Page 5: Historical Events In December - 03

1931  On this day in history alka Seltzer goes on sale   

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

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

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 December - 03 richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74   

1934  Italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya on this day in history.   

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

1937  Bobby Allison, auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500) on December - 03.   

1937  On this day in history prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies   

1938  AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric on December - 03.   

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

1939  On this day in history dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres   

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  Civil War breaks out in Greece on December - 03.   

1944  On December - 03 civil War starts in Athens Greece   

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

1944  On this day in history delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75   

1946  On December - 03 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)   

1947  On this day in history 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  On this day in history chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100   

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

1949  On this day in history kRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins   

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  On this day in history first TV broadcast in Hawaii   

1952  On this day in history 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii   

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

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1368  On December - 03 birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

1483  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist was born on this day in history.   

1560  On December - 03 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  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  On December - 03 death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  On December - 03 louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

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