Page 4: Historical Events In December - 03

1907  On December - 03 andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader   

1908  Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres on this day in history.   

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  On December - 03 robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon   

1910  Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies on December - 03.   

1911  The birth of Nino Rota, Italian composer on December - 03.   

1911  On December - 03 dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures)   

1912  Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer on this day in history.   

1913  Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history charles Craig, opera singer   

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

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

1921  9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0 on December - 03.   

1921  Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking) on this day in history.   

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  On December - 03 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC   

1923  On December - 03 the birth of Maria Callas, American soprano   

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 December - 03.   

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  On December - 03 hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer   

1927  Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics) on this day in history.   

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

1929  Clarence Ford, sax player on December - 03.   

1930  Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium) on this day in history.   

1930  On December - 03 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 this day in history.   

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

1560  On this day in history birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)   

1576  On December - 03 birth of marsilio Casentini, composer   

1668  On December - 03 birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

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

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

1750  Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1154  On this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  On December - 03 death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  On this day in history louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1469  Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on this day in history.   

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 December - 03.