Page 5: Historical Events In December - 03

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

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  On December - 03 corry Brokken, Dutch singer   

1933  On this day in history connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000   

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

1933  On December - 03 richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74   

1934  On December - 03 italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya   

1934  On December - 03 nicolas Coster, actor (Robert Delaney-Another World)   

1937  Bobby Allison, auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500) on this day in history.   

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

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

1941  On December - 03 hitler views Poltava Ukraine   

1941  On this day in history johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85   

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

1943  On December - 03 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB)   

1944  Civil War breaks out in Greece on this day in history.   

1944  On December - 03 civil War starts in Athens Greece   

1944  On December - 03 british order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece   

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 this day in history tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire makes its Broadway debut.   

1947  Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in NYC on December - 03.   

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 December - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1949  Elin Pelin, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1952  First TV broadcast in Hawaii on this day in history.   

1952  On December - 03 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii   

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1137  Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1154  On December - 03 anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on December - 03.   

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

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