Page 6: Historical Events In December - 13

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

1958  On December - 13 ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed   

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

1959  On December - 13 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 December - 13.   

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

1962  On this day in history relay 1 communication satellite launched   

1963  On this day in history 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.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  Playland at the Beach reopens on this day in history.   

1968  Playland at Beach reopens on this day in history.   

1968  Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 on December - 13.   

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 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  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  On December - 13 malta becomes a republic   

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

1975  On this day in history 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  Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m) on this day in history.   

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

1977  Entire University of Evansville basketball team, die in plane crash on December - 13.   

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

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

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  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)   

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1204  On this day in history maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69   

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74   

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