Daily Almanac: April 13, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:12 a.m.

SET: 8:24 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 72 °F

Low: 63 °F

Wacky Holiday Today:

• Holy Wednesday

• International Day of Pink

• Thomas Jefferson Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest ever golfer to win the Masters Tournament

• 1970 An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13, leaving the spacecraft crippled

• 1960 The world’s first satellite navigation system is launched

Births On This Day:

• 1924 Stanley Donen

American director, choreographer

• 1743 Thomas Jefferson

American politician, 3rd President of the United States

Deaths On This Day:

• 2009 Harry Kalas

American sportscaster

• 1954 Angus Lewis Macdonald

Canadian politician