Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is held on October 16. It is held in honor of Noah Webster, the man who is considered to have fathered the American Dictionary. This event in the second decade of the month October is annual. 
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The US celebrates National Dictionary Day on Oct. 16 in honor of Noah Webster, considered the father of the American dictionary. He wrote the first real American dictionary, called, appropriately, An American Dictionary of the English Language, which took him 28 years to finish. His goal: to standardize American speech. According to the dictionary website, National Dictionary Day "celebrates language, emphasizes the importance of learning and encourages readers to use the dictionary to improve vocabulary."
Noah Webster, (born October 16, 1758, West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.—died May 28, 1843, New Haven, Connecticut), American lexicographer known for his American Spelling Book (1783) and his American Dictionary of the English Language.
Robert Cawdry released "A Table Alphabeticall" in 1604, making it the "first single-language English dictionary ever published," according to the British Library. The resource book had about 3,000 words and "simple and brief descriptions."
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