Today In History

Today is Saturday, April 20, the 110th day of 2013. There are 255 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

1993: Mexican comedian Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) died in Mexico City at age 81.

ON THIS DATE

1836: Congress voted to establish the Wisconsin Territory.

1861: Col. Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in the United States Army. (Lee went on to command the Army of Northern Virginia, and eventually became generalin- chief of the Confederate forces.)

1945: During World War II, Allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart.

1968: Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada.

1972: The manned lunar module from Apollo 16 landed on the moon.

1999: The Columbine High School massacre took place in Colorado as two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher before taking their own lives.

2010: An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and began spewing an estimated 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico for nearly three months. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is 93. Actor Leslie Phillips is 89. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is 77. Actor George Takei is 76. Singer Johnny Tillotson is 74. Actor Ryan O’Neal is 72. Bluegrass singer-musician Doyle Lawson (Quicksilver) is 69. Rock musician Craig Frost (Grand Funk; Bob Seger’s Silver Bullet Band) is 65. Actor Gregory Itzin is 65. Actress Jessica Lange is 64. Actress Veronica Cartwright is 64. Actor Clint Howard is 54. Actor Crispin Glover is 49. Actor Andy Serkis is 49. Olympic silver medal figure skater Rosalynn Sumners is 49. Country singer Wade Hayes is 44. Actor Shemar Moore is 43. Actress Carmen Electra is 41. Reggae singer Stephen Marley is 41. Rock musician Marty Crandall is 38. Actor Joey Lawrence is 37. Country musician Clay Cook is 35. Actor Tim Jo is 29.