serviceswhen it began runningbusesbetweenHelstonandThe LizardinCornwall.[25]
- German inventorKarl Jathogot his motorized heavier-than-air aircraft up to 200 feet (60 m) above the ground.[26]
- Born:James Gould Cozzens,US novelist, in Chicago (died 1978)
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- CaptainRobert Falcon Scott,on hisfirst Antarctic expedition,observed that the expedition's second long polar night had ended when he saw the sun's rim above the northern horizon.[27]
- Died:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury,73, three timePrime Minister of the United Kingdom
- The Australianscrew steamerNararacaught fire at her moorings atSackville, New South Wales,Australia,and wasscuttled.The ship would later be refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
- Laurence DohertydefeatedWilliam Clothier6–3, 6–2, 6–3 in the Final of theU.S. Men's National Singles Championship,which took place a day late because of rain the previous day.[28]
- Born:Graham Sutherland,English artist, inStreatham(died 1980)
- TheJudiciary Actwas passed in the Australian parliament, regulating the structure of Australia's judicial system and conferring jurisdiction on Australian federal courts.[29]
- Teresa Urrea's home inLos Angeles,United States, where she had been supporting Mexican workers, was destroyed by fire.[30]
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- Lord Northcote,Governor of Bombay, informedLord George Hamiltonthat he and his wife were leavingIndia.[31]
- A reception was held atPoona,India, for the outgoing Governor of Bombay, Lord Northcote, with an estimated 7,000 people in attendance.[31]
- George Ade's play,The County Chairman,was performed for the first time, at the Auditorium inSouth Bend, Indiana,United States.[32]
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- AtMount Vernon,workers began waterproofing thelimestonetomb ofGeorge Washingtonwith avulcanizingprocess.[33]
- Born:Arthur Godfrey,US broadcaster, in Manhattan (died 1983)
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- ^The Advertiser,10 August 1903, page 4
- ^Krupskaya,Reminiscences of Lenin
- ^"Chief Special Agent Albert W. Large, Grand Trunk Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police".The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.Retrieved7 January2022.
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- ^"Grand Stand Falls; 4 Killed, 125 Injured"(PDF).The New York Times.August 9, 1903.
- ^Macht, Norman L.;Mack, Connie III(2007).Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball.University of Nebraska Press.p. 316.ISBN978-0-8032-3263-1.RetrievedMay 22,2009– via Google Books.
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- ^"Centennial Earthquake Catalog".United States Geological Survey.August 11, 1903.RetrievedNovember 16,2015.[dead link]
- ^"Significant Earthquake GREECE: MITATA (KYTHERA)".National Geophysical Data Center.August 11, 1903.RetrievedNovember 16,2015.[dead link]
- ^"Ninety Lives Lost in Jamaica Storm".Los Angeles Herald-Express.Los Angeles.September 18, 1903.RetrievedMay 17,2016– viaCalifornia Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^"Guilty of Manslaughter".San Francisco Call.Vol. 95, no. 34. January 3, 1904. Page 2, column 1.RetrievedDecember 16,2021– viaCalifornia Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^"SAMPLE MURDER GETS INVOLVED Another Affidavit Is Filed to Corroborate Confession of the Slayer of Special Officer".San Francisco Call.Vol. 95, no. 55. January 24, 1904. Page 48, columns 2-3.RetrievedDecember 22,2021– via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
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- ^Partagas, Jose F. (1997).Year 1903(PDF).Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory(Report).Miami,Florida:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.pp. 48–52.RetrievedMay 17,2016.
- ^Miller, David W.:Church, State and Nation in Ireland 1898–1921Land for the People pp.77–94, Gill & Macmillan (1973)ISBN0-7171-0645-4
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- ^"ELEMENTS PLAY HAVOC WITH WASHINGTON RELICS Efforts Are Being Made to Preserve Tomb and Mansion at Mount Vernon".San Francisco Call.Vol. XCIV, no. 94. 2 September 1903. Page 1, column 3.Retrieved20 March2022– via California Digital Newspaper Collection.