Historical Events In December - 03

1907  On this day in history andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader  

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  Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) on December - 03.  

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

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

1911  The birth of Nino Rota, Italian composer on this day in history.  

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

1912  On this day in history gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer  

1913  On this day in history omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter  

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

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  Charles Craig, opera singer on December - 03.  

1919  On this day in history pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78  

1920  Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1923  On this day in history maria Callas, opera singer  

1924  John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language) on this day in history.  

1925  Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's) on December - 03.  

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

1926  Hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer on this day in history.  

1927  On December - 03 isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics)  

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

1929  Clarence Ford, sax player on December - 03.  

1930  On December - 03 air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)  

1930  On December - 03 the birth of Jean Luc Godard, French director  

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

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1368  On December - 03 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  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on this day in history.  

1576  On December - 03 birth of marsilio Casentini, composer  

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  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 this day in history.  

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on this day in history.  

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

1469  On this day in history piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53  

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

1533  On December - 03 vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54