April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Christening day June 7, 1903
The temperature on June 7, 1903 was between 9.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). Source: KNMI
January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of marriage February 2, 1927
The temperature on February 2, 1927 was between -0.6 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
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