Historical Events In December - 03

1931  On this day in history alka Seltzer goes on sale  

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

1932  On this day in history 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6  

1932  Corry Brokken, Dutch singer on this day in history.  

1933  On December - 03 connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000  

1933  Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.  

1933  Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

1934  On December - 03 nicolas Coster, actor (Robert Delaney-Another World)  

1937  On December - 03 bobby Allison, auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500)  

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1937  Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies on December - 03.  

1938  On this day in history aAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric  

1938  Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon) on this day in history.  

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

1941  Hitler views Poltava Ukraine on December - 03.  

1941  On December - 03 johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85  

1942  Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB)  

1944  On this day in history civil War breaks out in Greece  

1944  Civil War starts in Athens Greece on this day in history.  

1944  On December - 03 british order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece  

1944  Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 03 tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in NYC  

1948  On December - 03 "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  On December - 03 first US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in  

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 December - 03 cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)  

1952  On December - 03 first TV broadcast in Hawaii  

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  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 December - 03.  

1560  On December - 03 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 this day in history.  

1750  On December - 03 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  Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1469  On this day in history piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53  

1491  Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on this day in history.  

1533  On December - 03 vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54