Events
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing pressGutenberg prints a bibleLibrary of Congress in Washington, D.C. (the national library for the U.S.) is established.The Sumerians created the first written alphabet known as Cuneiform.The Phoenicians create the first alphabet that had sounds associated with letters.The Egyptians start writing using ink on papyrus scrolls.Horace Mann recommended that public schools have libraries.
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