2015 Event Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian journalist Baher Mohamed are released on bail in Cairo while awaiting trial for allegedly assisting the Muslim Brotherhood; a third journalist, Australian Peter Grest, was deported earlier this month 2014 Event U.S. officials have validated claims by the Islamic State (IS) that journalist James Foley, held in captivity for two years, has been killed; President Obama vows to continue airstrikes in Iraq against IS militants 2013 Event In an interview with U.S. journalist Barbara Walters, Hillary Clinton claims she is 'unsure' whether she will run for President in 2016 2013 Event Journalist Lara Logan of CBS is suspended after admitting that portions of her '60 Minutes' Benghazi attack report covering the death of U.S Ambassador Christopher J. Stevens, were false 2013 Death Helen Thomas, an American Journalist who reported on the White House for nearly fifty years, dies at the age of 92 2012 Event A mortar in Horns, Syria, kills a friend journalist along with eight others 2010 Event Ukranian prosecutors claim that in 2000, former Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko ordered the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze 2010 Event Jean Leonard Rugambage, a Rwandan journalist, is shot dead in front of his home in Kigali; the exiled chief editor of Umuvugizi believes the government is responsible 2007 Event BBC journalist Alan Johnston is freed by Palestinian kidnappers 2004 Death Gary Webb, investigative journalist, wrote articles for 'San Jose Mercury News' about Nicaraguan cocaine smugglers linked to CIA-backed Contras, dies from two gunshot wounds to the head, judged a suicide 2004 Death Pierre Berton, journalist/historian, Klondike Fever, dies at 84 2004 Death Pierre Salinger, journalist/political press officer, dies at 79 2004 Death Bernard Levin, English Journalist 2004 Death Paul Klebnikov, journalist, Forbes writer murdered in Russia after writing about corruption, dies at 41 2004 Death Alistair Cooke, American Journalist 2004 Death Jerry Nachman, American Journalist 2003 Death Roy Neal, TV journalist, NASA correspondent, dies at 82 2003 Death David Brinkley, TV journalist, dies at 82 2003 Death David Bloom, TV journalist, died in Iraq of non-war-related causes, dies at 39 2003 Death Michael Kelly, journalist, Atlantic Monthly - died in Iraq in an accident, dies at 45 2002 Death John Wallach, journalist/humanitarian, dies at 59 2002 Death Flora Lewis, American Journalist 2002 Death Mildred Wirt Benson, journalist/writer, wrote many early Nancy Drew books, dies at 96 2002 Death Ed Turner, American Journalist 2002 Death Howard K. Smith, TV journalist, dies at 87 2002 Death Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38 2001 Death 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 2000 Death Bonnie Wiley, journalist, dies at 90 2000 Death Carl T. Rowan, syndicated journalist, dies at 75 2000 Death Robin Day, British Journalist 2000 Death Judd Rose, journalist, dies at 44 1999 Death Cathy Hainer, journalist, USA Today, dies at 38 1999 Death Martha Rountree, journalist, Meet the Press, dies at 87 1999 Death Meg Greenfield, journalist, Washington Post, dies at 68 1999 Death Jill Dando, British Journalist 1999 Death Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1998 Death John Holliman, CNN journalist, dies at 49 1998 Death Allen Drury, author/journalist, Advise and Consent, dies at 80 1998 Death James Patrick Murray, American Journalist 1998 Death Martha Gellhorn, journalist, dies at 89 1997 Death Wally Bruner, journalist (ABC, What's My Line), dies at 66 1997 Death Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician, dies at 55 1997 Death Ruth Picardie, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer, dies in Lambeth, London, of breast cancer, at age 33 1997 Death Harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87 1997 Death Jeffrey Bernard, journalist, wrote column, 'Low Life', for The Spectator magazine, dies in Soho, England, after refusing dialysis treatment 1997 Death James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker, dies at 70 1997 Death Nora Beloff, journalist, dies at 78 1997 Death Osvaldo Soriano, writer, journalist, staff writer for La Opinion, wrote, 'Triste, solitarity y final', or, Sad, lonely and final', dies at 54 1997 Death James Colin Ross Welch, journalist, dies at 72 1997 Death Matthew Coady, journalist, dies at 73 1997 Death Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73 1997 Death Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52 1996 Death Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist, dies at 55 1996 Death Alma Birk, journalist/politician, dies at 77 1996 Death Daniel Raphaeautl Mayer, journalist/resistance leader, dies at 86 1996 Death Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist, dies at 76 1996 Death Denis Jenkinson, journalist, dies at 74 1996 