What is National Dictionary Day?

The National Dictionary Day on October 16th is the official holiday in the United States, as it honors Noah Webster's birthday.

In 1806, American Noah Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language.. In 1807, Webster began compiling An American Dictionary of the English Language, which took twenty-seven years to complete; Webster immediately began compiling an expanded and fully comprehensive dictionary, An American Dictionary of the English Language. Webster learned twenty-six languages, including Old English (Anglo-Saxon), German, Greek, Latin, Italian, Greek, Latin, Italian, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Arabic, and Sanskrit, including Old English (Anglo-Saxon), as well as Sanskrit, including Old English (Anglo-Saxon), Sanskrit, German, Greek, Greek, Greek, Latin, Greek, Latin, Greek, Latin, Greek, Latin,