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OED volume one published
142 years ago
The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary (A to Ant) appears in 1884, the start of a decades-long lexicographic project.
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St. Brigid's Day
Ireland's first day of spring, keeping the old feast of Imbolc under a saint's name, with woven rush crosses hung over the door for the year ahead.
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Khomeini returns to Iran
47 years ago
Ayatollah Khomeini lands in Tehran in 1979 after fourteen years of exile, greeted by crowds reported in the millions; the monarchy falls within ten days.
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