Today In History

Today is Tuesday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2021. There are 262 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1970: Apollo 13, fourfifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.)

ON THIS DATE

› 1613: Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, was captured by English Capt. Samuel Argall in the Virginia Colony. (During a yearlong captivity, Pocahontas converted to Christianity and ultimately opted to stay with the English.)

› 1742: “Messiah,” the oratorio by George Frideric Handel featuring the “Hallelujah” chorus, had its first public performance in Dublin, Ireland.

› 1861: At the start of the Civil War, Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederate forces.

› 1943: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of the third American president’s birth.

› 1964: Sidney Poitier became the first Black performer in a leading role to win an Academy Award for his performance in “Lilies of the Field.”

› 1992: The Great Chicago Flood took place.

› 1997: Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament and the first player of partly African heritage to claim a major golf title.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., is 88. Actor Edward Fox is 84. Actor Paul Sorvino is 82. R&B singer Lester Chambers is 81. Movie-TV composer Bill Conti is 79. Rock musician Jack Casady is

77. Actor William Sadler is 71. Singer Peabo Bryson is 70. Bandleader/rock musician Max Weinberg is 70. Bluegrass singer-musician Sam Bush is

69. Rock musician Jimmy Destri is 67. Comedian Gary Kroeger is 64. Actor Saundra Santiago is 64. Actor-comedian Caroline Rhea is 57. Rock musician Marc Ford is 55. Reggae singer Capleton is 54. Actor Ricky Schroder is 51. Rock singer Aaron Lewis (Staind) is 49. Actor Bokeem Woodbine is 48. Singer Lou Bega is 46. Actor-producer Glenn Howerton is 45. Actor Pop singer Nellie McKay is 39. Rapper/ singer Ty Dolla $ign is 39. Actor Allison Williams is

33. Actor Hannah Marks is 28.