Historical Events In December - 03

1907  On this day in history andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader   

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 this day in history robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon   

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

1911  On December - 03 the birth of Nino Rota, Italian composer   

1911  Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures) on December - 03.   

1912  Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer on December - 03.   

1913  On this day in history omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter   

1914  Neth army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed on this day in history.   

1914  On December - 03 irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata)   

1917  Prv. Henry James Nicholas, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Polderhoek, Belgium on this day in history.   

1917  After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic on December - 03.   

1919  Charles Craig, opera singer on December - 03.   

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

1920  Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty on December - 03.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history maria Callas, opera singer   

1924  On this day in history john Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)   

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 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 this day in history.   

1930  On December - 03 air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)   

1930  The birth of Jean Luc Godard, French director on December - 03.   

1930  On December - 03 andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show)   

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1368  On December - 03 birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

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

1560  On December - 03 birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)   

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1668  On this day in history 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  On December - 03 birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer   

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

1137  On December - 03 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 December - 03.   

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  Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54