Page 4: Historical Events In December - 07

1909  On December - 07 leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)   

1909  Jacob Kainen, artist/curator on December - 07.   

1910  On this day in history edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader   

1911  On December - 07 leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy," premieres in NYC   

1912  Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt on December - 07.   

1912  On December - 07 daniel Jones, composer   

1912  George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history winston Place, cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948)   

1915  The birth of Eli Wallach, American actor on December - 07.   

1915  Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], US, sci-fi author (Ginger Star) on December - 07.   

1916  On December - 07 david Lloyd George replaces resigning H.H. Asquith as British PM   

1916  On December - 07 british govt of David Lloyd George forms   

1917  On December - 07 uS becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I   

1917  Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1918  Jorunn Vidar, composer on this day in history.   

1919  On December - 07 ellen Stewart, actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group)   

1920  NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 on this day in history.   

1920  On December - 07 fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist   

1921  KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1921  On December - 07 arne Dorumsgaard, composer   

1923  On December - 07 ted Knight, Terryville Ct, (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)   

1924  German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis & Communists lose) on December - 07.   

1925  Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St NYC on December - 07.   

1925  On this day in history hernando da Silva Ramos, Brazilian racing driver   

1926  Gas refrigerator patented on December - 07.   

1926  Victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO (Remington shavers)/NFL owner (Patriots) on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history vlastimir Pericic, composer   

1928  Noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar) on this day in history.   

1929  On December - 07 bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins   

1930  13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing on December - 07.   

1930  On December - 07 richard Felciano, composer   

1931  On this day in history the last Ford Model A was produced on this day. The Ford motor works were then shut down for six months for retooling.   

1931  On December - 07 bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours   

1932  First gyro-stabilized vessel to cross the Atlantic arrives in New York on December - 07.   

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on December - 07.   

0903  On December - 07 birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On December - 07 birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.   

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on December - 07.   

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)   

0043  On this day in history death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)   

0283  On this day in history death of pope Eutychian   

0983  Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on this day in history.   

1279  On December - 07 death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

1295  On this day in history death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)   

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.   

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on December - 07.