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

1960  Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals) on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein   

1961  On December - 13 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  On this day in history capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles   

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  Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow on December - 13.   

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

1966  On December - 13 charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer   

1967  On this day in history united Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL   

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  On this day in history arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant"   

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 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  On December - 13 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  Malta becomes a republic on December - 13.   

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

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 this day in history longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m)   

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

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  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  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on December - 13.   

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  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.   

0838  On this day in history pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies   

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

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)