1903
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Events
Dated Events
- Real World: February 23. Guantanamo Bay leased "in perpetuity" to the United States by Cuba.
- Real World: March 14. The U.S. Senate ratifies the Hay-Herran Treaty, which would give the U.S. the right to build the Panama Canal. However, the Senate of Columbia later rejects it.
- Real World: August 4. Pius X becomes Pope.
- Real World: November 3. Panama breaks away from Colombia with the encouragement of the United States, which wanted to construct the Panama Canal.
- Real World: November 17. The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits in two, forming the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks.
- Real World: November 18. The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives the U.S. control over the "Panama Canal Zone."
- Real World: December 17. Orville and Wilbur Wright build and test the first (documented) successful heavier-than-air aircraft.
Undated Events
- Buffy-Angel, Buffy-Angel (Expanded Universe): Mayor Richard Wilkins marries Edna Mae. ("Choices" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer))
- Tick (Animated): The Terror makes his debut as a supervillain in a battle against U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. ("The Tick vs. Arthur's Bank Account")
Births
Deaths
New Fictional Works
Notable Books
The Call of the Wild by Jack London, The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker.
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