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

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

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 this day in history.   

1961  Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein on this day in history.   

1961  Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101 on December - 13.   

1962  On December - 13 relay 1 communication satellite launched   

1963  Capitol records signs right of first refusal agreement with the Beatles on December - 13.   

1963  On this day in history capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles   

1963  On December - 13 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  Shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf on December - 13.   

1965  On this day in history algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow   

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

1966  On December - 13 charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer   

1967  United Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL on December - 13.   

1968  On this day in history playland at the Beach reopens   

1968  Playland at Beach reopens on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52   

1969  Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant" on December - 13.   

1969  On this day in history raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83   

1970  On this day in history greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA   

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

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 this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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 December - 13.   

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on December - 13.   

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  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on December - 13.   

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

0838  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies   

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

1124  On December - 13 callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies   

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on December - 13.   

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on this day in history.