1903 Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Panama Country Formation Date 1903 Panama Colombia November 3, 1903

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Airplane 1903 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Wilbur Orville Wright
Wax Crayons 1903 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Edwin Binney, C. Harold Smith
Electrocardiogram 1903 The Netherlands Europe Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Willem Einthoven
Coat Hanger 1903 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Albert J. Parkhouse

Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners

Record Name Year Winning Team Winning Coach Losing Team Losing Coach Sport City Note
1903 Stanley Cup Winner 1903 Ottawa Silver SevenMontreal AAA A.T. Smith (manager)Clare McKerrow Rat Portage ThistlesMontreal VictoriasWinnipeg Victorias Hockey Ottawa

Database: List of Prince-Bishops of Trent

Record Name Historic Region Modern Region Name Period Start Period End Source
Eugenio Carlo Valussi (24 April 1886 - 11 October 1903) Holy Roman Empire Italy Eugenio Carlo Valussi 24 April 1886 11 October 1903 Wikipedia

Database: World Land Speed Record Holders

Record Name Year Date Car Driver Speed (MPG) Speed (KPH) Source
Gobron-Brillie 1903 Jul 17 Gobron-Brillie Arthur Duray 83.47 133.55 Thrust Team
Gobron-Brillie 1903 Nov 5 Gobron-Brillie Arthur Duray 84.73 135.57 Thrust Team

Database: Catholic Pope History

Record Name Birthplace Burial Origin Religion Number Pontiff Time Periord Years Birthdate Death Date
Pope 256 Leo XIII Near Anagni San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome Near Anagni Catholic 256 Leo XIII 1878-1903 25 3/2/1810 7/20/1903
Pope 257 St. Pius X Riese, Italy St. Peter's Basilica Italy Catholic 257 St. Pius X 1903-1914 11 6/2/1835 8/20/1914

Database: Tour de France Winners

Record Name Year Winning Country Sport Tour Winning Name
Maurice Garin Tour 1 1903 France Cycling 1 Maurice Garin

Database: Tallest Churches in the World

Record Name Year Complete City Country Church Height (Meters) Height (Feet) Source
Westminster Cathedral 1903 London England Westminster Cathedral 86.8 m 284 ft Wikipedia

Database: List of longest suspension bridge spans

Record Name Year Constructed Country Bridge Location Length (Meters) Length (Feet) Note Source
Williamsburg Bridge (The largest from 1903 until 1924) 1903 United States Williamsburg Bridge (The largest from 1903 until 1924) New York, NY, USA 488 1,600 Wikipedia
Brooklyn Bridge (The largest from 1883 until 1903.) 1883 United States Brooklyn Bridge (The largest from 1883 until 1903.) New York, NY, USA 486 1,596 Wikipedia

Database: Baseball World Series Winners

Record Name Year Winning Team Losing Team Winning City Losing City Sport Score
World Series 1903 1903 Boston Pilgrims Pittsburgh Pirates Boston Pittsburgh Baseball 5 - 3

Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners

Record Name Year Sport Winner Loser Score
1903 Wimbledon Mens Result 1903 Tennis Laurie Doherty Frank Riseley 75 63 60

Database: Top Supercomputers of the world

Record Name Year Country Manufacturer Source Site Processors Rmax (GFlops) Rpeak (GFlops)
BladeCenter JS21 Cluster, PPC 970, 2.3 GHz, Myrinet 2007 United Kingdom IBM Top 500 Supercomputer Sites (June 2007) University of Reading 3040 19039.5 27968

Database: United States Average Annual Temperature

Record Name Year Country Temperature Rank Source
Average Annual Temperature for 1903 1903 United States 51.46 deg F 5 National Climatic Data Center

Database: List of Secret Societies at Universities

Record Name Year Established University Member Limit Active or Honorary Name Source
Society of Innocents (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) 1903 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Senior Honorary Society of Innocents Wikipedia
Elihu (Yale University) 1903 Yale University Senior Class society Elihu Wikipedia

Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles

Record Name City State Country Season Total Rainfall (inches) Inches above or below average Source
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1903-1904 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1903-1904 8.72 -6.41 National Weather Service
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1902-1903 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1902-1903 19.32 +4.19 National Weather Service

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