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** [[Caecilia Loots]], Dutch teacher and [[Dutch resistance|resistance]] member, [[Righteous Among the Nations]]; in [[Haarlem]], Netherlands (d. [[1988]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://righteous.yadvashem.org/?searchType=righteous_only&language=en&itemId=4043351&ind=NaN |title=Loots Caecilia |work=The Righteous Among the Nations Database |publisher=[[Yad Vashem. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center]] |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref> |
** [[Caecilia Loots]], Dutch teacher and [[Dutch resistance|resistance]] member, [[Righteous Among the Nations]]; in [[Haarlem]], Netherlands (d. [[1988]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://righteous.yadvashem.org/?searchType=righteous_only&language=en&itemId=4043351&ind=NaN |title=Loots Caecilia |work=The Righteous Among the Nations Database |publisher=[[Yad Vashem. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center]] |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref> |
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** [[William Aloysius O'Connor]], American Roman Catholic prelate; in Chicago, Illinois (d. [[1983]], heart seizure)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/17/obituaries/bishop-william-o-connor-79-ex-leader-of-illinois-diocese.html |title=Bishop William O'Connor, 79; Ex-Leader of Illinois Diocese |journal=The New York Times |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |date=17 November 1983 |page=B13 |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/boconwa.html |title=Bishop William Aloysius O'Connor |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |date=18 November 2020 |publisher=David M. Cheney |access-date=1 December 2021}}{{Self-published source|date=December 2021}}</ref> |
** [[William Aloysius O'Connor]], American Roman Catholic prelate; in Chicago, Illinois (d. [[1983]], heart seizure)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/17/obituaries/bishop-william-o-connor-79-ex-leader-of-illinois-diocese.html |title=Bishop William O'Connor, 79; Ex-Leader of Illinois Diocese |journal=The New York Times |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |date=17 November 1983 |page=B13 |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/boconwa.html |title=Bishop William Aloysius O'Connor |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |date=18 November 2020 |publisher=David M. Cheney |access-date=1 December 2021}}{{Self-published source|date=December 2021}}</ref> |
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** [[Bogdan Suchodolski]], Polish philosopher and teacher (d. [[1992]])<ref>{{cite news |last=Grzegrzółka |first=Mirosław |title=PAMIĘCI PROF. BOGDANA SUCHODOLSKIEGO |trans-title=IN MEMORY OF PROF. BOGDAN SUCHODOLSKI |issue=8 |pages=43-44 |date=May 1997 |url=https://gazeta.us.edu.pl/node/199821 |
** [[Bogdan Suchodolski]], Polish philosopher and teacher (d. [[1992]])<ref>{{cite journal |last=Röhrs |first=Hermann |title=Obituary for an educational humanist: Bogdan Suchodolski, 1903–1992 |journal=[[International Review of Education]] |volume=39 |pages=333–336 |year=1993 |doi=10.1007/BF01102412 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01102412 |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Grzegrzółka |first=Mirosław |title=PAMIĘCI PROF. BOGDANA SUCHODOLSKIEGO |trans-title=IN MEMORY OF PROF. BOGDAN SUCHODOLSKI |issue=8 |pages=43-44 |date=May 1997 |journal=Gazeta Uniwersytecka UŚ |url=https://gazeta.us.edu.pl/node/199821 |language=pl |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref> |
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** [[Hermann Volk]], German Roman Catholic cardinal; in [[Steinheim, Westphalia]], German Empire (d. [[1988]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/02/obituaries/hermann-volk-cardinal-84.html |title=Hermann Volk, Cardinal, 84 |journal=The New York Times |agency=AP |date=2 July 1988 |page=30 |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref> |
