Historical Events In December - 07

1909  On this day in history leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)  

1909  On this day in history jacob Kainen, artist/curator  

1910  On this day in history edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader  

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

1912  On December - 07 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  On this day in history winston Place, cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948)  

1915  The birth of Eli Wallach, American actor on December - 07.  

1915  On December - 07 brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], US, sci-fi author (Ginger Star)  

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

1916  On December - 07 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 this day in history jorunn Vidar, composer  

1919  On this day in history ellen Stewart, actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group)  

1920  On December - 07 nSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81  

1920  On this day in history fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist  

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

1921  Arne Dorumsgaard, composer on December - 07.  

1923  On December - 07 ted Knight, Terryville Ct, (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)  

1924  German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis & Communists lose) on December - 07.  

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

1925  On December - 07 hernando da Silva Ramos, Brazilian racing driver  

1926  Gas refrigerator patented on December - 07.  

1926  On this day in history victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO (Remington shavers)/NFL owner (Patriots)  

1927  On this day in history vlastimir Pericic, composer  

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 this day in history 13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing  

1930  Richard Felciano, composer on December - 07.  

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

1931  On this day in history bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours  

1932  On December - 07 first gyro-stabilized vessel to cross the Atlantic arrives in New York  

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0521  On December - 07 birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)  

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  On this day in history birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)  

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on December - 07.  

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on December - 07.  

1561  On this day in history birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)  

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)  

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

0283  On December - 07 death of pope Eutychian  

0983  On December - 07 otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28  

1254  On this day in history innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies  

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on this day in history.  

1295  On December - 07 death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)  

1383  On this day in history wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies  

1498  On December - 07 death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist