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April 14.
1775. Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush organize the first abolitionist society in North America.
1828. Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
1865. John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theater in Washington DC.
1912. HMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean at 11:35 p.m., and sinks the following morning.
1927. The first Volvo car premiers in Sweden.
1988. At a UN ceremony held in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs a pledge to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
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