Page 9: Historical Events In February - 13

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

1971  On this day in history golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2   

1972  On February - 13 "Grease" opens on Broadway   

1972  On February - 13 11th Winter Olympics games close at Sapporo, Japan   

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

1974  On this day in history dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR   

1974  Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the USSR on this day in history.   

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

1975  Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78 on February - 13.   

1976  On February - 13 dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria   

1976  Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes on February - 13.   

1976  On February - 13 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 February - 13.   

1978  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation   

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  Apollo Computer Inc incorporated on this day in history.   

1980  New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin on this day in history.   

1980  On February - 13 opening ceremonies for the 13th Winter Olympics begin in Lake Placid, New York.   

1980  David Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49 on February - 13.   

1981  Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words on this day in history.   

1982  Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is on the charts for 402nd week on this day in history.   

1982  Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17 on February - 13.   

1983  On this day in history australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup   

1983  World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds on February - 13.   

1983  Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history 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  Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders on this day in history.   

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 February - 13.   

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  Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On February - 13 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  On this day in history birth of jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter   

1660  Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born on February - 13.   

0858  Death of Kenneth I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1130  On this day in history honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies   

1141  Death of Béla II of Hungary (b. 1110) on this day in history.   

1199  Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies on February - 13.   

1219  On this day in history death of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192)   

1237  On this day in history 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.