Historical Events In December - 13

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1961  On December - 13 grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101  

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 December - 13.  

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 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  Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1974  Malta becomes a republic on December - 13.  

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

1976  On this day in history longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m)  

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

1977  On this day in history entire University of Evansville basketball team, die in plane crash  

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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 December - 13.  

1553  On this day in history 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  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.  

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1124  On December - 13 callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies  

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies  

1204  On December - 13 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 December - 13 albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74  

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