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This Day In History April 16


General Sir Henry Clinton is born Washington leaves Mt. Vernon for his inauguration Union ships pass Vicksburg Bat Masterson's last shootout Charlie Chaplin born Frederick William Winterbotham, one of Britain's top code breakers, is born Lenin returns Lenin returns to Russia from exile Kingsley Amis is born Bob Feller throws no-hitter Hallucinogenic effects of LSD discovered Arthur Chevrolet commits suicide Fertilizer explosion kills 581 in Texas Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" Texas City explodes Johnson arrives in Honolulu Apollo 16 departs for moon United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong David Soul, of Starsky & Hutch, has the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts Massacre at Virginia Tech leaves 32 dead
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