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On this day - 13 April

Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.

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Tiger Woods becomes youngest golfer to win Masters Tournament

Daily Express 13/04/1997

On April 13th 1997 Tiger Woods won the Masters Tournament at age 21. He became the youngest ever golfer to win this tournament. He continued to break records throughout his career in golf, taking the record for fastest ascent to number 1 in the world rankings later that year.

The Masters golf tournament is one of four major major golf championships for men held throughout the year for professional golfers. It is always held at the start of April in Augusta, Georgia. It is unique amongst the four in that it is always held in the same location, while the other three move locations annually.

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Mass graves of Polish prisoners of war discovered

Daily Worker 13/04/1943
On April 13th 1943 Joseph Goebbels broadcast an announcement that a mass grave of Polish prisoners of war had been uncovered in Katyn forest near Smolensk. He made the broadcast in an attempt to cause a divide between the Soviet Union and the Polish government-in-exile, based in London. Nearly 22000 individuals were murdered in series of a war crimes and buried in multiple mass graves, known as the Katyn Massacre after the location the first grave was discovered.

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