Todayâs Highlight in History:
On April 13, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.)
On April 13:
In 1613, Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, was captured by English Capt. Samuel Argall in the Virginia Colony. (During a yearlong captivity, Pocahontas converted to Christianity and ultimately opted to stay with the English.)
In 1742, âMessiah,â the oratorio by George Frideric Handel featuring the âHallelujahâ chorus, had its first public performance in Dublin, Ireland.
In 1743, the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, was born in Shadwell in the Virginia Colony.
CROW AGENCY, Mont. - Less than two months after a child s body was discovered on Crow Reservation, two women are convicted in tribal court of charges in connection to the disappearance of 8-year-old Mildred Old Crow.
Veronica Dust and Roseen Old Crow are convicted of endangering the welfare of a child and custodial interference.Â
Both women are sentenced to 18 months in jail and will be required to pay a $2,000 dollar fine.
Both charges are misdemeanors, the only type of charges allowed to be tried in Tribal court.
Crow tribal prosecutor Dave Sibley says the charges are connected to the disappearance of 8-year-old Mildred Alexis Old Crow.