Page 6: Historical Events In December - 13

1956  Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed   

1959  Archbishop Makarios elected first president of Cyprus on this day in history.   

1959  On December - 13 archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus   

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

1961  On December - 13 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 this day in history 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  Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 13 in El Paso, TX, LBJ and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border   

1964  On this day in history shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf   

1965  On this day in history algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow   

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

1966  Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer on this day in history.   

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  Playland at Beach reopens on December - 13.   

1968  Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On December - 13 john Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed   

1971  Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88 on December - 13.   

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  On December - 13 malta becomes a republic   

1974  On this day in history rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66   

1975  On this day in history cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88   

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

1976  On this day in history longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m)   

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

1977  Entire University of Evansville basketball team, die in plane crash on December - 13.   

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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 this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)   

1553  On December - 13 birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)   

1585  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)   

1720  On this day in history birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)   

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.   

1048  On this day in history al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74   

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

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies   

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on December - 13.   

1250  On December - 13 frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55   

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on December - 13.