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  Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) on this day in history.   

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

1910  Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies on this day in history.   

1911  On December - 03 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 December - 03.   

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

1914  Neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed on December - 03.   

1914  On this day in history 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 December - 03.   

1919  Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1921  9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0 on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking)   

1922  On this day in history the Toll of the Sea becomes the first successful Technicolor motion picture, screened at the Rialto Theatre in New York City.   

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  1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC) on December - 03.   

1923  On this day in history maria Callas, opera singer   

1924  John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language) on this day in history.   

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  Hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer on December - 03.   

1927  On this day in history isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics)   

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

1929  Clarence Ford, sax player on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 03.   

1483  On this day in history birth of nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist   

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

1576  On December - 03 birth of marsilio Casentini, composer   

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

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

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 December - 03.   

0450  Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on this day in history.   

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

1154  Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on this day in history.   

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on December - 03.   

1463  On December - 03 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 this day in history.