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  On this day in history archbishop Makarios elected first president of Cyprus   

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

1960  On this day in history italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)   

1961  On this day in history beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein   

1961  On December - 13 grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101   

1962  On December - 13 relay 1 communication satellite launched   

1963  On December - 13 capitol records signs right of first refusal agreement with the Beatles   

1963  Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79   

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  On this day in history shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf   

1965  Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow on December - 13.   

1966  1st US bombing of Hanoi on December - 13.   

1966  On this day in history charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer   

1967  On December - 13 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  Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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

1969  On December - 13 raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83   

1970  On December - 13 greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA   

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  On December - 13 max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88   

1972  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 on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 13 malta becomes a republic   

1974  Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1975  Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88 on December - 13.   

1976  On December - 13 golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur   

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

1976  On December - 13 eduard Claudius, writer, dies   

1977  Entire University of Evansville basketball team, die in plane crash on this day in history.   

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1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On December - 13 birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)   

1553  On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)   

1585  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

1640  On this day in history birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1678  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)   

1720  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)   

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on December - 13.   

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

1124  On this day in history callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies   

1126  On December - 13 hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies   

1204  On this day in history maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69   

1250  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55   

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74   

1466  On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)