** [[Hermann Volk]], German Roman Catholic cardinal; in [[Steinheim, Westphalia]], German Empire (d. [[1988]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/02/obituaries/hermann-volk-cardinal-84.html |title=Hermann Volk, Cardinal, 84 |journal=The New York Times |agency=AP |date=2 July 1988 |page=30 |access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref> |
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* '''Died:''' [[Lydia Hoyt Farmer]], American author and women's rights activist (b. [[1842]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beach |first1=Frederick Converse |author-link1=Frederick Converse Beach |last2=Rines |first2=George Edwin |author-link2=George Edwin Rines |title=The Americana: a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pYJRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT344 |year=1912 |publisher=[[Scientific American]] compiling department |page=344 |access-date=24 November 2021 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite dictionary |last1=Warner |first1=Charles Dudley |author-link1=Charles Dudley Warner |last2=Cunliffe |first2=John William |author-link2=John William Cunliffe |last3=Thorndike |first3=Ashley Horace |author-link3=Ashley Horace Thorndike |title=FARMER, MRS. LYDIA HOYT. |dictionary=The Reader's Dictionary of Authors |series=The Warner Library |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwkIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA217 |edition=Public domain |volume=28 |year=1917 |publisher=Warner Library Company |page=217 |access-date=24 November 2021 |via=Google Books}}</ref> |
* '''Died:''' [[Lydia Hoyt Farmer]], American author and women's rights activist (b. [[1842]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beach |first1=Frederick Converse |author-link1=Frederick Converse Beach |last2=Rines |first2=George Edwin |author-link2=George Edwin Rines |title=The Americana: a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pYJRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT344 |year=1912 |publisher=[[Scientific American]] compiling department |page=344 |access-date=24 November 2021 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite dictionary |last1=Warner |first1=Charles Dudley |author-link1=Charles Dudley Warner |last2=Cunliffe |first2=John William |author-link2=John William Cunliffe |last3=Thorndike |first3=Ashley Horace |author-link3=Ashley Horace Thorndike |title=FARMER, MRS. LYDIA HOYT. |dictionary=The Reader's Dictionary of Authors |series=The Warner Library |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwkIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA217 |edition=Public domain |volume=28 |year=1917 |publisher=Warner Library Company |page=217 |access-date=24 November 2021 |via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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The following events occurred in December 1903:
December 1, 1903 (Tuesday)
- Police Officer James M. McDade of the Chester, Pennsylvania City Police Department died of complications from a bullet wound he had sustained in the line of duty on February 19, 1885.[1]
- Born:
- Sherman Kent, American history professor and CIA intelligence analyst; in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)[2]
- Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet politician and economic planner; in Tula Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1950, executed by shooting)[3]
December 2, 1903 (Wednesday)
- Born: Jim Sullivan, Welsh rugby league player and coach; in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1977)[4]
- Died: Louis Abrahams, British-born Australian tobacconist and art patron, suicide by firearm (b. 1852)[5][6]
December 3, 1903 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Eva Gräfin Finck von Finckenstein (born Eva Schubring), German politician; in Berlin, Germany (d. 1994)[7]
- Sydney Goldstein, British mathematician; in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 1989)[8]
- Died: John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair KT, Scottish peer and politician (b. 1819)[9]
December 4, 1903 (Friday)
- Born:
- Lazar Lagin (born Lazar Iosifovich Ginzburg), Soviet and Russian writer of children's literature and science fiction; in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (d. 1979)[10]
- Frank Merrill, United States Army general; in Hopkinton, Massachusetts (d. 1955)[11]
- A. L. Rowse, English historian; in Tregonissey, St Austell, Cornwall (d. 1997)[12]
