Page 5: Historical Events In December - 03

1931  On this day in history alka Seltzer goes on sale   

1931  On this day in history ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director (Sonja)   

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

1932  Corry Brokken, Dutch singer on December - 03.   

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

1933  Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate on December - 03.   

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

1934  On this day in history italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya   

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

1937  On December - 03 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 December - 03.   

1938  On December - 03 jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon)   

1939  Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres on this day in history.   

1941  Hitler views Poltava Ukraine on December - 03.   

1941  Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85 on December - 03.   

1942  Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1947  Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire makes its Broadway debut on this day in history.   

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

1948  "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss) on December - 03.   

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

1949  Elin Pelin, writer, dies on December - 03.   

1950  On this day in history cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)   

1952  First TV broadcast in Hawaii on December - 03.   

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

1483  On this day in history 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  Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1729  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on December - 03.   

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  Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on December - 03.   

1154  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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.