Page 4: Historical Events In December - 03

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

1908  On this day in history edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres   

1908  On this day in history halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion)   

1910  Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) on this day in history.   

1910  On December - 03 robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon   

1910  On December - 03 mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies   

1911  The birth of Nino Rota, Italian composer on this day in history.   

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 December - 03.   

1914  On this day in history neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed   

1914  Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata) on December - 03.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1921  On December - 03 hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking)   

1922  The Toll of the Sea becomes the first successful Technicolor motion picture, screened at the Rialto Theatre in New York City on December - 03.   

1922  1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC on this day in history.   

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

1923  1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC) on this day in history.   

1923  Maria Callas, opera singer on this day in history.   

1924  John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language) on December - 03.   

1925  Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's) on December - 03.   

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

1926  On December - 03 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 December - 03 clarence Ford, sax player   

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

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 this day in history birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

1483  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist was born on December - 03.   

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

1576  On this day in history birth of marsilio Casentini, composer   

1668  On this day in history birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

1684  Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) was born on December - 03.   

1729  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on December - 03.   

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

0450  On December - 03 petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies   

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

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

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

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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on this day in history.