Page 5: Historical Events In December - 03

1931  Alka Seltzer goes on sale on December - 03.   

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

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

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 December - 03 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  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  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  On December - 03 hitler views Poltava Ukraine   

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

1942  On this day in history wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75   

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  On December - 03 civil War starts in Athens Greece   

1944  British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece on December - 03.   

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

1948  "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss) on this day in history.   

1948  Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 on December - 03.   

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

1949  KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins on December - 03.   

1949  On this day in history elin Pelin, writer, dies   

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  1st TV broadcast in Hawaii on this day in history.   

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  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on December - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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  Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on December - 03.   

1533  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on December - 03.