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1903 in the United States

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1903
in
the United States

Decades:
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Events from the year 1903 in the United States.

Incumbents

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David B. Henderson (R-Iowa) (until March 4)
Joseph Gurney Cannon (R-Illinois) (starting November 9)

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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December 17: Wright Flyer.

Undated

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  • The Lincoln–Lee Legion is established to promote the temperance movement and signing of alcohol abstinence pledges by children.
  • The first box of Crayola crayons is made and sold for 5 cents. It contains 8 colors; brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet and black.
  • Coca-Cola removes cocaine as a key ingredient from their formula; up to this time, it has contained approximately nine milligrams of cocaine per glass.

Ongoing

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mother Jones leading a protest, circa 1903". Explore PA History. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  2. ^ Jones, Mother (1925). "Chapter Ten: The March of the Mill Children". In Parton, Mary Field (ed.). The Autobiography of Mother Jones. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  3. ^ Bogart, Charles H. (2009). "Bean, Roy "Judge"". In Tenkotte, Paul A.; Claypool, James C. (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-8131-5996-6.

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