Historical Events In December - 13

1956  Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires on December - 13.  

1958  Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed on this day in history.  

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

1959  On this day in history archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus  

1960  Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals) on December - 13.  

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

1961  Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101 on December - 13.  

1962  On this day in history relay 1 communication satellite launched  

1963  Capitol records signs right of first refusal agreement with the Beatles on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles  

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

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

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  On this day in history 1st US bombing of Hanoi  

1966  Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer on December - 13.  

1967  United Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL on this day in history.  

1968  Playland at the Beach reopens on this day in history.  

1968  On December - 13 playland at Beach reopens  

1968  On this day in history siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52  

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

1969  On December - 13 raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83  

1970  Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history john Sinclair (sentence 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed  

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  Malta becomes a republic on this day in history.  

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

1975  Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1976  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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1521  On this day in history birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)  

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on December - 13.  

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

1585  On this day in history birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)  

1640  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)  

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on December - 13.  

1678  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on December - 13.  

0838  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on December - 13.  

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.  

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on December - 13.  

1204  On December - 13 maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69  

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

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)