What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
04/14/1629	Christian Huygens, discovered Saturn's rings, Titan
04/14/1889	Arnold Toynbee, historian
04/14/1904	Sir John Gielgud, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man)
EVENTS
04/14/	Pan American Day
04/14/1611	Word 'telescope' is first used by Prince Federico Cesi
04/14/1817	First American school for deaf (Hartford, Conn)
04/14/1828	First edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is published.
04/14/1860	First Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St. Joseph, Missouri.
04/14/1865	Abraham Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theater.
04/14/1894	First public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures).
04/14/1956	Ampex Co. demonstrates first commercial videotape recorder.
04/14/1971	Fort Point dedicated as first National Park in SF Bay Area.
04/14/1981	First Space Shuttle - Columbia 1 returns to Earth.

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