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

1932  On this day in history corry Brokken, Dutch singer   

1933  Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000 on December - 03.   

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

1933  Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On December - 03 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 this day in history wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75   

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 December - 03.   

1944  British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece on this day in history.   

1944  Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)   

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

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

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  KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) was born on this day in history.   

1483  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist was born on December - 03.   

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  On this day in history birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

1729  On December - 03 birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)   

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

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

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on this day in history.   

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1533  On December - 03 vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54