Death Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist/diplomat, dies at 90 1996 Death William Downie Forrest, journalist, dies at 94 1996 Death John Bauldie, music journalist/Dylanologist, dies at 47 1996 Death Henri Nannen, journalist, dies at 82 1996 Death George Scheuer, writer/journalist, dies at 80 1996 Death Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine, dies at 59 1996 Death Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist, dies at 67 1996 Death Ahmed Bahauddin, journalist, dies at 69 1996 Death Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer, dies at 42 1996 Death Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59 1996 Death Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist, dies at 77 1996 Death Frederick Angus Armstrong, journalist, dies at 82 1996 Death John William Chancellor, journalist, dies at 68 1996 Death William Darling, journalist, dies at 73 1996 Death Michael Parkin, journalist, dies at 74 1996 Death Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1996 Death Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73 1996 Death Laurence Marks, journalist, dies at 67 1996 Death Mary Perot Nichols, journalist, dies at 79 1996 Death George Malcolm Thomson, journalist, dies at 96 1996 Death Joan Thirkettle, journalist, dies at 48 1996 Death Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67 1996 Death Daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80 1996 Death Claude Mauriac, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust, dies at 81 1996 Death Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist, dies at 86 1996 Death Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71 1996 Death Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist, dies at 57 1996 Death Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist, dies at 76 1996 Death Joe Minogue, journalist, dies at 72 1996 Death Jack Sutherland, journalist, dies at 79 1995 Death Peter Refn, Danish journalist/director (Violets are Blue), dies at 54 1995 Death Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76 1995 Death Mohyedin Alempour, tajik artist/journalist, dies at 50 1995 Death Robert Shelton (Shapiro), journalist, dies at 69 1995 Death John Francis Boyd, journalist, dies at 85 1995 Death Mikki Doyle, journalist, dies at 79 1995 Death James "Scotty" Barrett Reston, journalist, dies at 86 1995 Death Leslie Wilkinson, journalist, dies at 97 1995 Death Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60 1995 Death Eve Perrick, journalist, dies at 78 1995 Death Helen Vlachos, journalist, dies at 83 1995 Death John Alfred Scali, journalist/diplomat, dies at 77 1995 Death Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist, dies at 83 1995 Death Michael VerMeulen, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor, dies at 38 1995 Death Vladimir Skutina, writer playwright/journalist, dies at 64 1995 Death Humphrey Sims Moore, pacifist/journalist, dies at 86 1995 Death Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist, dies at 81 1995 Death John Schofield, journalist, dies at 29 1995 Death George Seldes, journalist, dies at 104 1995 Death Claire Sterling, journalist, dies at 75 1995 Death Prem Bhatia, journalist, dies at 83 1995 Event Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist 1995 Death Peter Woods, journalist, newsreader, broadcaster, famous newsreader, appeared on News Room for BBC News, dies at 64 1995 Death Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32 1995 Death John Silverlight, journalist, dies at 75 1995 Death Vladislav Listyev, TV journalist, dies at 48 1995 Death Ischa Meoer, journalist/critic/entertainer/interviewer, dies at 52 1995 Death Louis Heren, journalist, dies at 65 1995 Death Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100 1995 Death Urias Nooteboom, Dutch journalist/critic (The Time), dies at 54 1994 Death Harri Webb, journalist, nationalist, poet, dies at 74 1994 Death G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82 1994 Death Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27 1994 Death Marijke Vetter, Dutch journalist, dies at 82 1994 Death Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69 1994 Death Robert Millar, journalist, dies at 72 1994 Death Stanley Gebler Davies, journalist/drinker, dies at 50 1994 Death Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist, dies at 70 1994 Death [Henry] John Baker, resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at 79 1994 Death Rupert Haselden, journalist/screenwriter, dies at 36 1994 Death Denis Pitts, film-maker, journalist, novelist, wrote, 'This City is Ours', 'The Predator', dies at 64 1994 Death Peter Hacker, U.S. journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69 1994 Death Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist, dies at 59 1994 Death John Logan Gorlay, journalist, dies at 74 1994 Death Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81 