In 1903 Roosevelt toured the Yosemite Valley with John Muir, who had a very different view of conservation, and tried to minimize commercial use of water resources and forests.

The John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow | Earl of Hopetoun, the first Governor-General, 1901 – 1903

At age 22, Keller published her autobiography, The Story of My Life ( 1903 ), with help from Sullivan and Sullivan's husband, John Macy.

* Keller, Helen with Anne Sullivan and John A. Macy ( 1903 ) The Story of My Life.

While a board of elders was elected for the enforcement of the Society's rules and regulations, business management passed to its trustees: Baker and Henrici, 1847 – 68 ; Henrici and Jonathan Lenz, 1869 – 90 ; Henrici and Wolfel, 1890 ; Henrici and John S. Duss, 1890 – 1892 ; Duss and Seiber, 1892 – 1893 ; Duss and Reithmuller, 1893 – 1897 ; Duss, 1897 – 1903 ; and finally to Suzanna ( Susie ) C. Duss in 1903.

* John Baptiste Ford ( 1811 – 1903 ), American business leader who, in 1883, founded the industrial concern Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ( renamed PPG Industries in 1968 )

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris ( 10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969 ) was an English science fiction writer who usually used the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes.

* 1903 – John Wyndham, English author ( d. 1969 )

* 1903 – John Dillinger, American bank robber and murderer ( d. 1934 )

* 1903 – John Carew Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1997 )

The 1903 unveiling of the General John Graves Simcoe monument at Queen's Park ( Toronto ) | Queen's Park in Toronto.

Statue of John Graves Simcoe first Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario | Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada by Walter Seymour Allward 1903 Queen's Park ( Toronto )

Sir John Carew Eccles, AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAAS ( 27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997 ) was an Australian neurophysiologist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse.

After Roosevelt signed an executive order setting aside land in the Benguet region of the Philippines for a military reservation under the United States Army, Camp John Hay of Baguio City was established on October 25, 1903 and named in his honor.

* 1903 – John Harron, American actor ( d. 1939 )

* 1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer ( d. 1995 )

Less than three weeks later, on November 18, 1903, the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty was signed between Frenchman Philippe Bunau-Varilla, who had promptly been appointed Panamanian ambassador to the United States, representing Panamanian interests, and the United States Secretary of State John Hay.

* Reed, John Calvin ( 1903 ).

He is regarded by many Catholics to be the first Pope whose body was discovered to be incorrupt, followed by Pope St. Pius X ( 1903 – 14 ) and Blessed Pope John XXIII ( 1958 – 63 ).

In 1903, Amundsen led the first expedition to successfully traverse Canada's Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ( something explorers had been attempting since the days of Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, and Henry Hudson ), with six others in a 45-ton fishing vessel, Gjøa.

* Knapp, John I. with Richard Illenden BonnerIllustrated history and biographical record of Lenawee County, Mich. Adrian, Mich .: The Times printing company, 1903.

She refused each proposal, and in 1903, to his horror, married the Irish nationalist Major John MacBride.

Charles Welsford West ( architect ) designed the Romanesque chapel and annex ( 1903 – 05 ) at Mount St. Vincent Academy ( now University ).

* October 1 – Thomas Vincent Welch, New York Assemblyman ( d. 1903 )

* 1903 – Antigua and Barbuda, St Vincent & the Grenadines

Prof. John Vincent Atanasoff (; October 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995 ) was an American physicist and inventor.

* John Vincent Barry ( 1903 – 1969 ), former Supreme Court justice for Victoria, Australia

* Vincent d ' Indy: L ' Etranger ( 7 January 1903 )

New York State Assemblyman Thomas Vincent Welch figured prominently in getting the bill signed, and served as the first Superintendent of the Park from its inception until 1903, 18 years.

Irving Stone ( born Tannenbaum, July 14, 1903, San Francisco, California – August 26, 1989, Los Angeles, California ) was an American writer known for his biographical novels of famous historical personalities, including Lust for Life, a biographical novel about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy, a biographical novel about Michelangelo.

In 1903, the Townships of Holland and Sullivan were excluded from the riding, and the townships of Keppel and St. Vincent and the town of Meaford were incorporated into the riding.

