1755: Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language” published in London
1861: Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by US President Abraham Lincoln (US Civil War)
1874: First ‘Impressionist’ exhibition opens in Paris, features Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot
1877: Boston-Somerville installs the world’s 1st telephone in Massachusetts
1912: RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 people
Source: Onthisday.com
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