1994 Death Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman, dies at 92 1994 Death Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93 1994 Death Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/writer, dies at 75 1994 Death Randy Shilts, U.S. journalist (& the band played on), dies of AIDs at 41 1994 Death Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79 1994 Death Han Jansen, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at 61 1993 Death Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist and writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68 1993 Death Jose Toirkens, journalist (Slogan, NRC), dies at 48 1993 Death Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive), dies at 62 1993 Death Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52 1993 Death Fred C Shapiro, U.S. journalist (Tiananmen-square 1989), dies at 62 1993 Death Smail Yefsah, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 31 1993 Death Harrison E. Salisbury, U.S. journalist (New York Times), dies at 84 1993 Death Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist 1993 Death Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 74 1993 Death Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Trouw, Peek on the North), dies at 58 1993 Death David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54 1993 Death W Sybout A Colenbrander, Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82 1993 Death Hank Werba, Herman Werblowski, U.S. journalist (Variety), dies at 79 1993 Death Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist 1993 Death Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies 1993 Death George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85 1992 Death Monica Dickens, English/US journalist/author, dies at 77 1992 Death Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die 1992 Death Willem RJ Wittkampf, journalist and writer (Liner, Cannon), dies 1992 Death Julio C Fernandez, Cuban/US journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies 1992 Death Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies 1992 Death Manuel De Dios Unanue, U.S. anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48 1992 Death George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies 1992 Death Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61 1992 Death Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61 1991 Death Leon Clements, journalist (Interlijnen), dies at 43 1991 Death Max Cantor, journalist, dies 1991 Death Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chicago Defender), dies at 79 1991 Death Clark Mollenhoff, U.S. journalist (Pulitzer Prize), dies 1990 Death K L Poll, journalist/author, dies 1990 Death Henry Faas, Wandelganger, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies 1990 Death Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies 1990 Death Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86 1989 Death Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87 1989 Death I. F. Stone, American Journalist 1989 Death Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist/TV host, dies at 70 1989 Death Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies 1989 Death C. L. R. James, Journalist 1989 Event Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press 1989 Death Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68 1989 Death Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies 1989 Death Merwe, journalist/cabaret performer (Hadjememaar), dies 1989 Death Stephane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped and murdered 1988 Death Adela Rogers St. John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94 1988 Death Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 73 1987 Death Simon Carmiggelt, journalist/literary (Kronkel), dies at 74 1987 Death Clare A Booth Luce, U.S. diplomat/journalist, dies at 84 1987 Event Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon 1987 Death Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53 1987 Death E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies 1986 Event South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1986 Death 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 Event U.S.S.R. releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges 1986 Event South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1986 Death Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 1986 Death Theodore H White, U.S. journalist (Making of President, Pulitzer), dies at 71 1986 Death Theodore White, American Journalist 1986 Death Henri Knap, Dutch journalist/writer, dies at 75 1985 Death James Cameron, journalist, dies 1984 Death Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist 1984 Death Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Australia and AIF bat), dies 1983 Death Mignon McLaughlin, journalist, author, contributed to Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Vogue