Sic Semper Tyrannis and other trivia

-1956 First commercial videotape recorder (Ampex Corp.) demonstrated by its inventors Charles Ginsberg, Charles Anderson, and Ray Dolby simultaneously in Redwood City, California, and Chicago. CBS buys three machines for $75'000 each.
-Lincoln was shot 140 years ago today.
-Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language published in 1818.
-The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully held in Bondage, also called the Abolition Society, holds its first meeting in Philly.
-Handel died on this date in 1759, although from what I know of ILM, he won't be much grieved.
-Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, "The Kingmaker" died on this date at Barnet in 1471. Thus ended one of the most singular political careers of any Englishman ever.
-Shuraik, known as Mani (The Illustrious) is born on this date in 216
-The defenders of Masada committed suiced on this date in 73.