By Lucy Santiago
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
In 1963, Nicklaus won two of the four majors—the Masters and the PGA Championship. These victories made him the then-youngest winner of the Masters and third-youngest winner of the PGA Championship, and each win came in just his second year as a professional. Along with three other wins including the Tournament of Champions, he placed second to Arnold Palmer on the PGA Tour money list with just over $100,000 (equivalent to $995,217 in 2023). He also teamed with Palmer to win the Canada Cup (now the World Cup of Golf) in France, representing the United States (this event was shortened to 63 holes due to heavy fog). Nicklaus also finished as low individual scorer for that event.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Is there a region on Earth where the lengths of the days and the nights remain almost constant throughout the year?
Yes, on the equator. Every day of the year the Sun is up half the time, so there are always 12 hours of sunshine at the equator.
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- William Wordsworth (poet) –
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas (American conservationist) –
- Irene Castle (dancer) –
- Walter Winchell (columnist & broadcaster) –
- Billie Holiday (jazz singer) –
- Robert Pershing “Bobby” Doerr (baseball player) –
- James Garner (actor) –
- Francis Ford Coppola (director) –
- Tony Dorsett (football player) –
- Jackie Chan (actor & stuntman) –
- Russell Crowe (actor) –
- Tiki Barber (football player) –
Died
- Phineas Taylor (P. T.” Barnum circus owner”) –
- Dave Arneson (co-creator of the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons) –
- George Nissen (inventor of the trampoline) –
- Mike Wallace (broadcast journalist) –
Events
- Booker T. Washington became the first African American to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp–
- The World Health Organization was established by the United Nations–
- Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical South Pacific opened on Broadway, N.Y.C.–
- First distinguishable radar echo bounced off the Sun–
- Jack Nicklaus won Masters Golf Tournament–
- John Wayne won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in True Grit–
- The Toronto Blue Jays played their first American League baseball game–
- NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft launched–
- After an undefeated season, UConn’s women’s basketball team won the NCAA championship–
- A 4.9-magnitude aftershock registered in central Italy following the previous day’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake–
Weather
- Record early heat in New England, 90 degrees in Hartford, CT–
- A severe snowstorm closed highways in Iowa and left 19.2 inches of snow in Dubuque–
- Sahara Desert sand began falling in Switzerland–
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