Monday, April 19, 1943

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The Headlines

Nazis Say Hungary Pledges Help Against Allied Balkan Invasion; MEETING YESTERDAY WAS MORE SERIOUS

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On This Day

• Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16, an event commonly known and celebrated as Bicycle Day.

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• World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.

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You Share a Birthday With

• José Echegaray (1832)
• Getúlio Vargas (1882)
• Glenn T. Seaborg (1912)
• Jayne Mansfield (1933)
• Ferdinand I of Austria (1793)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

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