Page 4: Historical Events In December - 07

1909  On December - 07 leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)   

1909  Jacob Kainen, artist/curator on December - 07.   

1910  Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader on this day in history.   

1911  On December - 07 leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy," premieres in NYC   

1912  On this day in history bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt   

1912  On this day in history daniel Jones, composer   

1912  George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies on this day in history.   

1914  Winston Place, cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948) on December - 07.   

1915  The birth of Eli Wallach, American actor on this day in history.   

1915  Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], US, sci-fi author (Ginger Star) on December - 07.   

1916  On December - 07 david Lloyd George replaces resigning H.H. Asquith as British PM   

1916  On this day in history british govt of David Lloyd George forms   

1917  US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I on December - 07.   

1917  On this day in history leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91   

1918  On December - 07 jorunn Vidar, composer   

1919  On December - 07 ellen Stewart, actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group)   

1920  NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 on this day in history.   

1920  Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist on this day in history.   

1921  On December - 07 kWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions   

1921  Arne Dorumsgaard, composer on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history ted Knight, Terryville Ct, (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)   

1924  On December - 07 german election (Social Democrats win/Nazis & Communists lose)   

1925  Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St NYC on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history hernando da Silva Ramos, Brazilian racing driver   

1926  Gas refrigerator patented on this day in history.   

1926  On December - 07 victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO (Remington shavers)/NFL owner (Patriots)   

1927  Vlastimir Pericic, composer on this day in history.   

1928  On December - 07 noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar)   

1929  Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins on December - 07.   

1930  On December - 07 13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing   

1930  On December - 07 richard Felciano, composer   

1931  On this day in history the last Ford Model A was produced on this day. The Ford motor works were then shut down for six months for retooling.   

1931  Bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history first gyro-stabilized vessel to cross the Atlantic arrives in New York   

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on this day in history.   

0903  On this day in history birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  On December - 07 birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)   

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

1557  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on December - 07.   

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on December - 07.   

0043  On December - 07 death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)   

0283  On December - 07 death of pope Eutychian   

0983  Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1254  On December - 07 innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies   

1279  On this day in history death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

1295  On this day in history death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)   

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.   

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on this day in history.