Page 4: Historical Events In December - 03

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

1908  On December - 03 edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres   

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

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

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

1910  On this day in history mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies   

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

1911  On this day in history dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures)   

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

1913  On this day in history omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter   

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

1914  Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata) on December - 03.   

1917  Prv. Henry James Nicholas, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Polderhoek, Belgium on December - 03.   

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

1919  On this day in history charles Craig, opera singer   

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

1920  On December - 03 turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty   

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

1921  On December - 03 hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking)   

1922  On December - 03 the Toll of the Sea becomes the first successful Technicolor motion picture, screened at the Rialto Theatre in New York City.   

1922  On December - 03 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC   

1923  On this day in history the birth of Maria Callas, American soprano   

1923  1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC) on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history maria Callas, opera singer   

1924  John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language) on December - 03.   

1925  On this day in history ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's)   

1926  Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together) on December - 03.   

1926  On this day in history hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer   

1927  Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics) on December - 03.   

1929  On this day in history boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak   

1929  On this day in history clarence Ford, sax player   

1930  On this day in history 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  On December - 03 andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show)   

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1368  On this day in history birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

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  Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born on December - 03.   

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

1729  On December - 03 birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)   

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

0450  Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on December - 03.   

1137  On this day in history lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67   

1154  On this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on this day in history.   

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on December - 03.   

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

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 December - 03.