Historical Events In December - 03

1907  Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader on this day in history.  

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

1908  On this day in history halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion)  

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

1910  Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon on this day in history.  

1910  On December - 03 mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies  

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

1911  Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures) on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer  

1913  Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter on December - 03.  

1914  On this day in history neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed  

1914  Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata) on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78  

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

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  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 this day in history 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC  

1923  The birth of Maria Callas, American soprano on this day in history.  

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

1923  Maria Callas, opera singer on December - 03.  

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

1925  Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's) on December - 03.  

1926  Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together) on this day in history.  

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

1927  On December - 03 isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics)  

1929  Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak on December - 03.  

1929  On December - 03 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  Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show) on December - 03.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer  

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 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  On this day in history piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53  

1491  Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on this day in history.  

1533  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on this day in history.