Page 5: Historical Events In December - 03

1931  On this day in history alka Seltzer goes on sale   

1931  On December - 03 ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director (Sonja)   

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

1932  On this day in history corry Brokken, Dutch singer   

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

1933  Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate on December - 03.   

1933  On this day in history richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74   

1934  Italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya on December - 03.   

1934  Nicolas Coster, actor (Robert Delaney-Another World) on December - 03.   

1937  Bobby Allison, auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500) on this day in history.   

1937  Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies on this day in history.   

1938  AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric on this day in history.   

1938  Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon) on December - 03.   

1939  On this day in history dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres   

1941  Hitler views Poltava Ukraine on December - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1944  Civil War breaks out in Greece on this day in history.   

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

1944  On this day in history british order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece   

1944  Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75 on December - 03.   

1946  12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB) on December - 03.   

1947  Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire makes its Broadway debut on this day in history.   

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

1948  On December - 03 "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)   

1948  Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 on this day in history.   

1948  First US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in on this day in history.   

1949  On December - 03 kRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins   

1949  On December - 03 elin Pelin, writer, dies   

1950  Cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7) on December - 03.   

1952  On this day in history first TV broadcast in Hawaii   

1952  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On December - 03 birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

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

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