Historical Events In December - 13

1956  On December - 13 dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires   

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

1959  On this day in history archbishop Makarios elected first president of Cyprus   

1959  Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus on this day in history.   

1960  On December - 13 italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)   

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

1961  On December - 13 grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101   

1962  Relay 1 communication satellite launched on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1964  Shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf on this day in history.   

1965  Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow on December - 13.   

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 December - 13.   

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

1968  On December - 13 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  Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant" on this day in history.   

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

1971  John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed on December - 13.   

1971  Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1972  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 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history malta becomes a republic   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 13.   

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.   

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

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on December - 13.   

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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

1204  On this day in history maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69   

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on December - 13.   

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)