Timeline December 1903

Events in December 1903 4

• 1820 – 1903 Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) Died 8 December 1903, aged 83 Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher and sociologist who applied evolutionary theory to society, coining the phrase "survival of the fittest." His work influenced sociology, biology, and political thought across the English-speaking world. He died in Brighton, England, on 8 December 1903.
• 1903 The Great Train Robbery premieres Edwin S. Porter's film is an early landmark of narrative cinema Directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company, The Great Train Robbery premiered on 1 December 1903. The twelve-minute film used editing techniques such as cross-cutting that influenced the development of narrative filmmaking. It became one of the most popular and influential films of the silent era.
• 1903 Marie Curie awarded Nobel Prize in Physics First woman to receive a Nobel Prize, shared for research on radioactivity On 10 December 1903, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity. Marie Curie became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. She would go on to win a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
• 1903 Wright Brothers First powered flight On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first sustained, controlled powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.