Page 5: Historical Events In December - 03

1931  Alka Seltzer goes on sale on this day in history.   

1931  On December - 03 ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director (Sonja)   

1932  20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6 on December - 03.   

1932  Corry Brokken, Dutch singer on December - 03.   

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

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

1934  Nicolas Coster, actor (Robert Delaney-Another World) on this day in history.   

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  Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon) on December - 03.   

1939  Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres on December - 03.   

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  Civil War breaks out in Greece on December - 03.   

1944  On this day in history civil War starts in Athens Greece   

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

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

1948  First US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in on this day in history.   

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

1949  On December - 03 elin Pelin, writer, dies   

1950  On December - 03 cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)   

1952  On December - 03 first TV broadcast in Hawaii   

1952  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1560  On December - 03 birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)   

1576  On December - 03 birth of marsilio Casentini, composer   

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

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

0450  Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 December - 03.   

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.