- Aaron Siskind, American photographer; in New York City (d. 1991)[13]
- Anna van der Vegt, Dutch Olympic champion gymnast; in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1983)[14]
- Walter Weiler, Swiss Olympic and professional footballer; in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 1945, heart attack)[15][16]
- Cornell Woolrich (born Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich), American author; in New York City (d. 1968, stroke)[17]
- Died: William McKendree Springer, United States Representative from Illinois, pneumonia (b. 1836)[18][19][20]
December 5, 1903 (Saturday)
- Antonio Maura took office as Prime Minister of Spain, succeeding Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde.[21]
- The Sherlock Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was published for the first time in the United States in Collier's. It was first published in the United Kingdom the same month in The Strand Magazine.[22]
- Born:
- María Luisa Escobar (born María Luisa González Gragirena), Venezuelan musicologist, pianist and composer; in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela (d. 1985)[23]
- Arnold Gingrich, American magazine editor and publisher; in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1976, cancer)[24]
- Johannes Heesters, Dutch singer and actor; in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. 2011, stroke)[25]
- Cyril Jackson, South African astronomer; in Ossett, Yorkshire, England (d. 1988)[26]
- C. F. Powell, British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics; in Tonbridge, Kent, England (d. 1969, heart attack)[27][28]
December 6, 1903 (Sunday)
- Patrolman Frank J. Redican of the New York City Police Department was killed trying to rescue people from a restaurant fire in Manhattan.[29][30]
- Deputy Sheriff Frank W. Milby of the Jackson County, Texas Sheriff's Office was killed by an accidental discharge of his pistol.[31][32]
- Born:
- Carlo Belli, Italian art critic, theorist and writer; in Rovereto, Italy (d. 1991)[33]
- Gaito Gazdanov, Russian writer; in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1971)[34]
- E. D. Jones, Librarian of the National Library of Wales; in Llangeitho, Ceredigion, Wales (d. 1987)[35]
- Mykola Kolessa, Ukrainian composer and conductor; in Sambir, Austria-Hungary (d. 2006)[36]
- Tony Lazzeri, American Major League Baseball second baseman; in San Francisco, California (d. 1946, fall)[37]
- Kathryn McGuire, American dancer and actress; in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1978)[38]
- Will Paynter, Welsh miners' leader; in Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales (d. 1984)[39][40]
December 7, 1903 (Monday)
- 27-year-old Horace Edgar Buckridge, a veteran of the Second Boer War and former member of the Discovery Expedition, died at sea aboard his yacht Kia Ora. Buckridge had intended to sail the yacht around the world from New Zealand to London, but sustained an injury aboard the yacht near the Chatham Islands. His sailing companion, Sowden, who had no prior sailing experience and had failed to help the injured Buckridge, would return to New Zealand alone.[41]
- The opera Muirgheis, composed by Thomas O'Brien Butler, received its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Dublin. It was the first opera with a libretto in the Irish language (written by Thadgh O'Donoghue).[42]
- U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt submitted his third Annual Message to the United States Congress. Concerning immigration to the United States, Roosevelt commented, "We can not have too much immigration of the right kind, and we should have none at all of the wrong kind." Discussing the problem of public corruption, Roosevelt wrote, "There can be no crime more serious than bribery. Other offenses violate one law while corruption strikes at the foundation of all law." Roosevelt described the October resolution of the Alaska boundary dispute as "satisfactory in every way." Roosevelt also stated, "I recommend that an appropriation be made for building light-houses in Hawaii, and taking possession of those already built. The Territory should be reimbursed for whatever amounts it has already expended for light-houses." In the final part of the address, Roosevelt discussed at length the November separation of Panama from Colombia and the importance of building a Panama Canal, stating, "At last the right to begin this great undertaking is made available. Panama has done her part. All that remains is for the American Congress to do its part, and forthwith this Republic will enter upon the execution of a project colossal in its size and of well-nigh incalculable possibilities for the good of this country and the nations of mankind."[43]
