The Daily Birthday History

April 16: Charlie Chaplin, The Battle Of Culloden and LSD!


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This episode looks at the historic figures born on April 16th like Charlie Chaplin, Pope Benedict XVI and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. It covers significant events like the Battle of Culloden between the Jacobites and British Hanoverian forces in 1746 and the accidental discovery of the effects of LSD in 1943. April 16th is also a day of remembrance with anniversaries of tragic events such as the Texas City Disaster in 1947 and the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.

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