magazines, Managing Editor, Glamour magazine, famous quote, 'Anything you lose automatically doubles in value', dies in Coral Gables, Florida 1983 Death Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 1983 Death Desmond Bagley, British Journalist 1982 Death Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Death Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Death Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Death Gerda Brautigam, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies 1982 Death Waverley Lewis Root, American Journalist 1982 Death Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69 1980 Death Leonard Huizinga, journalist and writer (Olivier and Adrian), dies at 73 1979 Death Paul van 't Veeer, Dutch journalist and writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57 1978 Death John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93 1977 Death Harriet Freezer, Dutch journalist/author, dies at 66 1977 Death Claire Goll, journalist, writer, poet, wrote 'Poemes d'amour', 'Poemes de la jalousie', dies at 86 in Paris, France 1976 Death Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies 1976 Death Sal Tas, Dutch journalist, dies at 70 1976 Death Don Bolles, U.S. journalist (against Arizona), dies 1975 Death Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist, dies at 77 1975 Death Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at 79 1974 Death Walter Lippmann, U.S. journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at 85 1974 Death Cyril Connolly, English Journalist 1973 Death Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about 71 1972 Death Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63 1972 Death Edgar P Snow, U.S. author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66 1971 Event FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr 1971 Birthday Cory Doctorow, Canadian Journalist 1971 Birthday Lara Logan, South African Journalist 1971 Death Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 1970 Death John H O'Hara, U.S. journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at 65 1970 Death Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist 1970 Birthday Asne Seierstad, Norwegian Journalist 1970 Birthday Julie Chen, American Journalist 1969 Birthday Tucker Carlson, American Journalist 1968 Death Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies 1968 Death Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist 1968 Death Randolph Churchill, British Journalist 1968 Death Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 1967 Birthday Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian Journalist 1967 Death Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies 1967 Birthday Maria Bartiromo, American Journalist 1967 Birthday Anderson Cooper, American Journalist 1967 Birthday Jane Clayson, American Journalist 1966 Death Ehm Welk, born in Biesenbrow, Germany, writer, journalist, pseudonym, Thomas Trimm, survived Oranienburg concentration camp, founder, folk high schools, dies at 82 1966 Death Albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom and Thirst), dies 1966 Birthday Dan Abrams, American Journalist 1966 Death Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94 1965 Death Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist 1964 Death Ian Fleming, British journalist and creator of 'James Bond', dies at 56 1964 Birthday Boris Johnson, New York City, New York, politician, journalist, Mayor of London, formerly served as a Member of Parliament for Henley-on-Thames 1964 Birthday Ruth Picardie, born in Reading, England, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer 1964 Birthday Lisa Guerrero, American Journalist 1964 Birthday Glenn Beck, American Journalist 1964 Birthday Fareed Zakaria, American Journalist 1964 Birthday Shepard Smith, American Journalist 1963 Death A. J. Liebling, American journalist and writer, dies 1963 Birthday Malcolm Gladwell, American Journalist 1963 Birthday Andrew Sullivan, American Journalist 1963 Death Artturi A Leinonen, Fin journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at 74 1963 Birthday Martin Bashir, British Journalist 1963 Death Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Australia batsman), dies 1962 Birthday Elizabeth Vargas, American Journalist 1962 Birthday Hannah Storm, sports journalist, CNN, NBC 1961 Birthday Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer 1961 Birthday Jill Dando, British Journalist 1960 Death Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist and writer (Ciske), dies at 62 1960 Birthday Nigella Lawson, British Journalist 1959 Birthday Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1959 Birthday Julie Burchill, British Journalist 1959 Birthday Brian Williams, American Journalist 1959 Birthday Ira Glass, American Journalist 1959 Birthday Armstrong Williams, American Journalist 1959 Birthday Keith Olbermann, American