Historical Events In December - 07

1909  Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite) on this day in history.  

1909  On December - 07 jacob Kainen, artist/curator  

1910  On December - 07 edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader  

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

1912  Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt on this day in history.  

1912  On December - 07 daniel Jones, composer  

1912  On this day in history george Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies  

1914  Winston Place, cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948) on this day in history.  

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

1915  On this day in history 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  British govt of David Lloyd George forms on December - 07.  

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

1917  On December - 07 leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91  

1918  On December - 07 jorunn Vidar, composer  

1919  Ellen Stewart, actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group) on this day in history.  

1920  NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 on December - 07.  

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

1921  KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions on December - 07.  

1921  On this day in history arne Dorumsgaard, composer  

1923  Ted Knight, Terryville Ct, (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort) on this day in history.  

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

1925  Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St NYC on December - 07.  

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

1926  On this day in history gas refrigerator patented  

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

1927  On this day in history vlastimir Pericic, composer  

1928  On this day in history noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar)  

1929  On this day in history bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins  

1930  13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing on this day in history.  

1930  Richard Felciano, composer on December - 07.  

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  First gyro-stabilized vessel to cross the Atlantic arrives in New York on December - 07.  

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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 this day in history birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)  

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on December - 07.  

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  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  Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) on December - 07.  

0283  On December - 07 death of pope Eutychian  

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

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on this day in history.  

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

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on December - 07.  

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

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on December - 07.