Page 6: 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  Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed on December - 13.   

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

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 December - 13.   

1961  Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101   

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 December - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  Shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf on December - 13.   

1965  On December - 13 algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow   

1966  1st US bombing of Hanoi on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history playland at the Beach reopens   

1968  On December - 13 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  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 this day in history.   

1971  On December - 13 john Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed   

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 December - 13.   

1974  Malta becomes a republic on December - 13.   

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

1975  Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88 on December - 13.   

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

1976  Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m) on December - 13.   

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

1977  Entire University of Evansville basketball team, die in plane crash on this day in history.   

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1521  On December - 13 birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)   

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

1553  On December - 13 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  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)   

1720  On this day in history birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)   

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

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1466  On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)