Page 9: Historical Events In February - 13

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

1971  Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2 on this day in history.   

1972  On February - 13 "Grease" opens on Broadway   

1972  11th Winter Olympics games close at Sapporo, Japan on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history uS dollar devalues 10%   

1974  Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR on February - 13.   

1974  On this day in history russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the USSR   

1975  Cyprus premier Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation on February - 13.   

1975  Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1976  Dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria on February - 13.   

1976  Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes on this day in history.   

1976  General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship   

1977  Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic on February - 13.   

1977  Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77 on February - 13.   

1978  On February - 13 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1979  On February - 13 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation   

1979  Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm on this day in history.   

1979  Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84 on February - 13.   

1980  On February - 13 apollo Computer Inc incorporated   

1980  On February - 13 new Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin   

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

1980  On February - 13 david Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49   

1981  On February - 13 longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words   

1982  Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is on the charts for 402nd week on February - 13.   

1982  On this day in history zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17   

1983  Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup on this day in history.   

1983  World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds on this day in history.   

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

1984  6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart &liver transplant on this day in history.   

1984  Konstantin Chernenko is selected as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee, after the death of Yuri Andropov on February - 13.   

1985  Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier on February - 13.   

1985  Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders on February - 13.   

1987  M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies on February - 13.   

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1440  On this day in history birth of hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian   

1457  On this day in history birth of mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)   

1480  On this day in history birth of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)   

1599  Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67) was born on February - 13.   

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 February - 13 birth of jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter   

1660  On this day in history birth of johann Sigismund Kusser, composer   

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

1130  Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies on February - 13.   

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

1199  On this day in history stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies   

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on February - 13.   

1237  Death of Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns on this day in history.   

1315  On February - 13 jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies   

1332  On February - 13 andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies