First Time Events

Edwin S. Porter, of the Edison Corporation, produces the first Western movie, The Great Train Robbery in 1903. (Actor Justin D. Barnes firing at the audience.)
Odeon and Wonderland show the first movie in Charlotte on March 18, 1907 at The Academy of Music.
The Wright brothers make aviation history in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 12, 1903.
Marie Curie becomes the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Science in 1903
In 1903, Alexander Winton set the 1st land speed record in car racing. Set at Daytona Beach, his speed was 68.18 mph.
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first United States President to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.