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15th April 1755: Dr Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary published

15th April 2020
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On 15th April 1755, Samuel Johnson published “A Dictionary of the English Language” in London.

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19th July 1799: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone reported in Egypt

19th July 2019
Tagged as: Archaeology, Egypt, England, France, Language, Napoleon

On the 19^th July 1799, an announcement was made of the discovery of a slab of rock covered in carvings by French Lieutenant Pierre-François Bouchard in the area around Fort Julien near the Egyptian town of Rashid or, as it also known, Rosetta.

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15th April 1755: Dr Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary published

19th July 1799: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone reported in Egypt

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8th June 1959: The world’s only delivery of ‘Missile Mail’ took place when the United States Post Office Department sent 3,000 letters using a cruise missile

1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation

18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated

19th June 1978: Garfield cartoon strip first published

18th June 1812: The War of 1812 began when President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain

17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France

16th June 1884: The Switchback Railway, America’s first purpose-built roller coaster, opened at Coney Island in New York City

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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