April 16 - This Day in History

April 16 : General Interest 1943: Hallucinogenic effects of LSD discovered In Basel, Switzerland, Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist working at the Sandoz pharmaceutical research laboratory, accidentally consumes LSD-25, a synthetic drug he had created in 1938 as part of his research into the medicinal value of lysergic acid compounds... read more American Revolution 1738 : General Sir Henry Clinton is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-sir-henry-clinton-is-born Automotive 1946 : Arthur Chevrolet commits suicide http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/arthur-chevrolet-commits-suicide Civil War 1863 : Union ships pass Vicksburg http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/passage-of-vicksburg Cold War 1947 : Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bernard-baruch-coins-the-term-cold-war Crime 2007 : Massacre at Virginia Tech leaves 32 dead http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/massacre-at-virginia-tech-leaves-32-dead Disaster 1947 : Fertilizer explosion kills 581 in Texas http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fertilizer-explosion-kills-581-in-texas General Interest 1917 : Lenin returns http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lenin-returns 1947 : Texas City explodes http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/texas-city-explodes 1972 : Apollo 16 departs for moon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iapollo-16i-departs-for-moon Hollywood 1889 : Charlie Chaplin born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charlie-chaplin-born Literary 1922 : Kingsley Amis is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kingsley-amis-is-born Music 1977 : David Soul, of Starsky & Hutch, has the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/david-soul-of-starsky--hutch-has-the-1-song-on-the-us-pop-charts Old West 1881 : Bat Masterson's last shootout http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bat-mastersons-last-shootout Presidential 1789 : Washington leaves Mt. Vernon for his inauguration http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-leaves-mt-vernon-for-his-inauguration Sports 1940 : Bob Feller throws no-hitter http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bob-feller-throws-no-hitter Vietnam War 1968 : Johnson arrives in Honolulu http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-arrives-in-honolulu 1972 : United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-resumes-bombing-of-hanoi-and-haiphong World War I 1917 : Lenin returns to Russia from exile http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lenin-returns-to-russia-from-exile World War II 1897 : Frederick William Winterbotham, one of Britain's top code breakers, is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/frederick-william-winterbotham-one-of-britains-top-code-breakers-is-born