- Patrolman Benjamin F. Dowell of the Nashville City Police Department in Tennessee was shot and killed by Thomas D. Cox, a man he had previously arrested. The killer would be hanged for Dowell's murder on April 13, 1905.[31][44]
- Born:
- Danilo Blanuša, Croatian Yugoslav mathematician, physicist and engineer; in Osijek, Austria-Hungary (d. 1987)[45]
- Aleksandr Leipunskii, Polish-born Soviet physicist; in Dragli, Sokolsky District, Grondo Province, Russian Poland (d. 1972)[46]
- Brian Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon, British racing driver, baronet and peer; in Edmonton, Middlesex, England (d. 1978)[47]
- Shūzō Takiguchi, Japanese poet, art critic and artist; in Toyama Prefecture, Japan (d. 1979)[48]
- Alexander van Geen, Dutch Olympic modern pentathlete and Royal Netherlands Navy artillery officer; in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1942, killed in action at the Battle of the Java Sea)[49]
- Died: Arthur Milchhöfer, German archaeologist (b. 1852)[50]
December 8, 1903 (Tuesday)
- The Aerodrome A, a piloted aircraft designed by Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Samuel Langley, which had failed to fly on October 7, made its second unsuccessful test flight from a houseboat on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The aircraft, piloted by Langley's assistant, Charles M. Manly, collapsed on itself and plunged into the river after takeoff, briefly trapping Manly under the wreckage. Manly was unharmed, but this second failure ended Langley's research into heavier-than-air flight.[51]
- Born:
- Zelma Watson George (born Zelma Watson), American opera singer and philanthropist; in Hearne, Texas (d. 1994)[52]
- Louis-Marie Régis, Canadian philosopher and Dominican priest; in Hébertville, Quebec, Canada (d. 1988)[53]
- Zoltán Székely, Hungarian violinist and composer; in Kocs, Austria-Hungary (d. 2001)[54]
- Died: Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (b. 1820)[55]
December 9, 1903 (Wednesday)
- The Glasgow East End Industrial Exhibition opened in Duke Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It would run until April 9, 1904, attracting 908.897 visitors. The opening ceremony, led by Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, was followed by a choral concert given by the Royal Marines.[56]
- Patrolman Louis Weick of the Cleveland Division of Police in Ohio was shot and mortally wounded by a man he was attempting to arrest. Weick would die of his wounds the following day.[57]
- Born:
- Konrad Friedrich Bauer, German type designer; in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1970)[58]
- Angelo Dell'Acqua, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal; in Milan, Italy (d. 1972, heart attack)[59]
- Elisabeth Charlotte Gloeden (born Elisabeth Charlotte Kuznitzky), member of the German Resistance (d. 1944, executed by guillotine)[60]
- Adolf Maislinger, German politician, German Resistance member and survivor of Dachau concentration camp; in Munich, Germany (d. 1985)[61]
- Died: Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros C.O., Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1822)[62]
December 10, 1903 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Márton Bukovi, Hungarian footballer and manager; in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1985)[63]
- Emilio Giuseppe Dossena, Italian painter; in Cavenago d'Adda, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1987, leukemia)[64]
- Johannes Even, German politician; in Essen, Germany (d. 1964)[65]
- George J. Lewis, Mexican-born American actor; in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (d. 1995, stroke)[66]
- Una Merkel, American actress; in Covington, Kentucky (d. 1986)[67]
