Page 6: Historical Events In December - 13

1956  On December - 13 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  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 December - 13 beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein   

1961  Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101 on December - 13.   

1962  Relay 1 communication satellite launched on December - 13.   

1963  On this day in history 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  Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79 on December - 13.   

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  Shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history 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  United Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL on this day in history.   

1968  Playland at the Beach reopens on December - 13.   

1968  On December - 13 playland at Beach reopens   

1968  Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1969  On December - 13 arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant"   

1969  Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83 on December - 13.   

1970  On December - 13 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 December - 13.   

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  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  On December - 13 birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)   

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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