April 13
Today is the 103rd day of 2017, there are 262 days left in the year.
1598 - The Edict of Nantes gave religious tolerance to the Huguenots in France.
1613 - Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, was captured by English Capt. Samuel Argall in the Virginia Colony. (During a yearlong captivity, Pocahontas was 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.
1743 - Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was born in Shadwell in the Virginia Colony.
1861 - Fort Sumter in South Carolina, fell to Confederate forces at the onset of the Civil War.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. on the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birth.
1953 - "Casino Royale", Ian Fleming's first book as well as the first James Bond novel, was published in London.
1964 - Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win a best actor Academy Award for his role in "Lilies of the Field".
1970 - Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way on its voyage to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen exploded causing the crew to give its famous line: "Houston, we have a problem".
1975 - Civil war began in Lebanon when gunmen killed four Christian Phalangists who retaliated by killing 27 Palestinians.
1986 - Pope John Paul II visited the Great Synagogue of Rome in the first recorded papal visit of its kind to a Jewish house of worship.
1992 - The Great Chicago Flood took place as the city's century-old tunnel system and adjacent basements filled with water from the Chicago River.
1999 - Jack Kevorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, Michigan to 10 to 25 years in prison for the second-degree murder of a man whose assisted suicide was videotaped and shown on "60 Minutes".
2011 - Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained for investigation or corruption, abuse of power and the killings of protesters.
2012 - Kwanmyongsong-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, exploded shortly after launch. The U.S. and other countries called the launch a violation of U.N. Security Council rules.
Birthdays
23 - Ariane Rinehart (actress)
24 - Melvin Gordon (football player)
25 - Jessica Vanessa (model)
27 - Lodovica Comello (actress)
29 - Allison Williams (actress)
31 - Lorenzo Cain (baseball player)
32 - Lee Newton (comedian)
34 - Hunter Pence (baseball player)
37 - Kelli Giddish (actress)
39 - Sylvie Meis (TV host)
53 - Caroline Rhea (actress)
66 - Peter Davison (actor)
67 - Ron Perlman (actor)
71 - Al Green (R&B singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 14
1926 - At age 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout.
1927 - The Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1933 - The New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup.
1940 - Cornelious Warmerdam becomes the first man to clear 15-feet in the pole vault.
1944 - The Montreal Canadiens sweep the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
1949 - The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the Washington Capitals in six games for the NBA championship.
1954 - Baseball hall of famer and future home run king Hank Aaron made his major league debut with the Milwaukee Braves.
1957 - The Boston Celtics defeat the St. Louis Hawks in seven games for the NBA championship. It was the first championship for Boston.
1962 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals scores his 1,869th run, a National League record.
1963 - Pete Rose records the first base hit of his career, a triple.
1969 - George Archer wins the Masters.
1970 - Billy Casper wins the Masters.
1975 - Jack Nicklaus win the Masters.
1980 - Seve Ballesteros wins the Masters.
1984 - Twenty-one years to the day of his first career hit, Pete Rose records his 4,000th career hit.
1986 - Jack Nicklaus wins the 50th Masters Tournament. It was his sixth Masters victory.
1986 - The Boston Celtics end the regular season with a 40-1 home record, an NBA record.
1992 - The latest meeting between two undefeated major league baseball teams in history (to date) occurs as the 5-0 New York Yankees defeat the 6-0 Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 3-2.
1997 - Tiger Woods, at age 21 years and 3 months, became the youngest winner in Masters history and the first African-American golfer to win a major golf title. He won by a record 12 strokes.
1997 - The Hartford Whalers play their final NHL game.
2003 - Mike Weir became the first Canadian to win the Masters.
2004 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 661st home run, passing Willie Mays for third place on the all-time list.
2008 - Trevor Immelman wins the Masters.
2011 - A federal jury in San Francisco convicted Barry Bonds of obstruction of justice but failed to reach a verdict on allegations that he'd used steroids and lied to a grand jury about it.
2014 - Bubba Watson won the Masters for the second time.
2016 - The Golden State Warriors ended the regular season with the best record in NBA history at 73-9, bettering the old mark of 72-10 set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.
