Petro Taras Ostap Tyschtschenko is a German businessman best known for his work in the European market for the American computer company Commodore International.

1943John Watkins, Australian cricketer^[†]

John Russell Watkins is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1973.

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1943Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.^[†]

Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann's team also isolated, named and synthesized the principal psychedelic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Hofmann discovered the structure of chitin in 1929. He authored more than 100 scientific articles and numerous books, including LSD: Mein Sorgenkind. In 2007, he shared first place with Tim Berners-Lee on a list of the 100 greatest living geniuses published by The Daily Telegraph.

Headlines from April 16, 1943

Big British Fleet In Mediterranean

New Play Shoes Go On Rationing List

CIVILIAN FOOD IN '43 TO BE REDUCED 6%; But Will Be 3% Over Pre-War Level, With Inconvenience Worst Result, OWI Says CIVILIAN FOOD IN '43 TO BE REDUCED 6%

Writers Who Quit OWI Charge It Bars 'Full Truth' for 'Ballyhoo'; WRITERS SAY OWI BARS 'FULL TRUTH'

Stimson Defends A.E.F. in Tunisia, Asserting It Held Line as Ordered; STIMSON DEFENDS A.E.F. IN TUNISIA

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