Historical Events In December - 13

1956  Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires on December - 13.   

1958  Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed on this day in history.   

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

1965  Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow on this day in history.   

1966  1st US bombing of Hanoi on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 13 playland at Beach reopens   

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

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

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

1970  Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA on December - 13.   

1971  On December - 13 john Sinclair (sentence 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed   

1971  On this day in history john Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed   

1971  On this day in history max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88   

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 December - 13 rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66   

1975  On December - 13 cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88   

1976  Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur on December - 13.   

1976  On December - 13 longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m)   

1976  Eduard Claudius, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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1521  On this day in history birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)   

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)   

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on this day in history.   

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on December - 13.   

1640  On December - 13 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  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.   

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.   

0838  On this day in history pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies   

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

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

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  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.