Saturday, April 14, 2012

Today in History - April 14

On this day in 1828, Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his famed dictionary.

On this day in 1846, the notorious Donner Party left Illinois for California never imagining the difficult journey they were embarking on would end so terribly.

On this day in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Washington, D. C.

On this day in 1912, the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg on its maiden journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Over 1500 people died when the ship sank.

On this day in 1935, the American Midwest experienced the Black Sunday Storm in what would be the worst dust storm of the U. S. Dust Bowl during the Great Depression.

And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1891, it was reported that J. P. Morse recently took a nice load of turtles down to Cincinnati.

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