- Mary Norton (born Kathleen Mary Pearson), British children's author; in Highbury, London Borough of Islington, England (d. 1992, stroke)[68]
- Luis H. Salgado, Ecuadorian composer; in Cayambe, Ecuador (d. 1977)[69]
- Winthrop Sargeant, American music critic, violinist and translator; in San Francisco, California (d. 1986)[70]
- René Sylviano (a.k.a. Sylvère Caffot), French film score composer; in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines, France (d. 1993)[71]
- Died: Baron Arthur de Rothschild, French philatelist, heart failure (b. 1851)[72][73]
December 11, 1903 (Friday)
- Orville Wright returned from Dayton, Ohio, to the Wright brothers' camp near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with new steel propeller shafts for the Wright Flyer.[74]
- Born: Hans Bauer, German Olympic cross-country skier; in Bayrischzell, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1992)[75]
- Died:
- Martin Hattala, Slovak pedagogue (b. 1821)[76]
- Heinrich Tønnies, German-Danish photographer (b. 1825)[77]
December 12, 1903 (Saturday)
- British expedition to Tibet: Troops of the British Indian Army, commanded by Brigadier-General James Macdonald and accompanied by Colonel Francis Younghusband, crossed the pass of Jelep La and entered Tibet.[78]
- Born:
- Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer and pianist; in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1976, stroke)[citation needed]
- Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese film director; in Tokyo, Empire of Japan (d. 1963, throat cancer)[79]
December 13, 1903 (Sunday)
- Born:
- Ella Baker, American civil rights activist; in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1986)[80]
- Norman Foster (born Norman Foster Hoeffer), American actor, film director and screenwriter; in Richmond, Indiana (d. 1976)[81]
- Marie Mejzlíková, Czech track and field athlete; in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1994)[82]
- Carlos Montoya, Spanish flamenco guitarist; in Madrid, Spain (d. 1993)[83]
- Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo, Venezuelan politician, diplomat and lawyer; in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1979)[84]
- John Piper, English artist; in Epsom, Surrey, England (d. 1992)[85]
- José López Rubio, Spanish playwright, screenwriter and film director; in Motril, Province of Granada, Spain (d. 1996)[86]
- Died: Alexander McDonald, United States Senator from Arkansas (b. 1832)[87]
December 14, 1903 (Monday)
- In North Carolina, the Wright brothers made their first attempt at a powered flight with the Wright Flyer. Wilbur Wright won a coin toss to determine who would make the first flight, but the aircraft stalled and landed after climbing a few feet, sustaining slight damage.[74]
- Chief of Police William H. Ginter of the Blairsville, Pennsylvania Borough Police Department died of smallpox contracted in the line of duty while fumigating a house on November 18.[88]
- Born: Walter Rangeley, British Olympic sprinter; in Salford, Greater Manchester, England (d. 1982)[89]
December 15, 1903 (Tuesday)
- Italian American food cart vendor Italo Marchiony received a United States patent for inventing a machine to make ice cream cones.[90]
- Born:
- Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis; in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany (d. 1976)[91][92]
- Michele Orecchia, Italian Olympic and professional road bicycle racer; in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (d. 1981)[93]
- Yuli Raizman, Soviet Russian film director and screenwriter; in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1994)[94]
- Tamanishiki San'emon (born Nishinouchi Yasuki), Japanese sumo wrestler, 32nd yokozuna; in Kōchi, Japan (d. 1938 following appendectomy)[95]
December 16, 1903 (Wednesday)
- Australia held its 1903 federal election for seats in the House of Representatives and Senate,[96] the first in which women had the right to stand for Parliament.[97] Selina Anderson, Vida Goldstein, Nellie Martel and Mary Moore-Bentley became the first women in the British Empire to stand for a national parliament; none were successful.[98]
- The Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, opened its doors to guests.[99]
