Historical Events In December - 03

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

1908  Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres on December - 03.   

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

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

1910  Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon on December - 03.   

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  Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

1914  On December - 03 neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed   

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  On this day in history charles Craig, opera singer   

1919  Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 on December - 03.   

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 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  The birth of Maria Callas, American soprano on December - 03.   

1923  On December - 03 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 this day in history.   

1926  On December - 03 manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)   

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

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

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

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  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  Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) was born on December - 03.   

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

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  On December - 03 birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

1729  On this day in history birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)   

1750  On this day in history birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer   

0450  On this day in history petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies   

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

1154  On December - 03 anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

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

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

1469  On this day in history piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53   

1491  On this day in history 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