Vincent Boreing ( R ), died September 16, 1903

John Atanasoff was born on October 4, 1903 in Hamilton, New York to an electrical engineer and a school teacher.

* Arpad Elo ( 1903 – 1992 ), American creator of the Elo rating system

Major-General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO and two bars ( 26 February 1903 – 24 March 1944 ), was a British Army officer and creator of special military units in Palestine in the 1930s and in World War II.

In 1903 Malcolm declared that he didn't want to be known as the creator of the breed and insisted that his breed of white terriers was renamed.

Arpad Emrick Elo ( born Élő Árpád Imre, August 25, 1903 – November 5, 1992 ) is the creator of the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess.

The photograph, Figure 1 of the completed frieze, shows how, having been separated from his fellows in useless isolation for eighty years, he has now been given a hand, and by juxtaposition ( and the permission of the Committee ), given a new job, to represent the witnesses of the first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.

Ward died in 1903, not knowing the national stature his music would attain, as the music was only first applied to the song in 1904.

After what the MCC saw as the problems of the earlier professional and amateur series they decided to take control of organising tours themselves, and this led to the first MCC tour of Australia in 1903 – 04.

* 1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.

Albion's historic brick main street — first laid in 1903 and reconstructed with hand-laid, kiln-fired clay bricks in 1993.

With the information contained in Chanute's book, the personal assistance of Chanute himself, and research carried out in their own wind tunnel, the Wright brothers gained enough knowledge of aerodynamics to fly the first powered aircraft on December 17, 1903.

Anaïs Nin (; born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977 ) was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories.

The first delayed steal on record was performed by Miller Huggins in 1903.

Although the term “ biochemistry ” seems to have been first used in 1882, it is generally accepted that the formal coinage of biochemistry occurred in 1903 by Carl Neuberg, a German chemist.

In 1903, Bartók wrote his first major orchestral work, Kossuth, a symphonic poem which honored Lajos Kossuth, hero of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

In 1903 the first cheerleading fraternity, Gamma Sigma, was founded.

The Boston Americans played the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first modern World Series in 1903.

It was there that Young had pitched the first game of the 1903 World Series, as well as the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.

" On October 1, 1903 the first modern World Series between the American League champion Boston Pilgrims ( later known as the Red Sox ) and the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates was played on this site.

The first door-to-door census was conducted in 1903 to fulfill Public Act 467 which was approved by the U. S. Congress in July 1902.

The Wright brothers made their first successful test flights on December 17, 1903 and were distinguished by their ability to control their flights for substantial periods ( more so than the ability to produce lift from an airfoil, which was known ).

Cutter completed and published an introduction and schedules for the first six classifications of his new system ( Expansive Classification: Part I: The First Six Classifications ), but his work on the seventh was interrupted by his death in 1903.

* 1903 – Taj Mahal Palace & Tower first opened its doors to the guests.

* 1903: Two first diesel-powered ships were launched, both for river and canal operations: Petite-Pierre in France, powered by Dyckhoff-built diesels, and Vandal tanker in Russia, powered by Swedish-built diesels with an electrical transmission.

), the first recorded occurrences of the relevant words were Tao 1736, Tau 1747, Taouism and Taouist 1838, Taoistic 1856, Tao-ism 1858, Taoism 1903 wrong, at least antedated by Balfour ( 1881 ), Daoism 1948, Dao and Daoist 1971.

* 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot ( September 11, 1845 – March 28, 1903 ), French telegraph engineer and inventor of the first means of digital communication Baudot code, was one of the pioneers of telecommunications.

At first the movement grew most in the Russian empire and eastern Europe, but soon spread to western Europe and beyond: to Argentina in 1889 ; to Canada in 1901 ; to Algeria, Chile, Japan, Mexico, and Peru in 1903 ; to Tunisia in 1904 ; and to Australia, the United States, Guinea, Indochina, New Zealand, Tonkin, and Uruguay in 1905.

It was produced in 1903 and was one of the first examples of dynamic, action editing-piecing together scenes shot at different times and places and for emotional impact unavailable in a static long shot.