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The following events occurred in February 1903:

February 1, 1903 (Sunday)

• Died:Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Irish mathematician and physicist (b. 1819)

February 2, 1903 (Monday)

• Born:Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Dutch mathematician (d. 1996)

February 3, 1903 (Tuesday)

• Born:Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman and pioneering aviator (d. 1973)

February 4, 1903 (Wednesday)

• Born:Alexander Imich, American parapsychologist and chemist (d. 2014)

February 6, 1903 (Friday)

• Born:Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (d. 1991)

February 7, 1903 (Saturday)

• Died:James Glaisher, English meteorologist and aeronaut (b. 1809)

February 8, 1903 (Sunday)

• Born:
  • Greta Keller, Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (d. 1977)
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman, first Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1990)

February 10, 1903 (Tuesday)

• Born:
  • Waldemar Hoven, German physician (d. 1948)
  • Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (d. 1939)

February 11, 1903 (Wednesday)

• The Oxnard strike of 1903 becomes the first time in U.S. history that a labor union is formed from members of different races.
• Born:
  • Rex Lease, American actor (d. 1966)
  • Hans Redlich, Austrian composer (d. 1968)

February 13, 1903 (Friday)

• Born:Georges Simenon, French writer (d. 1989)

February 14, 1903 (Saturday)

• Born:Stuart Erwin, American actor (d. 1967)
• Died:Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (b. 1831)

February 15, 1903 (Sunday)

• Morris and Rose Michtom introduce the first teddy bear in the United States.

February 16, 1903 (Monday)

• Born:Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (d. 1978)

February 17, 1903 (Tuesday)

• El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.

February 21, 1903 (Saturday)

• Born:
  • Anaïs Nin, French writer (d. 1977)
  • Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (d. 1976)

February 22, 1903 (Sunday)

• Born:
  • Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer and media personality (d. 1990)
  • Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (d. 1969)
  • Frank P. Ramsey, English mathematician (d. 1930)
• Died:Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)

February 23, 1903 (Monday)

• Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" under the terms of the Cuban–American Treaty.

February 24, 1903 (Tuesday)

• Born:Vladimir Bartol, Slove author (d. 1967)

February 26, 1903 (Thursday)

• Born:Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• Died:Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (b. 1818)

February 27, 1903 (Friday)

• Born:Grethe Weiser, German actress (d. 1970)

February 28, 1903 (Saturday)

• Born:Vincente Minnelli, American director (d. 1986)