April 15: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1277Mamluk Sultan Baybars defeated the Mongol army at the Battle of Elbistan in Anatolia.
2. 1755Samuel Johnson's great dictionary, one of the most influential dictionaries of English, was published.
3. 1817The first permanent school for deaf students in the United States opened in Hartford.
4. 1892General Electric was founded through a merger that included Edison's company.
5. 1947Jackie Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first Black player in modern US major league baseball.

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