Historical Events In December - 13

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

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

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

1961  On December - 13 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  Relay 1 communication satellite launched on December - 13.  

1963  On December - 13 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.  

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

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 December - 13.  

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 this day in history 1st US bombing of Hanoi  

1966  On December - 13 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 this day in history playland at the Beach reopens  

1968  On this day in history playland at Beach reopens  

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

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

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

1970  On December - 13 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  Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 13 malta becomes a republic  

1974  Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 on December - 13.  

1975  On December - 13 cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88  

1976  Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur on December - 13.  

1976  On December - 13 longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.  

1048  On this day in history 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 December - 13.  

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 this day in history.  

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