Page 5: Historical Events In December - 03

1931  Alka Seltzer goes on sale on December - 03.   

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

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

1933  On December - 03 paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate   

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history hitler views Poltava Ukraine   

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

1942  Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75 on December - 03.   

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

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

1947  On December - 03 tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire makes its Broadway debut.   

1947  On this day in history tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in NYC   

1948  On this day in history "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  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  On December - 03 cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)   

1952  First TV broadcast in Hawaii on this day in history.   

1952  1st TV broadcast in Hawaii on December - 03.   

1953  On December - 03 "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances   

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

1483  On December - 03 birth of nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist   

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  On this day in history birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)   

1750  On December - 03 birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer   

0450  On December - 03 petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies   

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

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 December - 03.   

1469  Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on this day in history.   

1491  On this day in history 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