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

1932  On this day in history corry Brokken, Dutch singer   

1933  On this day in history connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1938  On December - 03 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 December - 03.   

1941  Hitler views Poltava Ukraine on December - 03.   

1941  On this day in history johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85   

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

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

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  British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece on December - 03.   

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  On December - 03 tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire makes its Broadway debut.   

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 this day in history chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100   

1948  On this day in history first US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in   

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

1949  Elin Pelin, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 03.   

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1368  On this day in history 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  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on December - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1750  Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer was born on December - 03.   

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 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  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on this day in history.