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🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Tuesday, April 14. Today, we're taking a look at some pretty interesting stuff like the first American abolition society, how Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, the Black Sunday dust storm, Edison's Kinetoscope, the Titanic disaster, Napster shutting down, and a lot more — all quick, sharp, and clear.
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🚀 Time Machine
-1775
The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first American abolition society, was founded in Philadelphia.
-1828
Noah Webster, a Yale-educated lawyer with a passion for language, published his American Dictionary of the English Language.
-1865
US President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre and died the next day.
-1894
The first public showing of Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope (a moving picture device).
-1912
RMS Titanic, the world's largest ocean liner, hit an iceberg off Newfoundland at 11:40 pm.
-1935
Black Sunday dust storm ravages the US Midwest, leading to the region being dubbed the "Dust Bowl".
-1981
First Space Shuttle, Columbia, returns to Earth after 2 days and 6 hours in space.
-1988
The USSR, Afghanistan, the US, and Pakistan signed an agreement for the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan.
-2003
The Human Genome Project was completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.
-2015
The oldest stone tools ever discovered have been found at Lomekwi in Kenya, predating the first humans.
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📸 Snapshot
British blacksmith removing leg irons from a newly freed slave, 1907
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