Page 9: Historical Events In February - 13

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

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 this day in history dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR   

1974  On this day in history russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the USSR   

1975  Cyprus premier Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation on this day in history.   

1975  Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1976  Dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria on February - 13.   

1976  On this day in history 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 this day in history eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship   

1977  Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic on this day in history.   

1977  On February - 13 jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77   

1978  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 13.   

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

1979  Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm on this day in history.   

1979  Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84 on February - 13.   

1980  On this day in history apollo Computer Inc incorporated   

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  On this day in history david Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49   

1981  Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words on February - 13.   

1982  On February - 13 pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is on the charts for 402nd week   

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

1983  Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup on February - 13.   

1983  On February - 13 world Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds   

1983  On this day in history marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78   

1984  On February - 13 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart &liver transplant   

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 February - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 13 birth of alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)   

1610  On February - 13 birth of jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists   

1622  On February - 13 birth of adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized   

1658  On this day in history birth of jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter   

1660  Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born on February - 13.   

0858  Death of Kenneth I of Scotland on February - 13.   

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

1141  Death of Béla II of Hungary (b. 1110) on February - 13.   

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

1219  On this day in history death of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192)   

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

1315  On February - 13 jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies   

1332  Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies on this day in history.