Page 4: Historical Events In December - 03

1907  Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader on December - 03.   

1908  On this day in history edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres   

1908  Halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion) on this day in history.   

1910  Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) on this day in history.   

1910  Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon on this day in history.   

1910  Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies on December - 03.   

1911  The birth of Nino Rota, Italian composer on December - 03.   

1911  Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures) on this day in history.   

1912  Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer on December - 03.   

1913  Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

1914  Neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed on December - 03.   

1914  Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata) on December - 03.   

1917  On this day in history prv. Henry James Nicholas, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Polderhoek, Belgium   

1917  After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history charles Craig, opera singer   

1919  Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 on December - 03.   

1920  On December - 03 turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty   

1921  9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0 on December - 03.   

1921  On December - 03 hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking)   

1922  On this day in history the Toll of the Sea becomes the first successful Technicolor motion picture, screened at the Rialto Theatre in New York City.   

1922  On this day in history 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC   

1923  The birth of Maria Callas, American soprano on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC)   

1923  Maria Callas, opera singer on December - 03.   

1924  John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language) on December - 03.   

1925  On December - 03 ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's)   

1926  On December - 03 manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)   

1926  Hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer on December - 03.   

1927  Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics) on December - 03.   

1929  Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak on December - 03.   

1929  Clarence Ford, sax player on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)   

1930  The birth of Jean Luc Godard, French director on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show)   

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1368  On this day in history birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

1483  On this day in history birth of nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist   

1560  On this day in history birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)   

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on December - 03.   

1668  Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

1729  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on December - 03.   

1750  On December - 03 birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer   

0450  Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on December - 03.   

1137  On December - 03 lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67   

1154  On this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  On this day in history death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on December - 03.   

1469  Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on this day in history.   

1491  Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on December - 03.   

1533  On this day in history vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54