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  On this day in history halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion)  

1910  On December - 03 neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)  

1910  On this day in history robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon  

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

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

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  On December - 03 omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter  

1914  On this day in history neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed  

1914  On December - 03 irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata)  

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

1917  On December - 03 after nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.  

1919  On December - 03 charles Craig, opera singer  

1919  On this day in history 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 December - 03.  

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

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

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

1923  On this day in history maria Callas, opera singer  

1924  On December - 03 john Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)  

1925  Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's) on this day in history.  

1926  Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together) on December - 03.  

1926  On December - 03 hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer  

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

1929  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1483  On December - 03 birth of nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist  

1560  On December - 03 birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)  

1576  On this day in history birth of marsilio Casentini, composer  

1668  On December - 03 birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer  

1684  Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) was born on December - 03.  

1729  On December - 03 birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)  

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

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

1137  Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on December - 03.  

1154  On December - 03 anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies  

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on December - 03.  

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.  

1469  Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on December - 03.  

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 December - 03.