Historical Events In December - 03

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

1908  Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres on December - 03.  

1908  On December - 03 halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion)  

1910  Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) on December - 03.  

1910  Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon on December - 03.  

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

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

1911  On December - 03 dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures)  

1912  Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1919  Charles Craig, opera singer on this day in history.  

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

1920  Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty on December - 03.  

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

1921  On this day in history 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  On December - 03 the birth of Maria Callas, American soprano  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  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  Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) was born on December - 03.  

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

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

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

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

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

1729  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on this day in history.  

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

0450  On this day in history petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies  

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

1154  Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on this day in history.  

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 December - 03.  

1491  On this day in history 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.