1903

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What this country needs is a short victorious war to stem the tide of revolution.

Russian Minister of the Interior Vyacheslav von Plehve to Minister of War Alexei Kuropatkin, 1903.

In the year 1903...

• W.E.B. DuBois publishes The Soul of Black Folks.
• Jack London publishes The Call of the Wild.
• The Boston Pilgrims defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to three in the first baseball World Series.
• Maurice Garin wins the first-ever Tour de France.

These people were born in 1903:

• Legendary American cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.
• Hall of Fame baseball catcher Mickey Cochrane.

These people died in 1903:

• French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin.

1902 - 1903 - 1904

20th century

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