Historical Events In December - 13

1956  On December - 13 dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires  

1958  On December - 13 ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed  

1959  On this day in history archbishop Makarios elected first president of Cyprus  

1959  Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus on this day in history.  

1960  Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals) on this day in history.  

1961  On this day in history beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein  

1961  On this day in history grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101  

1962  Relay 1 communication satellite launched on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history capitol records signs right of first refusal agreement with the Beatles  

1963  On December - 13 capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles  

1963  Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1964  In El Paso, TX, LBJ and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border on this day in history.  

1964  On December - 13 shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf  

1965  On this day in history algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow  

1966  1st US bombing of Hanoi on December - 13.  

1966  On this day in history charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer  

1967  United Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL on December - 13.  

1968  On December - 13 playland at the Beach reopens  

1968  Playland at Beach reopens on December - 13.  

1968  On December - 13 siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52  

1969  Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant" on December - 13.  

1969  Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83 on December - 13.  

1970  Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA on December - 13.  

1971  John Sinclair (sentence 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed on this day in history.  

1971  On December - 13 john Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed  

1971  On this day in history max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88  

1972  An HC-1 Detachment Five SH-3G Sea King helicopter, stationed aboard Oriskany, rescued a VFP-63 pilot involved in operations in the Tonkin Gulf while on Yankee Station. This was the fifteenth pilot rescued by HC-1 on December - 13.  

1974  On this day in history malta becomes a republic  

1974  On December - 13 rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66  

1975  On this day in history cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88  

1976  On December - 13 golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur  

1976  Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m) on December - 13.  

1976  Eduard Claudius, writer, dies on December - 13.  

1977  Entire University of Evansville basketball team, die in plane crash on December - 13.  

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1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on this day in history.  

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

1553  On December - 13 birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)  

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on December - 13.  

1640  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  

1662  On this day in history birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)  

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.  

1720  On this day in history birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)  

0838  On this day in history pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

1048  On December - 13 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74  

1124  On this day in history callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies  

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on this day in history.  

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on December - 13.  

1250  On December - 13 frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55  

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on December - 13.  

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on December - 13.