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Celebrations and notable events that occurred on April 14, 2026.
Events that occurred on April 14 throughout history
American Noah Webster publishes An American Dictionary of the English Language. It took twenty-seven years to complete and was the first dictionary of the American English language. To evaluate the etymology of words, Webster learned twenty-six languages, including Old English (Anglo-Saxon), German, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Arabic, and Sanskrit.
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln. After shooting Lincoln in the head at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., Booth shouted "Sic semper tyrannis! (Ever thus to tyrants! The South is avenged," and jumped from the President's box seat to the stage, breaking his leg and fleeing the theatre.
JC Penny opens his first department store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
Berry Gordy Jr. incorporates Motown Records Corporation.