Journalist 1958 Birthday Neil Cavuto, American Journalist 1958 Birthday Ron Reagan, American Journalist 1958 Death Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered 1958 Death Elliot Paul, American Journalist 1958 Birthday Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist 1957 Birthday Matt Lauer, born in New York City, New York, television host, Today Show co-anchor, television journalist 1957 Birthday Rupert Haselden, journalist/Screenwriter 1957 Birthday Amy Goodman, born in Bay Shore, New York, journalist, author, host of 'Democracy Now!' public radio news program, focusing on peace, human rights movements 1957 Birthday Faith Daniels, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news anchor, CBS News, at age 27 was one of the youngest national news anchors ever, first journalist to host daily talk show, A Closer Look, 1991 1956 Birthday Michael VerMeulen, born in Chicago, Illinois, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor 1956 Death Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84 1956 Birthday Sue Carpenter, TV presenter/journalist 1956 Death Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English Journalist 1955 Birthday Gwen Ifill, American Journalist 1955 Death Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71 1955 Birthday Gary Webb, born in America, investigative journalist, wrote articles for 'San Jose Mercury News' about Nicaraguan cocaine smugglers linked to CIA-backed Contras 1955 Birthday Brent Bozell, American Journalist 1955 Birthday Titus M Mafolo, South Africa journalist/ANC-leader 1954 Death Grantland Rice, American Journalist 1954 Death B. C. Forbes, Bertie Charles Forbes, founder Forbes magazine, financial journalist, books include, 'Forbes Epigrams', '101 Unusual Experiences', dies 1954 Death Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89 1953 Birthday Tina Brown, born in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, journalist, magazine editor, talk-show host, columnist, author of The Diana Chronicles 1953 Birthday Lucinda Green, born in Andover, England, born Lucinda Jane Prior-Palmer, champion equestrian, journalist, won gold at 1982 World Championships 1953 Birthday Thomas Friedman, American Journalist 1953 Birthday Anna Quindlen, American author, journalist, and New York Times columnist 1952 Birthday Susan Estrich, American Journalist 1952 Birthday Robert D. Kaplan, American Journalist 1952 Birthday Larry Elder, American Journalist 1951 Death Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist/author (London sketches), dies at 65 1951 Birthday Michael Kinsley, American Journalist 1951 Birthday Gordon Brown, born in Govan, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, former television journalist 1950 Birthday Arianna Huffington, American Journalist 1950 Birthday George Noory, American Journalist 1950 Birthday Jeremy Paxman, born in Leeds, England, journalist, television presenter, broadcaster, worked for the BBC since 1977, known for abrasive interview style 1950 Birthday Tim Russert, born in New York, American television journalist, author, lawyer, 'Meet the Press' moderator 1950 Birthday Charles Krauthammer, American Journalist 1949 Birthday John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist 1949 Birthday James Fallows, American Journalist 1949 Birthday Alma Guillermoprieto, Mexican Journalist 1949 Birthday Jamaica Kincaid, Elaine P Richardson, Antigua/US journalist, NYer 1948 Birthday Giuliana Sgrena, Italian Journalist 1948 Death Robert Quillen, American Journalist 1948 Death Bokke RS Pollema journalist/author (Lock of hair and loen), dies at 65 1948 Birthday Aaron Brown, American Journalist 1948 Birthday Dennis Prager, American Journalist 1948 Death Egon E Kisch, Czechoslovakian writer/journalist (Raging Reporter), dies at 62 1948 Birthday Wolf Blitzer, American Journalist 1947 Birthday Jon Snow, British TV journalist, Channel 4 1947 Birthday Joan Thirkettle, journalist 1947 Birthday Anthony Holden, British Journalist 1947 Birthday Bob Edwards, American Journalist 1947 Birthday Andrew Tobias, American Journalist 1947 Birthday Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch MP, PvdA 1947 Birthday Pieter W. Coetzer, South African journalist/MP, NP 1947 Birthday Bob Greene, American Journalist 1947 Birthday John Stossel, American Journalist 1946 Birthday Polly Toynbee, English Journalist 1946 Death Damon Runyon, U.S. journalist and writer (Guys and Dolls), dies at 66 1946 Birthday Joe Klein, American Journalist 1946 Birthday Dudley Fishburn, born in England, British politician, journalist, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, holds directorship for Altria Group 1946 Birthday Bettina Gregory, correspondent/journalist, ABC-TV 1946 Birthday Simon Hoggart, British Journalist 1946 Birthday Jerry Nachman, American Journalist 1945 Birthday Chris Matthews, American Journalist 1945 Birthday Serge Schmemann, Journalist 