Page 4: Historical Events In December - 03

1907  On December - 03 andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader   

1908  On this day in history edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres   

1908  Halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion) on December - 03.   

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

1910  On this day in history 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 December - 03.   

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

1912  On December - 03 gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer   

1913  Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 03.   

1917  On this day in history 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  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  The Toll of the Sea becomes the first successful Technicolor motion picture, screened at the Rialto Theatre in New York City on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 December - 03.   

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

1926  Hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer on December - 03.   

1927  On this day in history 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  On December - 03 air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)   

1930  On this day in history the birth of Jean Luc Godard, French director   

1930  Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show) on this day in history.   

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1368  Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist was born on December - 03.   

1560  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on December - 03.   

1576  On this day in history birth of marsilio Casentini, composer   

1668  On this day in history birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

1729  On this day in history birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)   

1750  Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer was born on December - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1154  On December - 03 anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  On December - 03 death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  On December - 03 louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1469  On December - 03 piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53   

1491  On December - 03 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.