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1987 Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday and Saturday with Gary Hart

1987 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die

1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Waco Tribune Herald Ladies Golf Classic

1964 Jim Koethe, Dallas Times Herald reporter, killed by karate chop

1964 Final edition of socialist British newspaper "Daily Herald"

1947 Dave Barry, born in Armonk, New York, humorist, author, Pulitzer-prize winner for Commentary 1988, wrote columns for the Miami Herald, books include 'Big Trouble', 'Dave Barry Turns 40', Dave Barry's Greatest Hits', 'Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys', style capitalizes on absurdities

1945 Glenn Poshard, born in Herald, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1989 - 1999

1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune

1933 Eric Salzman, born in America, author, composer, record producer, music critic, wrote for the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune

1928 Clay Felker, St. Louis, journalist, New York Herald Tribune, Esquire

1916 2nd Ave and Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe and Selwyn Avenue named

1905 John Hay Whitney, publisher, New York Herald Trib 1961-67

1904 Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913

1904 Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)

1901 Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist, New York Herald Tribune

1897 William Herald, Australia, swimmer, 1920 Olympics

1886 Weekly Herald, 1st Vancouver, BC newspaper, publishes 1st issue

1849 New York Herald reports gold discovery in California

1835 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cents )

1794 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published


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