Discover what happened on 1 April 1903 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- Salo Landau (Dutch chess player)
- Jacob Gens (head of the Vilnius Ghetto (1903-1943))
- Rudolf Berthold (German footballer (1903-1976))
- Fernando Guidicelli (Brazilian footballer and manager (1906-1968))
- Max Lienert (Swiss composer (1903-1964))
- Alida Buitendijk (Dutch biologist, zoologist, carcinologist (1903–1950))
- Jeanne Loviton (French lawyer, business woman, publisher and courtesan, better known by her pen name Jean Voilier (1903–1996))
- Kathleen Key (American actress (1903-1954))
- Giovanni Varasi (Italian association football player (1903-1965))
- Stepan Kevorkov (Russian actor and film director (1903-1991))
- Aleksey Krasilnikov
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- Arthur Lockwood (English cricketer (1903-1933))
- Eric Knell (Bishop of Reading; Archdeacon of Berkshire; British Anglican bishop)
- Grant Cooper (American lawyer (1903-1990))
- John Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke (British Earl)
- Minoru Yokota (Japanese missionary)
- Les Bruton (English footballer (1903-1989))
- London Lewis Traw (United States Marine (1903-1942))
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- Motaher Hussain Chowdhury (Pakistani writer)
- Philip Dalton (American engineer (1903–1941))
- Tom Boyd (Northern Irish politician (1903-1991))
- Deng Zhaoxiang (Chinese politician)
- Elżbieta Dziewońska (Polish actress (1903-1977))
- Genchi Hisamoto (Japanese teacher)
- Sumitake Ōmura (Japanese politician)
- Ryū Murayama
- Kan’ichirō Ishihara (Japanese politician (1903-1989))
- Arvi Talvitie (Finnish chemist)
- Géza Irányossy (Hungarian rower, coach)
- Karl Teär (Estonian ship captain and shipbuilder)
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- Titus Lapteș (Romanian actor)
- Frieda Litschauer (Austrian music educator (1903-1992))
- Edward Albert Gibbs (British Royal Navy officer)
- David Bykov
- Sten Gustaf af Geijerstam
- Kok Cheang Yeo
- Rudolf Wallner (Austrian politician)
- Jeanne Reynal (American artist)
- Hirokichi Innami
- Wilhelm Buck (German official who served during World War II)
- Ernst Günther Gründel (German historian)
- Ivan Borisov (Soviet politician and economist)
- Jackie Martin (American photographer and photojournalist)
- Francisco Izquierdo Molíns
- Aleksandr Usov
- Viki Raaska
- Bonaventure Fieullien (Belgian painter and engraver)
- Karl Adalbert Sedlmeyer
- Beltramelli Yoshiko Fausta (soprano)
- Boyka Mavrodinova (artist (1903-1989))
- Francisco Gallego Pérez (Roman Catholic bishop)
- Petrus Joseph Alfons Cuypers (Roman Catholic clergyman)
- Eileen Molly Nevill Armstrong ((1903-1994))
- Ida Doreen Bruce (Peerage person (1903-1964))
Deaths
- Baptiste Eugène Edmond Delacroix
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