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Major Events of 1903 Wright Brothers achieve first powered sustained controlled flight in a heavier-than-air machine, with a pilot aboard (Orville Wright is the pilot). Ford Motor Company officially incorporated. United States of America and Panama sign treaty to build the Panama Canal. Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie and Marie Curie awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (for research in radiation phenomena). Marie Curie will win a 2nd Nobel Prize (this time in Chemistry) in 1911. First Monte Carlo rally. Wright Brothers make the first controlled powered flight.   Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India. Back To Year Index

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