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 this day in history.   

1959  Archbishop Makarios elected first president of Cyprus on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On December - 13 shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf   

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  Playland at the Beach reopens on this day in history.   

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 December - 13.   

1970  Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA on December - 13.   

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

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  On this day in history 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   

1974  On this day in history malta becomes a republic   

1974  On this day in history rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66   

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

1976  On this day in history eduard Claudius, writer, dies   

1977  On December - 13 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 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  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.   

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 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  On December - 13 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 this day in history.   

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.