Historical Events In December - 07

1909  Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite) on December - 07.  

1909  On December - 07 jacob Kainen, artist/curator  

1910  Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader on this day in history.  

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

1912  On this day in history bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt  

1912  On this day in history daniel Jones, composer  

1912  On December - 07 george Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies  

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

1915  On this day in history the birth of Eli Wallach, American actor  

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

1916  David Lloyd George replaces resigning H.H. Asquith as British PM on December - 07.  

1916  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jorunn Vidar, composer  

1919  Ellen Stewart, actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group) on December - 07.  

1920  On December - 07 nSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81  

1920  Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist on this day in history.  

1921  KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions on December - 07.  

1921  Arne Dorumsgaard, composer on December - 07.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1925  Hernando da Silva Ramos, Brazilian racing driver on December - 07.  

1926  On December - 07 gas refrigerator patented  

1926  On this day in history victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO (Remington shavers)/NFL owner (Patriots)  

1927  On December - 07 vlastimir Pericic, composer  

1928  On this day in history noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar)  

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  The last Ford Model A was produced on this day. The Ford motor works were then shut down for six months for retooling on December - 07.  

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 this day in history.  

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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 December - 07.  

1542  On this day in history birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)  

1545  On December - 07 birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)  

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on December - 07.  

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.  

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on December - 07.  

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

0283  On December - 07 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  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on this day in history.  

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

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