Page 9: Historical Events In February - 13

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

1971  Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2 on February - 13.   

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

1972  On this day in history 11th Winter Olympics games close at Sapporo, Japan   

1973  US dollar devalues 10% on this day in history.   

1974  On February - 13 dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR   

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

1975  On February - 13 cyprus premier Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation   

1975  Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1976  Dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria on February - 13.   

1976  On this day in history peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes   

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 February - 13.   

1977  On this day in history pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic   

1977  Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1979  2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation on this day in history.   

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

1979  On February - 13 jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84   

1980  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1981  Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words on February - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

1983  On February - 13 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  On February - 13 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart &liver transplant   

1984  Konstantin Chernenko is selected as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee, after the death of Yuri Andropov on this day in history.   

1985  Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier on February - 13.   

1985  On February - 13 polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders   

1987  M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies on this day in history.   

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1440  Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 13 birth of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)   

1599  On this day in history birth of alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)   

1610  On this day in history birth of jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists   

1622  On February - 13 birth of adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized   

1658  Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of johann Sigismund Kusser, composer   

0858  On this day in history death of kenneth I of Scotland   

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

1141  On February - 13 death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)   

1199  On this day in history stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies   

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on this day in history.   

1237  On February - 13 death of jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns   

1315  Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies on February - 13.   

1332  Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies on this day in history.