1945 Birthday Neal Boortz, American Journalist 1944 Death Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, dies at 43 1944 Birthday Jose Torikens, Dutch journalist, Parool, NRC 1944 Death Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau 1944 Birthday Renier S Schoeman, South Africa MP, NP, journalist 1944 Birthday Giles Smith, TV journalist 1944 Birthday Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer 1944 Birthday Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist 1944 Birthday John Suchet, British TV journalist, Independent TV News 1944 Death Hendrik Willem Van Loon, American Journalist 1944 Death William Allen White, U.S. journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75 1943 Birthday Stanley Gebler Davies, journalist/drinker 1943 Birthday Joel Siegel, born in Los Angeles, California, American film critic, television journalist 1943 Birthday Brit Hume, American Journalist 1943 Birthday Sue Simmons, American Journalist 1943 Death Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed 1943 Birthday Roger Cook, investigative journalist and broadcaster 1943 Birthday Ischa Meijer, journalist/critic/actor, Boezemvriend 1943 Death William Walraven, journalist and writer (Neglected Grouser), dies at 55 1943 Birthday Osvaldo Soriano, born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, writer, journalist, staff writer for La Opinion, wrote, 'Triste, solitarity y final', or, Sad, lonely and final' 1942 Death Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwarts), dies 1942 Birthday Gunter Wallraff, born in Burscheid, Germany, writer, undercover journalist, wrote on tabloid journalism, lower working class conditions 1942 Death Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer, dies at 79 1942 Birthday Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician 1942 Birthday Ken Auletta, American Journalist 1942 Birthday Al Hunt, American Journalist 1941 Birthday Raymond Sokolov, American Journalist 1941 Birthday Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/author, Mussert 1941 Birthday George Will, born in Champaign, Illinois, journalist, author, wrote, editor, National Review magazine 1972 - 1978, awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary 1941 Death John Oxenham, British Journalist 1941 Birthday Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist 1940 Birthday Barbara Amiel, British Journalist 1940 Birthday Frances FitzGerald, New York City, journalist/author, Fire in the Lake 1940 Birthday Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan Journalist 1940 Death Paul Nizan, French journalist and writer (Ce Soir/Aden Arabia), dies at 35 1940 Death Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist 1939 Death Matthew Brown, Journalist, dies at 51 1939 Birthday John Pilger, Australian Journalist 1939 Birthday Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist 1939 Death Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44 1939 Birthday Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1939 Birthday Adrienne Clarkson, Canadian Journalist 1938 Birthday Pat Buchanan, American Journalist 1938 Birthday Renata Adler, Italian Journalist 1938 Birthday David Willis, British journalist, BBC World Service 1938 Birthday Pia Lindstrom, critic, WNBC-TV, journalist, From Russia With Love 1938 Birthday Judith Martin, author/journalist/columnist, Miss Manners 1938 Birthday Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist 1937 Birthday Taki Theodoracopoulos, Greek/British journalist/multi-millionaire 1937 Birthday Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist 1937 Birthday Henk van der Meyden, Dutch journalist, de Telegraaf/Prive 1937 Birthday Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine 1937 Birthday Mark Shields, American Journalist 1937 Birthday Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1937 Birthday Brian Wenham, media consultant/journalist 1936 Birthday Neil Sheehan, American Journalist 1936 Birthday Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist 1936 Death Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist 1936 Death Karl Kraus, journalist, writer, aphorist, playwright, poet, satirist, essayist, known for witty criticisms of the press, politics, German culture, dies at 62 1936 Birthday Robert Scheer, American Journalist 1936 Death Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58 1936 Death Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57 1935 Death Kurt Tucholsky, Germany journalist and writer (Panter, Tiger and Co), dies at 45 1935 Birthday Elizabeth Drew, journalist, Politics and Money: The Road to Corruption 1935 Birthday Jacques d'Ancona, journalist/TV host, Sound-Mix Show 1935 Birthday Pete Hamill, born in Brooklyn, New York, journalist, New York Post 1935 Birthday Bernard Pivot, French Journalist 1935 Birthday Michael Parkinson, British Journalist 1935 Birthday Peter Bichsel, born in Lucerne, Switzerland, writer, journalist, wrote 