Historical Events In December - 03

1931  On this day in history alka Seltzer goes on sale  

1931  Ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director (Sonja) on December - 03.  

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

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

1933  Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1938  On this day in history jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon)  

1939  Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres on this day in history.  

1941  Hitler views Poltava Ukraine on this day in history.  

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

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

1944  On this day in history civil War starts in Athens Greece  

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

1944  On December - 03 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 this day in history.  

1947  Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

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

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  KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins on December - 03.  

1949  Elin Pelin, writer, dies on December - 03.  

1950  On this day in history 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  On this day in history "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances  

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1368  On this day in history birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)  

1483  On this day in history birth of nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist  

1560  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on this day in history.  

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

1668  Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1684  Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) was born on this day in history.  

1729  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on December - 03.  

1750  Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer was born on this day in history.  

0450  On this day in history petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies  

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

1154  On December - 03 anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies  

1265  On December - 03 death of odofredus, Italian jurist  

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on December - 03.  

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

1491  On December - 03 thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies  

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