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 December - 03 halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion)   

1910  On this day in history neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)   

1910  Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon on December - 03.   

1910  On this day in history mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies   

1911  On this day in history the birth of Nino Rota, Italian composer   

1911  Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures) on this day in history.   

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

1913  On December - 03 omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter   

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

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  On this day in history charles Craig, opera singer   

1919  Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 on December - 03.   

1920  On this day in history turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty   

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

1923  The birth of Maria Callas, American soprano on this day in history.   

1923  1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC) on December - 03.   

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

1924  John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language) on this day in history.   

1925  Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's) on this day in history.   

1926  Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together) on December - 03.   

1926  Hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer on December - 03.   

1927  On December - 03 isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics)   

1929  On this day in history boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak   

1929  Clarence Ford, sax player on December - 03.   

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 this day in history 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  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on this day in history.   

1576  On December - 03 birth of marsilio Casentini, composer   

1668  On December - 03 birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

1684  On December - 03 birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

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

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

0450  Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on December - 03.   

1137  On December - 03 lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67   

1154  Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on December - 03.   

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

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.