- Deputy Sheriff William Henry Rafford of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office in New York was shot and killed by a man on whom he was serving a civil court summons.[100]
- In North Carolina, the Wright brothers completed repairs of the Wright Flyer, readying it for another test.[74]
- Born:
- Hardie Albright (born Hardie Hunter Albrecht), American actor; in Charleroi, Pennsylvania (d. 1975, congestive heart failure)[101]
- Hans von Campenhausen, German-Baltic Protestant theologian; in Rosenbeck, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1989)[102]
- Roberto Lucifero d'Aprigliano, Italian lawyer, antifascist partisan and politician; in Rome, Italy (d. 1993)[103]
- Misao Tamai, Japanese footballer; in Hyōgo Prefecture, Empire of Japan (d. 1978)[104]
- Harold Whitlock (born Hector Harold Whitlock), British motor mechanic and Olympic champion racewalker; in Hendon, Greater London, England (d. 1985)[105]
- Died: Thomas Finney, Irish-born Australian businessman and politician (b. 1837)[106]
December 17, 1903 (Thursday)
- Orville Wright flew an aircraft with a petrol engine, the Wright Flyer, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the first documented and successful powered and controlled heavier-than-air flight, which lasted 12 seconds and covered a distance of 120 feet (37 m). The Wright brothers made three more flights, with Wilbur and Orville taking turns; the fourth flight, piloted by Wilbur, lasted 59 seconds and covered a distance of 852 feet (260 m). Before they could make a fifth flight, the aircraft was overturned by a gust of wind, destroying it.[74]
- Deputy Sheriff B. G. E. Daughtry of the Sampson County, North Carolina Sheriff's Office was shot and mortally wounded after volunteering to accompany a Deputy United States Marshal to serve a capias on Daughtry's closest neighbor, who had been charged with destroying mailboxes. After the lawmen entered the man's home, the suspect opened fire from his bed, shooting Daughtry in the abdomen and also wounding the deputy marshal. Daughtry would die of his wound on December 22.[107]
- Born:
- Erskine Caldwell, American author; in Coweta County, Georgia (d. 1987)[108]
- Ray Noble (born Stanley Raymond Noble), English jazz and big band musician; in Brighton, Sussex, England (d. 1978)[109]
- Roland de Vaux, French Dominican priest and archaeologist; in Paris, France (d. 1971)[110]
December 18, 1903 (Friday)
- Born:
December 19, 1903 (Saturday)
- The opera Siberia, composed by Umberto Giordano, received its world premiere at La Scala, Milan, Italy.[113]
- Born:
- Pauline Curley, American vaudeville and silent film actress; in Holyoke, Massachusetts (d. 2000)[114]
- C. D. Darlington, English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist; in Chorley, Lancashire, England (d. 1981)[115]
- François Perroux, French economist; in Saint-Romain-en-Gal, France (d. 1987)[116]
- George Davis Snell, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; in Bradford, Massachusetts (d. 1996)[117]
December 20, 1903 (Sunday)
- Police Officer James H. Watkins of the Cairo, Illinois Police Department was shot and killed by a man he had arrested for robbery. The suspect would never be apprehended.[118]
- Born:
- Georges Antenen, Swiss Olympic cyclist; in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (d. 1979)[119]
- Josef Dostál, Czech botanist, pteridologist and mountaineer; in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1999)[120]
- Adelbert Schulz, German Panzertruppe World War II general; in Berlin, Germany (d. 1944, killed in action)[121]
- Domingo Tarasconi, Argentine Olympic and professional footballer; in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1991)[122]
- Died: Kornél Ábrányi, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1822)[123]
December 21, 1903 (Monday)
- Born:
- Robert E. Cornish, American biologist and writer; in San Francisco, California (d. 1963)[124]
- Elinor Fair (born Eleanore Virginia Crowe), American film actress; in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1957, cirrhosis of the liver)[125]
- Irina Paley, Russian princess; in Paris, France (d. 1990)[citation needed]
- Lucas Cornelius Steyn, Chief Justice of South Africa; in Geluksdam, Viljoenskroon district, Orange River Colony (d. 1976)[126][unreliable source?]
