Page 6: Historical Events In December - 13

1956  Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed   

1959  On December - 13 archbishop Makarios elected first president of Cyprus   

1959  On December - 13 archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus   

1960  On December - 13 italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)   

1961  Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein on December - 13.   

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  Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles on this day in history.   

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 December - 13 algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow   

1966  On December - 13 1st US bombing of Hanoi   

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

1967  On December - 13 united Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL   

1968  On December - 13 playland at the Beach reopens   

1968  On this day in history playland at Beach reopens   

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

1969  Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant" on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history 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 December - 13 john Sinclair (sentence 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed   

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

1971  Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88 on December - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1976  Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur on this day in history.   

1976  Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m) on this day in history.   

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  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on this day in history.   

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on December - 13.   

1585  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

1640  On this day in history 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  On December - 13 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74   

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

1126  On December - 13 hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies   

1204  On this day in history maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69   

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on December - 13.   

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74   

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on this day in history.