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September 11, 1903
On September 11, 1903, the first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
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Featured · September 11, 1903
The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
633 km) oval race track at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Opened in 1903 as a dirt track, it is the oldest operating motor speedway in the world. 9 km) road circuit.
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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 September 11, 1903
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1903 The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. Race track in West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S.
633 km) oval race track at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Opened in 1903 as a dirt track, it is the oldest operating motor speedway in the world. 9 km) road circuit.
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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.
- April 29 A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
- 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.
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