Page 4: Historical Events In December - 03

1907  On December - 03 andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader   

1908  On December - 03 edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres   

1908  Halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion) on December - 03.   

1910  On this day in history neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)   

1910  On December - 03 robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon   

1910  Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies on this day in history.   

1911  On December - 03 the birth of Nino Rota, Italian composer   

1911  Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures) on December - 03.   

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

1913  Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter on December - 03.   

1914  Neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed on this day in history.   

1914  Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata) on this day in history.   

1917  On December - 03 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 December - 03.   

1919  Charles Craig, opera singer on December - 03.   

1919  On December - 03 pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78   

1920  On this day in history turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty   

1921  9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0 on this day in history.   

1921  Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking) on December - 03.   

1922  On December - 03 the Toll of the Sea becomes the first successful Technicolor motion picture, screened at the Rialto Theatre in New York City.   

1922  On December - 03 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 December - 03 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC)   

1923  On this day in history maria Callas, opera singer   

1924  On this day in history john Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)   

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 this day in history.   

1927  Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics) on this day in history.   

1929  On December - 03 boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak   

1929  Clarence Ford, sax player on December - 03.   

1930  Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium) on December - 03.   

1930  The birth of Jean Luc Godard, French director on December - 03.   

1930  Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show) on December - 03.   

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1368  On December - 03 birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

1483  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist was born on this day in history.   

1560  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1750  Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer was born on this day in history.   

0450  Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on this day in history.   

1137  On this day in history lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67   

1154  Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on December - 03.   

1265  On December - 03 death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  On December - 03 louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

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

1491  On December - 03 thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies   

1533  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on this day in history.