Page 6: Historical Events In December - 13

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

1958  Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed on December - 13.   

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

1959  Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus on December - 13.   

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

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

1961  Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf on December - 13.   

1965  Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history united Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL   

1968  Playland at the Beach reopens on December - 13.   

1968  Playland at Beach reopens on December - 13.   

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

1969  On this day in history arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant"   

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

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

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

1971  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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   

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 December - 13 cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88   

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  On December - 13 eduard Claudius, writer, dies   

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 December - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history 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  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 December - 13 callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies   

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

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

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

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)