1755-Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" is published in London
1861-Federal army of 75,000 volunteers is mobilized by President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War
1874-First Impressionist art exhibition opens in Paris, features Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot
1877-World's first home telephone is installed in Somerville, Massachusetts at the house of Charles Williams Jr.
1880-Guy de Maupassant's short story masterpiece "Boule de Suif" (Dumpling) is first published in the collection "Les Soirées de Médan"
1912-RMS Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 lives
1955-Ray Kroc opens the first McDonald's Inc. fast food restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois
1983-Tokyo Disneyland opens