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 December - 13.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1962  Relay 1 communication satellite launched on December - 13.  

1963  Capitol records signs right of first refusal agreement with the Beatles on December - 13.  

1963  Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles on this day in history.  

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1963  On December - 13 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 this day in history shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf  

1965  On December - 13 algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow  

1966  1st US bombing of Hanoi on December - 13.  

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  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  Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

1971  John Sinclair (sentence 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed on December - 13.  

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

1971  On December - 13 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  Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

1976  On December - 13 golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur  

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

1976  Eduard Claudius, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1533  On December - 13 birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

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

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

1640  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on December - 13.  

1662  On December - 13 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 this day in history.  

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on December - 13.  

1048  On December - 13 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 this day in history.  

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on December - 13.  

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