Today in Newspaper History (Part 2)
Sub-Topics: Guardian - New York Times - Pravda - The Times - Wall Street Journal - Washington Post
Related Topics: Journalist
Historical Events
Results 101 - 148 of 148
1941-10-16 - "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers
1943-01-30 - Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing
1943-02-18 - 1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw"
1943-09-27 - Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter
1944-01-05 - The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
1944-02-20 - Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1944-10-01 - Newspaper editor Alejandro Córdova assassinated in Guatemala
1945-04-27 - World War II: The Völkischer Beobachter, the newspaper of the Nazi Party, ceases publication.
1945-06-30 - 17-day newspaper strike in NY begins
1945-10-27 - 1st edition of Elseviers Weekly newspaper (Elseviers Magazine)
1948-11-02 - Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters & newspapers
1954-03-20 - 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
1956-01-09 - Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column 1st appears in newspapers
1956-02-01 - Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
1956-03-27 - US seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker"
1957-01-09 - Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"
1957-09-02 - 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die
1958-01-13 - US newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication
1962-02-04 - Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
1962-12-08 - 114-day newspaper strike begins in NYC
1963-04-01 - NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike
1963-10-16 - NY newspaper "Mirror" last edition
1963-11-16 - Toledo, OH newspaper strike began
1964-09-15 - Final edition of socialist British newspaper "Daily Herald"
1965-12-17 - Largest newspaper-Sunday NY Times at 946 pages (50 cents)
1966-10-01 - Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times"
1969-09-23 - "Clues Hint at Beatle's Death," reported in Illinois Univ newspaper, sparking widespread rumours of Paul McCartney's death
1970-05-14 - NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing
1970-10-26 - "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
1970-11-17 - British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
1976-09-24 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by Pres Carter
1979-11-13 - British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year
1985-09-08 - "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers
1986-03-05 - "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper)
1986-10-07 - 1st edition British newspaper "Independent" begins publishing
1988-01-13 - Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities
1989-01-03 - Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its 1st commercial advertisement
1989-04-03 - "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx
1990-09-17 - Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing
1991-03-30 - Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vr˜e Folk" (Free People)
1991-04-02 - Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing
1991-06-13 - The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication
1992-03-14 - Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
1993-07-07 - Prodigy announces it will offer Cox newspapers
2000-02-13 - The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
2001-09-29 - The Syracuse Herald-Journal, a U.S. newspaper dating back to 1839, ceases publication.
2005-09-30 - The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
2007-01-19 - Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink assassinated in front of his newspaper's office by 17 year old Turkish ultranationalist Ogün Samast.
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