Page 4: Historical Events In December - 03

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

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

1908  Halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1911  On this day in history 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  On December - 03 omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter   

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 December - 03.   

1919  On December - 03 pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78   

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

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

1921  Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking) on this day in history.   

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  1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC on December - 03.   

1923  The birth of Maria Callas, American soprano on December - 03.   

1923  On December - 03 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC)   

1923  Maria Callas, opera singer on December - 03.   

1924  On this day in history john Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)   

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

1926  On this day in history manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)   

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

1927  Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics) on this day in history.   

1929  Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak on this day in history.   

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 this day in history the birth of Jean Luc Godard, French director   

1930  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

1684  On December - 03 birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

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

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 December - 03 lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67   

1154  Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on December - 03.   

1265  On this day in history death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  On this day in history louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1469  Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on this day in history.   

1491  Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on December - 03.   

1533  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on December - 03.