UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC
Today is the 103rd day of 2013 and the 25th day of spring.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1941, the Soviet Union and Japan signed a five-year non-aggression pact.
In 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first African-American to win an the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."
In 1970, an oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13, crippling the spacecraft, which was on its way to the moon.
In 2005, Eric Rudolph pleaded guilty to four bombings between 1996 and 1998, including a blast at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third U.S. president; Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), playwright; Eudora Welty (1909-2001), writer; Howard Keel (1919-2004), actor/singer; Seamus Heaney (1939- ), writer; Al Green (1946- ), singer; Ron Perlman (1950- ), actor; Max Weinberg (1951- ), drummer/TV personality; Garry Kasparov (1963- ), chess player; Nellie McKay (1982- ), singer/actress.
TODAY'S FACT: The first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actress was Halle Berry, for the 2001 film "Monster's Ball."
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1997, Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament, at age 21.
TODAY'S QUOTE: " I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." -- Thomas Jefferson
TODAY'S NUMBER: 19 -- moves it took the IBM Deep Blue supercomputer to defeat chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.
TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (April 10) and first quarter moon (April 18).