- Lawrence Treat (pseudonym for Lawrence Arthur Goldstone), American mystery writer; in New York City (d. 1998)[127]
- Died: Gavriil Musicescu, Romanian composer, conductor and musicologist (b. 1847)[128]
December 22, 1903 (Tuesday)
- Born:
- Óscar Carvalho, Portuguese Olympic footballer; in Porto, Portugal (date of death unknown)[129]
- Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1983)[130]
- Rodolfo Ostromann, Austrian footballer; in Pula, Austria-Hungary (d. 1960)[131]
- Odhise Paskali, Albanian sculptor; in Kozani, Greece (d. 1985)[132]
- Joanídia Sodré, Brazilian musician and composer; in Porto Alegre, Brazil (d. 1975)[133]
December 23, 1903 (Wednesday)
- On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Connellsville, Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Limited, a passenger train, derailed when it struck a load of timber lying on the tracks. The timber had fallen from a freight train minutes before the collision. The crash resulted in 64 deaths and about 60 injuries. There was widespread theft of valuables from the victims' bodies.[134][135]
- Born:
- Armand Blanchonnet, French Olympic champion cyclist; in Gipcy, Allier, France (d. 1968)[136]
- Bolesław Kominek, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal; in Radlin II, Wodzisław Śląski, German Empire (d. 1974)[137]
- Nevio Skull, Fiuman Italian businessman and politician; in Fiume, Hungary (d. 1945, murdered)[138]
- Died:
- Middleton P. Barrow, United States Senator from Georgia (b. 1839)[139]
- Princess Leopoldine of Baden (b. 1837)[140]
- Sophus Ruge, German geographer and historian (b. 1831)[141]
December 24, 1903 (Thursday)
- In response to a telegram informing him that novelist George Gissing was dying, fellow novelist H. G. Wells set out for Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, where he would help nurse Gissing in his final illness.[142]
- Parsifal, the final opera by composer Richard Wagner, which since its premiere in 1882 had been performed on stage only at the Bayreuth Festival, received its first staged performance in another venue at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The production was intensely controversial but went ahead despite legal action by the Wagner family to prevent it.[143][144]
- American comic actor Jerome Sykes, in Chicago starring in the play The Billionaires, hosted a Christmas Eve dinner for members of the Billionaires company. Sykes took part in an amateur theatrical performance during the dinner, but was not dressed warmly enough for the occasion. He would die of pneumonia on December 29.[145]
- Born:
- Joseph Cornell, American sculptor; in Nyack, New York (d. 1972, heart failure)[146][147]
- Ava Helen Pauling (born Ava Helen Miller), American human rights activist; in Beavercreek, Oregon (d. 1981, stomach cancer)[148]
- Jack Purcell, Canadian badminton player; in Guelph, Ontario, Canada (d. 1991)[149]
December 25, 1903 (Friday)
- Deputy Town Marshal Walker Cobb of the Saucier, Mississippi Marshal's Office was shot and killed by a drunk and disorderly man he was attempting to arrest. After other officers arrested the suspect, a mob seized the man from the officers and shot him to death.[150]
- City Marshal L. Elmer Ferguson of the Ringwood, Oklahoma Police Department was shot and killed by a man he was attempting to arrest for carrying a concealed handgun. A mob subsequently shot the suspect several times.[151]
- Born: Lelio Basso, Italian politician and journalist; in Varazze, Italy (d. 1978)[152]
- Died: Christian Johansson, Russian dancer, choreographer and ballet master (b. 1817)[153]
December 26, 1903 (Saturday)
- British mountaineer Alexander Goodall fell to his death after glissading down part of Deep Ghyll, a chasm in the Scawfell Crags on the west side of Scawfell Pinnacle in the Lake District of England. His climbing partner, F. Botterill, descended Deep Ghyll alone, initially without an ice axe until he recovered the one Goodall had been using from the spot where he had fallen.[154]
- The Sherlock Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was published for the first time in Collier's in the United States.[155]
- Born:
- Herbert Albert, German conductor; in Bad Lausick, Germany (d. 1973)[156]
- Richard Austin, British conductor and professor; in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England (d. 1989)[157]
- Elisha Cook Jr., American actor; in San Francisco, California (d. 1995, stroke)[158]
- Felice Gasperi, Italian Olympic footballer; in Bologna, Province of Bologna, Italy (d. 1982)[159]
- Heinz Reinefarth, German SS commander and West German government official; in Gnesen, Province of Posen, Prussia, German Empire (d. 1979)[160]
- Fuzzy Vandivier (born Robert P. Vandivier), American high school and college basketball player; in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1983)[161]
