The Daily Courier

Houston we have a problem

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In 1970, the “Apollo 13” moon mission was cancelled after an on-board explosion. The three astronauts returned safely to earth four days later.

In 1979, Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth collapsed onstage in Spokane, Wash., due to exhaustion.

In 1993, the B.C. government announced it would allow limited logging of the last major old-growth rainforest on Vancouver Island. At least half of Clayoquot Sound was opened to logging.

In 1995, the CBC cancelled “Front Page Challenge.” The current events game show had been an institutio­n on Canadian television since 1957.

In 1997, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest —and first black —winner of the Masters golf tournament. Woods also set records with his 270 total and 12-stroke victory margin.

In 1998, “Dolly,” the world’s first cloned mammal from an adult cell, gave birth in Scotland to her first lamb, named “Bonnie.”

In 1999, right-to-die advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, Mich., to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder in the lethal injection death of a Lou Gehrig’s disease patient. Kevorkian ended up serving eight years.

In 2000, a treaty between the federal and British Columbia government­s and the Nisga’a people of northweste­rn B.C. became law. The agreement gave the Nisga’a land, cash and self-government in return for giving up their tax-exempt status and abandoning further claims.

In 2003, Mike Weir of Bright’s Grove, Ont., won the Masters —the first Canadian to win a men’s golf major.

In 2013, South Korean rapper PSY released his video for “Gentlemen,” and it set a record (at the time.)

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