'And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman', member of the Gruppe Olten, a club of Swiss writers 1934 Birthday Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist 1934 Birthday Joan Didion, U.S. novelist/journalist, Salvador 1934 Birthday R. W. Apple, Jr., American Journalist 1934 Birthday Peter Arnett, born in Riverton, New Zealand, journalist, worked for CNN 1934 Birthday Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist, Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode 1934 Birthday Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist 1934 Birthday Jim Lehrer, American Journalist 1934 Birthday David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1934 Death Eduard Bagritsky, Dzjubin, Russian poet/journalist, dies at 38 1934 Birthday Donald Stewart Cherry, Canadian Journalist 1933 Birthday Jerry Pournelle, American Journalist 1933 Death Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa', dies at 67 in Sankt Georgen, Austria 1933 Birthday Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography' 1932 Birthday Roy Hattersley, British journalist/Labour-parliament leader 1932 Event Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS 1932 Birthday Mike Royko, born in Chicago, journalist, Symphony Daily News, author, Boss 1932 Birthday Jeffrey Bernard, born in London, England, journalist, wrote column, 'Low Life', for The Spectator magazine 1932 Birthday Han J A Hansen [Jansen], Dutch journalist, King Comes! 1932 Birthday Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish Journalist 1932 Death R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76 1932 Death C. P. Scott, British Journalist 1931 Birthday Fred Graham, newscaster/journalist, CBS News, Court TV 1931 Birthday Brian Glanville, author/journalist 1931 Birthday Tom Wolfe, Richmond Virginia, journalist and author, wrote The Right Stuff 1931 Birthday Robert Novak, American Journalist 1931 Birthday Vladimir Skutina, writer playwright/journalist 1930 Death Kin Hubbard, American Journalist 1930 Birthday Peter Woods, born in Britain, journalist, newsreader, broadcaster, famous newsreader, appeared on News Room for BBC News 1930 Death Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish journalist, author and poet (Rugens sange), dies at 63 1930 Birthday Max Frankel, journalist, Tables of Id of Organic Compounds 1930 Birthday Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer, Bird Watching 1930 Birthday Denis Pitts, film-maker, journalist, novelist, wrote, 'This City is Ours', 'The Predator' 1929 Death Georges Clemenceau, French journalist/premier (1917-20), dies at 88 1929 Birthday Magnus Magnusson, Scottish Journalist 1929 Birthday David S Broder, born in Chicago Hgts, Illinois, journalist, Pulitzer 1973 1929 Birthday Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist 1929 Birthday Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist 1929 Birthday Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist 1928 Birthday Clay Felker, St. Louis, journalist, New York Herald Tribune, Esquire 1928 Birthday Bernard Levin, English Journalist 1928 Birthday Harold Evans, British Journalist 1928 Birthday Asher Wallfish, journalist 1927 Birthday Mary Perot Nichols, journalist 1927 Birthday William V Shannon, journalist/ambassador to Ireland, 1977-81 1927 Death James Curwood, U.S. journalist and writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 1927 Birthday Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer/journalist, Albania Defiant 1927 Birthday Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist, VPRO, People's Newspaper 1927 Birthday Nancy Dickerson, journalist, NBC 1926 Birthday James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker 1926 Birthday Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist, Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper 1926 Birthday Robert Shelton Shapiro, journalist 1926 Birthday Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist, Outlawed, Free as a Bird 1925 Birthday Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist 1925 Birthday Shana Alexander, New York City, journalist, 60 Minutes 1925 Birthday Jos Vandeloo, Flemish journalist/playwright, Cola Drinkers 1925 Birthday Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer 1924 Birthday James Colin Ross Welch, journalist 1924 Death Edmond Picard, French writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87 1924 Birthday Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author, Ni Marx ni Jesus 1923 Death Raymond Radiguet, French journalist and writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 1923 Death French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59 1923 Birthday Matthew Coady, journalist 1923 Birthday Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist 1923 Birthday Desmond Bagley, British Journalist 1923 Birthday Robin Day, British Journalist 1923 Birthday