1755 Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" published in London 1861 Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by US President Abraham Lincoln (US Civil War) 1874 First 'Impressionist' exhibition opens in Paris, features Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot 1877 Boston-Somerville installs the world's 1st telephone in Massachusetts 1912 RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the /www.onthisday.com/photos/rms-titanic-sinks">Titanic">loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 people | 
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