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 this day in history ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed   

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

1959  On December - 13 archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus   

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 this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history 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  Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles on December - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow   

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

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 December - 13 playland at the Beach reopens   

1968  Playland at Beach reopens on this day in history.   

1968  Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 on December - 13.   

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  On this day in history greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA   

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

1971  John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed on this day in history.   

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  Malta becomes a republic on this day in history.   

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  On December - 13 golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur   

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

1976  On December - 13 eduard Claudius, writer, dies   

1977  On this day in history entire University of Evansville basketball team, die in plane crash   

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1521  On December - 13 birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)   

1533  On December - 13 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  On this day in history birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

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 this day in history.   

1720  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)   

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

1048  On December - 13 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74   

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 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.