- Died: Giuseppe Zanardelli, Italian politician and Prime Minister (b. 1826)[162]
December 27, 1903 (Sunday)
- Italian composer Giacomo Puccini completed the original version of his opera Madama Butterfly, which would receive its world premiere on February 17, 1904, at La Scala, Milan.[163]
- City Marshal William G. Jones of the Cherryvale, Kansas Police Department was shot in the head while attempting to serve a state warrant. He would die of his wound the following day.[164]
- Born:
- Hans Ekstrand, German politician; in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1969)[165]
- Caecilia Loots, Dutch teacher and resistance member, Righteous Among the Nations; in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1988)[166]
- William Aloysius O'Connor, American Roman Catholic prelate; in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1983, heart seizure)[167][168]
- Bogdan Suchodolski, Polish philosopher and teacher (d. 1992)[169][170]
- Hermann Volk, German Roman Catholic cardinal; in Steinheim, Westphalia, German Empire (d. 1988)[171]
- Died: Lydia Hoyt Farmer, American author and women's rights activist (b. 1842)[172][173]
December 28, 1903 (Monday)
- U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt issued a proclamation directing that the federal Department of Commerce and Labor take over responsibility for the lighthouse service in the Territory of Hawaii beginning on January 1, 1904. The following day, Roosevelt would issue an executive order directing the same department to take over responsibility for the lighthouse and buoys at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.[174]
- Born:
- Earl Hines, American jazz pianist; in Duquesne, Pennsylvania (d. 1983, heart attack)[175]
- Mikhail Kalatozov, Soviet film director; in Tiflis, Russian Empire (d. 1973)[176]
- John von Neumann (born Neumann János Lajos), Hungarian-born mathematician; in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1957, cancer)[177]
- Died:
- George Gissing, English novelist, pneumonia (b. 1857)[178]
- Margaret Frances Sullivan (born Margaret Frances Buchanan), Irish-born American author, journalist and editor, stroke (b. 1847)[179]
December 29, 1903 (Tuesday)
- 65-year-old Deputy Sheriff Nelson Reed Cook of the Hillsdale County, Michigan Sheriff's Office was pistol-whipped with his own revolver by a forgery suspect he was arresting. Cook would die of his injuries on December 31.[180]
- Born:
- Erhard Mauersberger, German choral conductor; in Mauersberg, Großrückerswalde, Saxony, Germany (d. 1982)[181]
- Clyde McCoy, American jazz trumpeter; in Ashland, Kentucky (d. 1990, Alzheimer's disease)[182]
- Died: Jerome Sykes, American actor, pneumonia (b. 1868)[145]
December 30, 1903 (Wednesday)
- Shortly after 2:30 a.m., Officer Charles Haggerty of the Mobile Police Department in Alabama was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious person. Haggerty's murder would never be solved.[183]
- In Troy, New York, a fire partially destroyed the Troy club, killing club residents Moses T. Clough and William Shaw and club guest Benjamin W. Kinney of Boston, Massachusetts.[184]
- Iroquois Theatre fire:
- A fire at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, killed 602 people, the greatest death toll of any theater fire in the history of the United States. Most of the victims were women and children attending a matinee performance of the musical Mr. Blue Beard, starring Eddie Foy Sr.[185][186][187]
- Due to the death of actor Jerome Sykes the previous day, the production of The Billionaires in which he was starring at the Illinois Theatre was canceled. Two victims of the Iroquois fire were members of the Billionaires cast who attended the Mr. Blue Beard performance: Harry Hudson (stage name of Clarence Burr Scott, b. 1882) and Arthur Caville (b. 1879). Will J. Davis, the manager of both the Iroquois and Illinois Theatres, was at Sykes' funeral when he received a telephone call informing him of the Iroquois fire.[188]
- The body of famed American journalist Margaret Frances Sullivan, who had died on December 28, was taken to Detroit, Michigan, for burial. The news of the Iroquois fire overshadowed that of Sullivan's death, denying her the published tributes she might otherwise have received.[179]
- Born: Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter; in Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1962, lead poisoning from paints)[189]
- Died: Armand Séguin, French painter (b. 1869; may have died December 28 or 29)[190]
December 31, 1903 (Thursday)
- In Sweden, the National Association for Women's Suffrage was founded.[citation needed]
- Born: Fumiko Hayashi, Japanese author; in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan (d. 1951, myocardial infarction)[191]
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