September 1903

[September 1], 1903 (Tuesday)

• A miners' strike in Idaho Springs, Colorado, United States, that started on May 1, is brought to an end by the Western Federation of Miners.

  [September 2], 1903 (Wednesday)

• Died: Julia McNair Wright, American author

  [September 3], 1903 (Thursday)

• Reliance, entered by the New York Yacht Club, defeats Shamrock III, representing the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, successfully defending the 1903 America's Cup.

  [September 4], 1903 (Friday)

• Born: Princess Anna of Saxony, seventh and youngest child of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany

  [September 5], 1903 (Saturday)

• Irish painter Henry Jones Thaddeus receives permission to paint a portrait of Pope Pius X.
• Dick Molyneux becomes manager of Brentford football club, leaders of the UK's Southern League First Division.

  [September 6], 1903 (Sunday)

[September 7], 1903 (Monday)

• Arthur Rowley, playing for Burslem Port Vale against Bolton Wanderers, becomes the first player in British football history to score from a direct free kick.
• The Federation of American Motorcyclists is founded in New York City.

  [September 8], 1903 (Tuesday)

• Born: Jane Arbor, British author

  [September 9], 1903 (Wednesday)

• Texas State University opens in San Marcos, Texas, United States, with Thomas G. Harris as its principal and around 300 students.
• Born: Phyllis A. Whitney, US mystery writer, in Yokohama, Japan

  [September 10], 1903 (Thursday)

• Born: Cyril Connolly, English critic, in Coventry

  [September 11], 1903 (Friday)

• An Atlantic hurricane strikes Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, resulting in 14 deaths and extensive damage.
• The Milwaukee Mile racetrack in West Allis, Wisconsin, United States, then a dirt track, holds its first motor race.
• Born: Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher and sociologist, in Frankfurt am Main, as Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund

  [September 12], 1903 (Saturday)

• The US armored cruiser is launched at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia.
• Arthur Schnitzler's one-act play, Der Puppenspieler is premièred at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Germany.

  [September 13], 1903 (Sunday)

• Vladimir Lenin writes to Alexander Potresov, apologising for his irascible behaviour but refusing to accept that his recent decisions might be wrong.
• Born: Claudette Colbert, US actress, in Saint-Mandé, France, as Émilie Claudette Chauchoin
• Died: Carl Schuch, 56, Austrian painter

  [September 14], 1903 (Monday)

• British prime minister Arthur Balfour agrees to the resignation from the Cabinet of Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, over the issue of free trade.
• The Serbian football club FK Šumadija 1903 is founded in Kragujevac.

  [September 15], 1903 (Tuesday)

• The Brazilian football club Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense is founded in Porto Alegre, by European immigrants Andy Fairbank and Paul Cochlin.

  [September 16], 1903 (Wednesday)

• The 1903 New Jersey hurricane makes landfall near Atlantic City, United States, with winds of 80 mph. It is the only hurricane ever known to have hit the state of New Jersey.
• Born: Rabbi Yosef Greenwald to his father Rabbi Yaakov Yehezkiya Greenwald in Brezovica.

  [September 17], 1903 (Thursday)

• Born: Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984

  [September 18], 1903 (Friday)

• Died: Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher, 85

  [September 19], 1903 (Saturday)

• A weekly newspaper, the Gaelic American, is launched in New York, United States, by John Devoy.

  [September 20], 1903 (Sunday)

• Born: Gertrud Arndt, German photographer, in Ratibor, Upper Silesia

  [September 21], 1903 (Monday)

• A solar eclipse takes place.
• In the Serbian parliamentary elections, Sava Grujić of the People's Radical Party wins enough votes to form a government in coalition with several independent members.

  [September 22], 1903 (Tuesday)

• The 1903 Norwegian Football Cup Final is won by Odds BK.
• Died: Nicholas John Brown, 64, Australian politician, Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
• Italo Marchiony, an ice cream salesman from New York, United States, files for a patent of a machine to manufacture ice cream cones.

  [September 23], 1903 (Wednesday)

[September 24], 1903 (Thursday)

• Edmund Barton, after experiencing health concerns, resigns as Prime Minister of Australia to join the newly-established High Court of Australia as a judge. He is replaced by Alfred Deakin
• British warship is launched at Armstrong Whitworth's Elswick shipyard.

  [September 25], 1903 (Friday)

• An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes Razavi Khorasan Province, Persia, killing 350 people.
• Born: Mark Rothko, Latvian/US painter, in Dvinsk, as Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz

  [September 26], 1903 (Saturday)

• New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to pass a Wireless Telegraphy Act.

  [September 27], 1903 (Sunday)

• "Wreck of the Old 97": En route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, the "Fast Mail", travelling too fast in order to keep to its timetable, becomes derailed at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia, United States. Eleven people are killed and seven injured.

  [September 28], 1903 (Monday)

• Born: Tateo Katō, Japanese fighter ace

  [September 29], 1903 (Tuesday)

• Prussia, part of the German Empire, introduces compulsory driver licensing for motor vehicles.

  [September 30], 1903 (Wednesday)

• New school buildings are opened at Gresham's School, Norfolk, England, by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.