Historical Events In December - 13

1956  On December - 13 dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires   

1958  On December - 13 ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed   

1959  On December - 13 archbishop Makarios elected first president of Cyprus   

1959  Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus on December - 13.   

1960  Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals) on December - 13.   

1961  Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein on December - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On December - 13 shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf   

1965  On December - 13 algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow   

1966  On this day in history 1st US bombing of Hanoi   

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  On this day in history playland at the Beach reopens   

1968  On this day in history playland at Beach reopens   

1968  On December - 13 siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52   

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  On December - 13 john Sinclair (sentence 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed   

1971  John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed on this day in history.   

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  Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 on December - 13.   

1975  Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1976  Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur on December - 13.   

1976  Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m) on December - 13.   

1976  Eduard Claudius, writer, dies on December - 13.   

1977  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on December - 13.   

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies   

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on December - 13.   

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.   

1126  On December - 13 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 December - 13.   

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