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2001 William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89
1997 Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale 1994 N.Y. Daily News increases prices to 50 cents 1993 Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502) 1992 Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59 1991 NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns 1991 NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 1991 Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1991 The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication 1991 Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (Superman character) 1991 Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing 1991 New York Daily News begins using motto "Forward with NY" 1990 New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1990 Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth) 1990 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing 1988 New York Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist 1988 Barry Bingham Sr, U.S. daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 1988 Just 1 day after 8/8/88 New York's daily number is 888 1986 Sydney J. Harris, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma', dies in Chicago, Illinois 1986 M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily), dies at 79 1985 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76 1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa 1982 NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features 1978 Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue 1975 New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 1973 2 bettors win largest U.S. Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit) 1965 Piers Morgan, editor, Daily Mirror 1964 Final edition of socialist British newspaper "Daily Herald" 1963 Tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68 1962 Elizabeth Daily, actress, Street Music 1960 In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News 1958 U.S. newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication 1957 Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth" 1956 U.S. seizes U.S. communist newspaper "Daily Worker" 1956 Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing 1956 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking 1945 Max Hastings, British editor-in-chief, Daily Telegraph 1942 John Meulendijks, Dutch cryptogram maker, People's Daily 1942 Nicholas Lloyd, editor, Daily Express 1941 Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan 1941 British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned 1937 Richard Foreman, New York City, theatrical director, Daily Life 1937 Mort Zuckerman, CEO, US News and World Report, New York Daily News 1937 Washington Daily News is 1st U.S. newspaper with perfumed advertising page 1932 Mike Royko, born in Chicago, journalist, Symphony Daily News, author, Boss 1931 Reno race track, becomes 1st in U.S. to use daily double wagering 1930 JPS van Neerven, Dutch economist/editor, Limbourg Daily 1929 "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio 1928 Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor, I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart 1926 James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily minimum wage 1925 Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1924 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in New York City Daily News 1923 Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1923 German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily 1923 Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Texas, journlist/author, WNBC, New York Daily News 1922 BBC Radio began daily newscasts 1920 1st U.S. coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting 1920 1st Ukrainian daily newspaper in U.S. (New York City) begins publication 1919 N.Y. Daily News begins publishing 1917 Sydney J. Harris, born in London, England, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma' 1916 Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times 1911 William Berry, born in England, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph 1911 Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer 1909 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP, GVP, editor, Netherlands Daily 1908 Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express 1906 M Rooi, editor-in-chief, New Rotterdam Daily 1904 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) 1904 British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing 1901 Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher, Daily Mirror 1900 1st Chinese daily newspaper in U.S. publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF) 1896 Tom Keene, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Our Daily Bread 1896 1st edition of London Daily Mail ( penny) 1894 Daily Racing Form founded 1891 Johan W F Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet, Daily Bread 1889 Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland and SF 1887 William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer, Indian Daily 1884 Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News 1884 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters 1883 Cleveland Hugh Daily no-hits Philadelphia 1-0 1883 Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia 1883 Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP 1880 New York Daily Graphic publishes 1st half-tone engraving, by S. H. Horgan 1878 Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper 1874 Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication 1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published 1864 New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms 1858 Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning 1853 Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London 1850 1st German-language daily newspaper in U.S. published, New York City 1850 Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif 1846 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News" 1844 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) 1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 1793 Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva 1788 London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times 1785 "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue 1784 1st daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet and General Advertiser) 1784 Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser 1st success U.S. daily newspaper 1783 Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in U.S. 1702 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," publishes |
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