Newspapers in History (Part 2)
Newspapers: Guardian - New York Times - Pravda - The Times - Wall Street Journal - Washington Post
Related Topics: Journalists
Historical Events
Event of Interest
1933-02-03 German Minister Hermann Goering bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwarts
Hermann Goering
- 1933-02-15 Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwarts" banned again in Berlin
- 1933-02-16 Catholic newspaper Germania warns against Nazis and communists
- 1933-02-19 Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers
- 1933-03-31 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
- 1935-12-09 Walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder.
- 1936-01-01 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune
- 1936-01-30 New owners of baseball's Boston Braves survey newspaper journalists to pick a new team nickname; known as 'Bees' in 1940 but return to 'Braves' in 1941
- 1937-03-25 Washington Daily News is 1st US newspaper with perfumed advertising page
- 1938-07-01 The South African Press Association (SAPA) is established as a non-governmental institution by South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the sharing of news, both national and international
- 1939-01-16 Daily newspaper comic strip "Superman" debuts
- 1940-08-15 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazis)
- 1940-08-31 1st edition of illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands
- 1941-01-21 British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned
- 1941-04-11 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis
- 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)
- 1950-09-04 "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts in twelve newspapers
- 1954-03-20 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
- 1956-01-09 Abigail Van Buren's [Pauline Phillips] "Dear Abby" advice column 1st appears in newspapers
- 1956-02-01 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
- 1957-01-09 Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"
- 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"
Historic Publication
1965-03-20 Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height has her first column published in the weekly African-American newspaper called the "New York Amsterdam News"
Dorothy Height
- 1965-12-17 Largest newspaper-Sunday NY Times at 946 pages (50 cents)
- 1966-10-01 Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times"
- 1969-01-02 Once influential daily sports newspaper, 'Soviet Sport' declares Czech super-star distance runner Emil Zatopek a "public enemy" after he supports democratic wing of the Communist Party at start of the Prague Spring
- 1969-07-07 German newspaper Der Spiegel reveals Bishop Defregger of Munich is a war criminal
Event of Interest
1969-09-23 Northern Star and Illinois Univ newspaper start rumors that Paul McCartney is dead
Paul McCartney
- 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 page 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
Event of Interest
1976-09-24 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by US President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
- 1979-11-13 British newspaper "The 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 colour newspaper); it folded in 1995
- 1986-06-27 South African Journalist and founder of the 'New Nation' newspaper, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted; he was released 721 days later on 2 December 1988
- 1986-10-07 First edition of new British newspaper "Independent" published
- 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
Event of Interest
2000-02-13 The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
Charles M. Schulz
- 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.
Historic Publication
2013-06-05 The first article based on NSA leaked documents by Edward Snowden are published by the Guardian Newspaper in the UK
Edward Snowden
- 2014-12-19 The Guardian newspaper calls 2014 'The year the people stood up'
Event of Interest
2015-01-07 Terrorist attack on the offices of satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris kills 12 (including Jean Cabut and Stéphane Charbonnier), injures 11
Stéphane Charbonnier
- 2015-07-18 "The Sun" newspaper in Britain controversially publishes old picture and video of Queen Elizabeth giving Nazi salute in 1933
- 2017-11-24 18 women accuse Jean-Claude Arnault with ties to the Nobel Prize Committee of sexual assault and harassment in Swedish Dagens Nyheter newspaper
- 2018-06-28 Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine
- 2018-08-02 Tokyo Medical University revealed to have been tampering with female entrance exams to ensure under 30% accepted, by Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun"
Event of Interest
2018-09-10 Australian newspaper the "Herald Sun" criticised for "racist" cartoon of American tennis star Serena Williams
Serena Williams
- 2018-11-02 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; Day 1 winners: Bulletin, Newspaperofrecord, Jaywalk, Line of Duty, Game Winner
- 2018-11-13 Kristine E. Guillaume is named the first black woman to head prestigious Harvard student newspaper "The Crimson"
Event of Interest
2019-09-15 UK PM Boris Johnson compares himself to Marvel Hulk character in newspaper interview "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets" about UK exiting the EU
Boris Johnson
Event of Interest
2019-10-01 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex sue British newspaper The Mail on Sunday claiming it published her private letter
Prince Harry
Meghan Markle
- 2019-10-21 Australia's biggest newspapers all blank out their front pages in protest against press restrictions
Event of Interest
2020-11-02 Johnny Depp loses libel case against UK newspaper "The Sun", which called him a "wife-beater", said he assaulted wife Amber Heard
Johnny Depp
H. L. Mencken
Ida B. Wells
Maria Menounos
Peter Jennings
Robert Capa
Tim Russert