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 this day in history.  

1910  Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) on this day in history.  

1910  On this day in history robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon  

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

1911  The birth of Nino Rota, Italian composer on this day in history.  

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

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  Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata) on this day in history.  

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

1917  After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic on this day in history.  

1919  Charles Craig, opera singer on December - 03.  

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

1920  On this day in history turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty  

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

1921  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC)  

1923  On this day in history maria Callas, opera singer  

1924  On December - 03 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 December - 03 manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)  

1926  On December - 03 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  Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium) on this day in history.  

1930  The birth of Jean Luc Godard, French director on December - 03.  

1930  On December - 03 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 this day in history.  

1483  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist was born on this day in history.  

1560  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on this day in history.  

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on December - 03.  

1668  Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1684  Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) was born on this day in history.  

1729  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on December - 03.  

1750  On December - 03 birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer  

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

1137  Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on December - 03.  

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

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

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

1469  Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on December - 03.  

1491  On December - 03 thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies  

1533  On this day in history vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54