Page 6: Historical Events In December - 13

1956  On this day in history dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires   

1958  On December - 13 ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed   

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

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 December - 13.   

1961  Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101 on this day in history.   

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  Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles on December - 13.   

1963  Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf   

1965  Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow on December - 13.   

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  On this day in history united Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL   

1968  On this day in history 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 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 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 this day in history.   

1971  On December - 13 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  Malta becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 13 rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66   

1975  Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88 on December - 13.   

1976  On this day in history golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur   

1976  Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m) on December - 13.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on December - 13.   

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  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.   

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on this day in history.   

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

1250  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55   

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1466  On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)