Dictionary Day is celebrated in the United States on October 16 th in honor of Noah Webster’s birthday.

Dictionary Day on October 16 celebrates the birth of Noah Webster, an American writer who was born in 1758. Webster is best-known for publishing the first dictionary in 1806, which he continued to ...

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