Page 9: Historical Events In February - 13

1971  12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos on this day in history.   

1971  Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2 on February - 13.   

1972  On this day in history "Grease" opens on Broadway   

1972  11th Winter Olympics games close at Sapporo, Japan on February - 13.   

1973  On February - 13 uS dollar devalues 10%   

1974  On February - 13 dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR   

1974  Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the USSR on February - 13.   

1975  On this day in history cyprus premier Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation   

1975  On February - 13 dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78   

1976  On February - 13 dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria   

1976  On February - 13 peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes   

1976  General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup on this day in history.   

1977  On February - 13 eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship   

1977  On this day in history pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic   

1977  Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1979  On this day in history 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation   

1979  On this day in history washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm   

1979  Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1980  Apollo Computer Inc incorporated on February - 13.   

1980  On February - 13 new Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin   

1980  On February - 13 opening ceremonies for the 13th Winter Olympics begin in Lake Placid, New York.   

1980  David Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49 on February - 13.   

1981  On February - 13 longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words   

1982  On this day in history pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is on the charts for 402nd week   

1982  On February - 13 zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17   

1983  On February - 13 australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup   

1983  World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds on February - 13.   

1983  Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78 on February - 13.   

1984  6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart &liver transplant on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history konstantin Chernenko is selected as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee, after the death of Yuri Andropov.   

1985  Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier on this day in history.   

1985  Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders on this day in history.   

1987  M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies on February - 13.   

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1440  Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian was born on February - 13.   

1457  On this day in history birth of mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)   

1480  On this day in history birth of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)   

1599  Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history birth of jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists   

1622  Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized was born on February - 13.   

1658  Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of johann Sigismund Kusser, composer   

0858  On February - 13 death of kenneth I of Scotland   

1130  On this day in history honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies   

1141  Death of Béla II of Hungary (b. 1110) on this day in history.   

1199  On February - 13 stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies   

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on this day in history.   

1237  Death of Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns on this day in history.   

1315  Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies on this day in history.   

1332  Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies on February - 13.