Today is the 103rd day of 2017, there are 262 days left in the year.
1598 - The Edict of Nantes gave religious tolerance to the Huguenots in France.
1613 - Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, was captured by English Capt. Samuel Argall in the Virginia Colony. (During a yearlong captivity, Pocahontas was 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.
1743 - Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was born in Shadwell in the Virginia Colony.
1861 - Fort Sumter in South Carolina, fell to Confederate forces at the onset of the Civil War.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. on the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birth.
1953 - "Casino Royale", Ian Fleming's first book as well as the first James Bond novel, was published in London.
1964 - Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win a best actor Academy Award for his role in "Lilies of the Field".
1970 - Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way on its voyage to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen exploded causing the crew to give its famous line: "Houston, we have a problem".
1975 - Civil war began in Lebanon when gunmen killed four Christian Phalangists who retaliated by killing 27 Palestinians.
1986 - Pope John Paul II visited the Great Synagogue of Rome in the first recorded papal visit of its kind to a Jewish house of worship.
1992 - The Great Chicago Flood took place as the city's century-old tunnel system and adjacent basements filled with water from the Chicago River.
1999 - Jack Kevorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, Michigan to 10 to 25 years in prison for the second-degree murder of a man whose assisted suicide was videotaped and shown on "60 Minutes".
2011 - Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained for investigation or corruption, abuse of power and the killings of protesters.
2012 - Kwanmyongsong-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, exploded shortly after launch. The U.S. and other countries called the launch a violation of U.N. Security Council rules.
Birthdays
23 - Ariane Rinehart (actress)
24 - Melvin Gordon (football player)
25 - Jessica Vanessa (model)
27 - Lodovica Comello (actress)
29 - Allison Williams (actress)
31 - Lorenzo Cain (baseball player)
32 - Lee Newton (comedian)
34 - Hunter Pence (baseball player)
37 - Kelli Giddish (actress)
39 - Sylvie Meis (TV host)
53 - Caroline Rhea (actress)
66 - Peter Davison (actor)
67 - Ron Perlman (actor)
71 - Al Green (R&B singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 14
1926 - At age 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout.
1927 - The Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1933 - The New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup.
1940 - Cornelious Warmerdam becomes the first man to clear 15-feet in the pole vault.
1944 - The Montreal Canadiens sweep the Chicago Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup.
1949 - The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the Washington Capitals in six games for the NBA championship.
1954 - Baseball hall of famer and future home run king Hank Aaron made his major league debut with the Milwaukee Braves.
1957 - The Boston Celtics defeat the St. Louis Hawks in seven games for the NBA championship. It was the first championship for Boston.
1962 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals scores his 1,869th run, a National League record.
1963 - Pete Rose records the first base hit of his career, a triple.
1969 - George Archer wins the Masters.
1970 - Billy Casper wins the Masters.
1975 - Jack Nicklaus win the Masters.
1980 - Seve Ballesteros wins the Masters.
1984 - Twenty-one years to the day of his first career hit, Pete Rose records his 4,000th career hit.
1986 - Jack Nicklaus wins the 50th Masters Tournament. It was his sixth Masters victory.
1986 - The Boston Celtics end the regular season with a 40-1 home record, an NBA record.
1992 - The latest meeting between two undefeated major league baseball teams in history (to date) occurs as the 5-0 New York Yankees defeat the 6-0 Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 3-2.
1997 - Tiger Woods, at age 21 years and 3 months, became the youngest winner in Masters history and the first African-American golfer to win a major golf title. He won by a record 12 strokes.
1997 - The Hartford Whalers play their final NHL game.
2003 - Mike Weir became the first Canadian to win the Masters.
2004 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 661st home run, passing Willie Mays for third place on the all-time list.
2008 - Trevor Immelman wins the Masters.
2011 - A federal jury in San Francisco convicted Barry Bonds of obstruction of justice but failed to reach a verdict on allegations that he'd used steroids and lied to a grand jury about it.
2014 - Bubba Watson won the Masters for the second time.
2016 - The Golden State Warriors ended the regular season with the best record in NBA history at 73-9, bettering the old mark of 72-10 set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.
