WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025

1917-Vladimir Lenin issues his radical "April Theses" calling for Soviets to take power during the Russian Revolution

1935-40-year-old future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth debuts in the NL with a HR and single in Boston Braves 4-2 win over the NY Giants, in Boston

1942-Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship

1943-Swiss scientist Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD

1948-Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris

1962-Brazil nationalizes U.S. businesses

1975-Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh

1993-Jury reaches guilty verdict in federal case against police officers (two convicted, two acquitted) who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th

2003-Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens, admitting 10 new member states to the European Union

2018-Kendrick Lamar is the first rapper and non-classical or jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music with his album "Damn