Page 9: Historical Events In February - 13

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

1971  On February - 13 golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2   

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

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

1973  US dollar devalues 10% on February - 13.   

1974  Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR on February - 13.   

1974  On February - 13 russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the USSR   

1975  Cyprus premier Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation on February - 13.   

1975  Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78 on February - 13.   

1976  On this day in history dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria   

1976  Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes on February - 13.   

1976  On this day in history general Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup   

1977  Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship on this day in history.   

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  2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation on February - 13.   

1979  On February - 13 washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm   

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

1980  On February - 13 apollo Computer Inc incorporated   

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

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

1980  On February - 13 david Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49   

1981  On this day in history longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words   

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 this day in history.   

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

1983  On this day in history world Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds   

1983  Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78 on this day in history.   

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  On February - 13 dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier   

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 February - 13.   

1457  On February - 13 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  Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists was born on February - 13.   

1622  Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 13 death of kenneth I of Scotland   

1130  On February - 13 honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies   

1141  On this day in history death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)   

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

1219  On February - 13 death of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192)   

1237  On this day in history death of jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns   

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

1332  On February - 13 andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies