1903

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1903 was the 32nd year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

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Clay model for Vulcan

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Russell Cunningham

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Dorothy Sebastian

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First National Bank Building

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In 1903, the first transatlantic radio broadcast was made between the U.S. and England. The teddy bear was introduced. The U.S. took possession of Guantanamo Bay. Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France. Pope Pius X was installed. Boston wins its first World Series title, beating Pittsburgh at their home park, Huntington Avenue Grounds. Panama gained recognition for its independence from Colombia. The Wright Brothers made their first successful flight. The first box of Crayola crayons was sold. The Curies won the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Novels published in 1902 included The Riddle of the Sands by Robert Erskine Childers, The Ambassadors by Henry James, and The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Non-fiction included The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois and Principia Ethica by G. E. Moore.

Popular music published in 1902 included "Anona" by Vivian Grey, "Melody Of Love" by H. Engelmann, and "Sweet Adeline" by Richard H. Gerard and Henry W. Armstrong.

Notable births in 1903 included author Anaïs Nin, pediatrician Benjamin Spock, entertainer Bing Crosby, comedian Bob Hope, singer and actress Jeanette MacDonald, baseball player Lou Gehrig, bank robber John Dillinger, author George Orwell, archaeologist Louis Leakey, broadcaster Arthur Godfrey, stooge Jerome "Curly Howard" Horwitz, photographer Walker Evans, and mathematician John von Neumann. Notable deaths included painters Paul Gauguin and James McNeill Whistler, Pope Leo XIII, and frontierswoman Calamity Jane.

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