By The Associated Press
                      - Today is Tuesday, April 13, the 103rd day of 1999. There are 262
                        days left in the year.

                      - On April 13, 1743, the third president of the U.S., Thomas
                        Jefferson, was born in present-day Albemarle County, Va.
                      - In 1742, Handel's "Messiah" was first performed publicly, in Dublin,
                        Ireland.
                      - In 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in New York.
                      - In 1943, President Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial.
                      - In 1958, Van Cliburn became the first American to win the
                        Tchaikovsky International Piano Contest in Moscow.
                      - In 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled
                        when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst.
                      - In 1986, Pope John Paul II visited a Rome synagogue in the first
                        recorded papal visit of its kind.
                      - In 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.
                      - In 1997, Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters
                        Tournament and the first player of at least partly African heritage
                        to claim a major golf title.
                      - Ten years ago: House Speaker Jim Wright delivered an emotional
                        defense of his conduct against ethics charges, declaring he would
                        "fight to the last ounce of conviction and energy" he possessed.
                      - Five years ago: Islamic militants bombed an Israeli bus, killing six
                        people and wounding 28.
                      - One year ago: NationsBank and BankAmerica announced a $62.5 billion
                        merger, creating the country's first coast-to-coast bank. A
                        500-pound steel joint fell from the upper level of New York's Yankee
                        Stadium, crashing onto seats below. No fans were inside the park at
                        the time.

                      *Happy Birthday*
                      - Former Minnesota Gov. Harold Stassen is 92.
                      - Author Eudora Welty is 90.
                      - Actor Howard Keel is 80.
                      - Movie director Stanley Donen is 75.
                      - Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) is 66.
                      - Actor Lyle Waggoner is 64.
                      - Actor Edward Fox is 62.
                      - Playwright Lanford Wilson is 62.
                      - Actor Paul Sorvino is 60.
                      - Movie and TV composer Bill Conti is 57.
                      - Rock musician Jack Casady is 55.
                      - Actor Tony Dow is 54.
                      - Singer Al Green is 53.
                      - Actor Ron Perlman is 49.
                      - Singer Peabo Bryson is 48.
                      - Rock musician Max Weinberg is 48.