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The following events occurred in February 1903:

February 20, 1903: King Edward VII approves new flag of Australia
... to replace previous Australian flag

February 1, 1903 (Sunday)

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  • The Mumbles-based British lifeboat James Stevens capsized at the mouth of the River Afan in Wales while on its way to rescue the stranded Christina, resulting in the deaths of six of her fourteen crew, mostly volunteers who worked as oyster fishermen.[1]
  • Died: Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, 83, Irish mathematician and physicist

February 2, 1903 (Monday)

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February 3, 1903 (Tuesday)

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February 4, 1903 (Wednesday)

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  • Born: Alexander Imich, Polish-born American parapsychologist and chemist, in Częstochowa (died 2014)

February 5, 1903 (Thursday)

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February 6, 1903 (Friday)

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February 7, 1903 (Saturday)

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February 8, 1903 (Sunday)

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  • Born:
    • Greta Keller, Austrian cabaret singer and actress, in Vienna (died 1977)
    • Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician, first Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaysia, in Alor Setar, Kedah[6] (died 1990)

February 9, 1903 (Monday)

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February 10, 1903 (Tuesday)

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February 11, 1903 (Wednesday)

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February 12, 1903 (Thursday)

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February 13, 1903 (Friday)

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February 14, 1903 (Saturday)

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February 15, 1903 (Sunday)

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February 16, 1903 (Monday)

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February 17, 1903 (Tuesday)

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February 18, 1903 (Wednesday)

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February 19, 1903 (Thursday)

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February 20, 1903 (Friday)

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February 21, 1903 (Saturday)

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  • Born:
    • Anaïs Nin, French writer, in Neuilly-sur-Seine (died 1977)
    • Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist, in Le Havre (died 1976)

February 22, 1903 (Sunday)

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February 23, 1903 (Monday)

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

February 24, 1903 (Tuesday)

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  • Born: Vladimir Bartol, Slovene author, in Trieste, Austria-Hungary (died 1967)

February 25, 1903 (Wednesday)

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  • Born: King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, Ottawa, Ontario (died 1986)[17]

February 26, 1903 (Thursday)

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February 27, 1903 (Friday)

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February 28, 1903 (Saturday)

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References

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  1. ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ^ Preston, Diana (1999). A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions (paperback ed.). London: Constable. pp. 61–67. ISBN 0-09-479530-4. OCLC 59395617.
  3. ^ "Macartney, William Grey Ellison-1852-1924". Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Archived from the original on 19 March 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Koto Matsudaira". Munzinger (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. ^ H. P. Hollis, ‘Glaisher, James (1809–1903)’, rev. J. Tucker, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008, accessed 5 Jan 2009
  6. ^ Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj, Tunku". Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. pp. 21. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ "The 'Paper Man' mystery". ESPNFC.com. [dead link]
  8. ^ Ramirez, Raymond (2002). "Immigrant Workers and 'Shared Leadership'." Asian American Studies Classweb Archived 2017-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Crouch, Tom (1989). The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 245.
  10. ^ Mews, Stuart (2004). "Davidson, Randall Thomas, Baron Davidson of Lambeth (1848–1930)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32733. Retrieved 2011-01-25. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ Lowe, James W. (1975). British Steam Locomotive Builders. Cambridge: Goose and Son. ISBN 0-900404-21-3.
  12. ^ The Protocols' full text is available here: "Germany, Great Britain, and Italy v. Venezuela et al", The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 2, No. 4 (October 1908), pp. 902–911
  13. ^ "History of the Teddy Bear". About.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2006.
  14. ^ "Traian Vuia". Hargrave: The Pioneers. Centre for Telecommunications and Information Engineering, Monash University. Retrieved June 29, 2010. [dead link]
  15. ^ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 8, 20 February 1903
  16. ^ Walker, Frank (1951). Hugo Wolf – A Biography. London: J M Dent & Sons.
  17. ^ "King Clancy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Giulio Natta – Facts". NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB. 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  19. ^ Ikime, Obaro (1977). Fall of Nigeria. Heinemann. ISBN 0435941402.