TODAY IN HISTORY

1828

The first edition of Noah Webster’s “American Dictionary of the English Language” was published.

1865

President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre in Washington.

1902

James Cash Penney opened his first store, The Golden Rule, in Kemmerer, Wyo.

1912

The British liner RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. ship’s time and began sinking.

1910

President William Howard Taft became the first U.S. chief executive to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game as the Washington Senators beat the Philadelphia Athletics 3-0.

1935

The “Black Sunday” dust storm descended upon the central Plains, turning a sunny afternoon into total darkness.