This Day in History
Posted by Matt Ortega · April 13, 2008
The History Channel updates visitors on historic events throughout world history with “This Day in History.” Here are a few notables for April 13:
1964: Sydney Poitier became the first African-American actor to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his role in the 1963 film, Lilies of the Field.
1970: The second oxygen tank aboard the Service Module (SM) of Apollo 13 exploded and put the lives of the three NASA astronauts in grave danger. Commander Jim Lovell reported back: “Houston, we have a problem.” The mission, considered a “successful failure,” was dramatized in the 1995 film, Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks.
1997: Tiger Woods was the first person of color to win the Masters at August National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The golf club admitted its first black member only seven years prior.
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