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+ | *[[July 20]] - [[Ford]] Motor Company ships its first car. | ||
*''[[Cave of the Storm Nymphs]]'' by Edward Poynter | *''[[Cave of the Storm Nymphs]]'' by Edward Poynter | ||
*''[[Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' by Thomas Edison | *''[[Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' by Thomas Edison | ||
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+ | * [[October 17]] - [[Nathanael West]], American writer (d. 1940) | ||
*[[Theodor Adorno]] (1903 - 1969) | *[[Theodor Adorno]] (1903 - 1969) | ||
*[[Raymond Radiguet]] (1903 - 1923) | *[[Raymond Radiguet]] (1903 - 1923) | ||
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+ | * [[October 22]] – [[William Edward Hartpole Lecky]], Irish historian (''History of European Morals'') (b. 1838) | ||
*[[Otto Weininger]] (1880 - 1903) | *[[Otto Weininger]] (1880 - 1903) | ||
*[[James Whistler]] (1834 - 1903) | *[[James Whistler]] (1834 - 1903) | ||
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"The naturalistic fallacy has been quite as commonly committed with regard to beauty as with regard to good." --Principia Ethica (1903) by G. E. Moore |
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1903 (MCMIII) the 903rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 3rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1900s decade.
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Art and culture
- July 20 - Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
- Cave of the Storm Nymphs by Edward Poynter
- Electrocuting an Elephant by Thomas Edison
- Paul Poiret opens his own fashion house
- The Mysterious Mummy by Sax Rohmer
- The Cheese Mites by Charles Urban
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by anonymous
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Births
- October 17 - Nathanael West, American writer (d. 1940)
- Theodor Adorno (1903 - 1969)
- Raymond Radiguet (1903 - 1923)
- Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977)
- Joseph Cornell (1903 - 1972)
- Raymond Queneau (1903 – 1976)
- Georges Simenon (1903 - 1989)
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Deaths
- October 22 – William Edward Hartpole Lecky, Irish historian (History of European Morals) (b. 1838)
- Otto Weininger (1880 - 1903)
- James Whistler (1834 - 1903)
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