🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Wednesday, April 15. Today, we're diving into the first impressionist art exhibition, the world's first home telephone, the first Modern Summer Olympics, the Hillsborough disaster, the Boston Marathon bombing, and much more — quick, sharp, and source-clean.
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🚀 Time Machine
-1755
Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" was published in London.
-1861
President Abraham Lincoln mobilized the federal army of 75,000 volunteers at the start of the American Civil War.
-1874
First Impressionist art exhibition opens in Paris, featuring Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, and Berthe Morisot.
-1877
The world's first home telephone was installed in Somerville, Massachusetts, at the house of Charles Williams Jr.
-1896
The First Modern Summer Olympics closed in Athens with the USA winning 11 gold medals, and Greece leading in total medals with 46.
-1912
RMS Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM off Newfoundland, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 lives.
-1947
Jackie Robinson, 28, becomes the first African American player in modern Major League Baseball at Ebbets Field.
-1989
Ninety-six people died, and 766 were injured at Hillsborough Football Stadium during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
-2013
Two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line, killing three and wounding over 260 spectators.
📸 Snapshot
The damaged USS Franklin arrives at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, its deck marked by a dive-bomber attack near Japan that claimed over 800 crew members, 1945
🗨️ Last Words
“Wait a second...”