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April 29, 1903
On April 29, 1903, a landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
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A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
m. on April 29, 1903. Around 44 million cubic metres/110 million tonnes of limestone rock broke off from, and slid down, Turtle Mountain.
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The year in brief
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1903rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 903rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 3rd year of the 20th…
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On April 29, 1903
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1903 A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada. Rockslide, buried part of Frank, Canada (1903)
m. on April 29, 1903. Around 44 million cubic metres/110 million tonnes of limestone rock broke off from, and slid down, Turtle Mountain.
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Other moments from 1903
- April 19 The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
- April 26 Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded.
- August 18 German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
- August 19 The Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune.
- August 2 The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
- August 29 The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
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