Daily Almanac: April 13, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:07 a.m.
SET: 8:21 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 80 °F
LOW: 52 °F

Today is…:

• Scrabble Day
• National Peach Cobbler Day
• International FND Awareness Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest ever golfer to win the Masters Tournament. The then 21-year old sportsman was also the first person of African heritage to win a major golf title. Tiger Woods is considered one of the most successful golfers of all time.
• 1970 An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13, leaving the spacecraft crippled. The emergency prompted Jack Swigert’s famous quote “Houston, we’ve had a problem”. The crew managed to return to Earth safely.
1960 The world’s first satellite navigation system is launched. Transit 1B was primarily used by the U.S. Navy to update the navigation systems aboard their Polaris submarines.

Births On This Day:

• 1949 Christopher Hitchens
English/American journalist, author
• 1743 Thomas Jefferson
American politician, 3rd President of the United States

Deaths On This Day:

• 2009 Harry Kalas

American sportscaster
• 1938 Grey Owl

English/Canadian environmentalist, author