óæå ïðîøëî 16 April
1943 : Albert Hofmann discovered LSD effectsOn 16 April 1943, the Swiss doctor Albert Hofmann discovered, by chance, the effects of LSD which he has accidentally swallowed. |
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1947 : Explosion of a freighter in TexasApril 16, 1947, a French freighter carrying fertilizer containing ammonium nitrate, exploded in a port in Texas causing explosions in factories around and killing over 600 people. |
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2003 : Treaty of Accession 2003On April 16, 2003, the Treaty of Athens is signed. It provides for the enlargement of the European Union to 10 additional states: Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. |
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2007 : Virginia Tech MassacreOn April 16, 2007, a student, Seung Hui Cho killed his ex-girlfriend Emily Hilscher and her neighbor before going to Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Tech, and killed 30 students before killing himself. |
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Charlie Chaplin A day without laughter is a day wasted. |
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Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (1646) | |
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (1755) | |
Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1844) | |
Wilbur Wright , American aviation pioneer (1867) | |
Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (1889) | |
Merce Cunningham, American choreographer and dancer (1919) | |
Peter Ustinov, English actor and writer (1921) | |
Henry Mancini, American composer (1924) | |
Joseph Ratzinger, Benedikt XVI , Pope (1927) | |
Francis Lax, French actor (1930) | |
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1940) | |
Michel Denisot, French journalist and producer (1945) | |
Catherine Allégret, French actress (1946) | |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player (1947) | |
David Graf, American actor (1950) | |
Michel Blanc, French actor and director (1952) | |
Peter Garrett, Australian musician and politician (1953) | |
Ellen Barkin, American actress (1954) | |
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955) | |
Pierre Littbarski, German footballer (1960) | |
Dave Pirner, American musician (Soul Asylum) (1964) | |
Martin Lawrence, American actor (1965) | |
Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier (1969) | |
Conchita Martínez, Spanish tennis player (1972) | |
Lukas Haas, American actor (1976) | |
Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress (1976) | |
Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer (1977) | |
Lara Dutta, Indian actress and supermodel (1978) | |
Marié Digby, American singer (1983) | |
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American writer (1984) | |
Brendon Leonard, New Zealand All Black rugby player (1985) | |
Aaron Lennon, English footballer (1987) | |
Lily Loveless, English actress (1990) | |
Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater (1993) |
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Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, French naturalist (1707) | |
Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (1828) | |
Marie Tussaud, Founder of Tussaud's wax Museum (1850) | |
Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and politician (1859) | |
José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist (1930) | |
Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss American car racer and automobile manufacturer (1946) | |
Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1972) | |
Lucius D. Clay, American general (1978) | |
David Lean, English director (1991) | |
Robert Urich, American actor (2002) | |
Philippe Castelli, French actor (2006) | |
Edward Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (butterfly effect) (2008) |
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