Historical Events In December - 03

1931  On December - 03 alka Seltzer goes on sale   

1931  Ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director (Sonja) on this day in history.   

1932  On December - 03 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6   

1932  Corry Brokken, Dutch singer on December - 03.   

1933  Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000 on December - 03.   

1933  On this day in history paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate   

1933  Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74 on December - 03.   

1934  On December - 03 italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya   

1934  On this day in history nicolas Coster, actor (Robert Delaney-Another World)   

1937  On this day in history bobby Allison, auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500)   

1937  On December - 03 prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies   

1938  On December - 03 aAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric   

1938  On December - 03 jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon)   

1939  On December - 03 dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres   

1941  On this day in history hitler views Poltava Ukraine   

1941  Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1942  On December - 03 wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75   

1943  9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB) on December - 03.   

1944  Civil War breaks out in Greece on December - 03.   

1944  On December - 03 civil War starts in Athens Greece   

1944  British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75   

1946  12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB) on this day in history.   

1947  Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire makes its Broadway debut on December - 03.   

1947  Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in NYC on December - 03.   

1948  On this day in history "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)   

1948  On December - 03 chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100   

1948  First US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in on December - 03.   

1949  On this day in history kRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins   

1949  On this day in history elin Pelin, writer, dies   

1950  On this day in history cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)   

1952  First TV broadcast in Hawaii on December - 03.   

1952  On December - 03 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii   

1953  "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances on this day in history.   

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1368  Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) was born on December - 03.   

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

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

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on December - 03.   

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

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

1154  On this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  On this day in history death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  On this day in history louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1469  On December - 03 piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53   

1491  Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on December - 03.   

1533  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on December - 03.