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

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

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

1912  Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer on December - 03.   

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

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

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

1917  On this day in history prv. Henry James Nicholas, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Polderhoek, Belgium   

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

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  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 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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium) on December - 03.   

1930  The birth of Jean Luc Godard, French director on this day in history.   

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

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1368  On December - 03 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  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on December - 03.   

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1668  On December - 03 birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

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

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

1137  On December - 03 lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67   

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

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

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

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.