Joe Minogue, journalist 1923 Birthday Theo H Joekes, journalist/Dutch MP, VVD 1923 Birthday Gerald Long, journalist/CEO, Reuters 1923 Birthday Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist 1923 Birthday William Darling, journalist 1922 Birthday Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist 1922 Death Ricardo Flores Magon, Mexican Journalist 1922 Birthday Jack Anderson, born in Long Beach, California, journalist, Washington Post 1922 Birthday Michael Parkin, journalist 1922 Birthday Jiri Lederer, born in Czechoslovakia, journalist/dissident 1922 Birthday Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician 1922 Birthday Paul van 't Veer, Dutch journalist and writer, Het Vrije Volk 1921 Birthday Pierre Laporte, Canada, journalist/statesman, Revolution Script 1921 Birthday Robert Millar, journalist 1921 Birthday Ben Bradlee, Boston, editor/journalist/executive, Washington Post 1921 Death Juhani Aho, Fins journalist and writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59 1921 Birthday Elaine Dundy, born in New York, American novelist, biographer, journalist, actress, playwright 1921 Birthday Hugh Downs, born in Akron, Ohio, TV journalist, 20/20, Concentration 1921 Birthday Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist 1920 Birthday Harri Webb, Swansea, Wales, journalist, nationalist, poet, volunteered for the Royal Navy, published The Green Desert, a collection of poetry in 1969, Poems and Points in 1983 1920 Birthday Helen Thomas, UPI journalist, starts press conferences 1920 Birthday Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist 1920 Death Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer and journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37 1920 Birthday Hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist 1920 Birthday John Logan Gorlay, journalist 1919 Birthday Pieter Terpstra, Dutch journalist and writer, De dei is forroun/Havank-T 1919 Birthday Jim Murray, American Journalist 1919 Birthday James Patrick Murray, American Journalist 1919 Birthday John Silverlight, journalist 1919 Birthday Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist 1919 Birthday Claire Sterling, journalist 1919 Death Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer (Seven Hangs), dies at 48 1919 Birthday Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist 1919 Birthday Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist and TV host, Amsterdamned 1919 Birthday Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist 1919 Birthday Louis Heren, journalist and writer, China's Three Thousand Years 1919 Birthday Edwin Newman, New York City, newscaster/journalist/author, NBC-TV, Comment 1919 Birthday Nora Beloff, journalist/author 1918 Birthday Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet, Crossing 1918 Birthday John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent, ABC 1918 Birthday Flora Lewis, American Journalist 1918 Birthday Maurice Druon, Kessel, French writer/journalist, Prix Goncourt 1918 Birthday Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, journalist 1918 Birthday Heywood Hale Broun, journalist 1917 Birthday 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' 1917 Birthday Charles Wintour, journalist 1917 Death Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 1917 Birthday Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1916 Birthday Eve Perrick, journalist 1916 Birthday Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist, CBS 1916 Death Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36 1916 Birthday Theodore P. Toynbee, British journalist and writer, Savage Days, Barricade 1916 Birthday Jack Sutherland, journalist 1916 Birthday Betty Furness, actress, journalist/consumer advisor, NYC, WNBC 1916 Death Richard Harding Davis, journalist, dies at 52 1916 Death Sjoerd van der Schaaf, Frisian journalist and writer (Abbingawald), dies 1916 Birthday Mikki Doyle, journalist 1915 Birthday George Scheuer, writer/journalist 1915 Birthday Koos Schuur, Dutch journalist/poet, 7 Curses 1915 Event Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia 1915 Birthday Daniel Wolf, journalist 1915 Birthday Theodore H. White, Journalist 1915 Birthday Theodore White, American Journalist 1915 Birthday Richard H. Rovere, Jersey City, journalist, Goldwater Caper 1915 Birthday Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist, Het Parool 1915 Birthday Martin Agronsky, journalist, 1952 Peabody, 1961 DuPont-Columbia 1914 Birthday [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist, Parool 1914 Birthday Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch journalist/editor in chief, Volkskrant 1914 Birthday Lord Killanin, Irish Journalist 1914 Birthday Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist 1914 Birthday Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist 1914 Birthday Emmanuel Robles, Algerian-French journalist/playwright, Lesson Hauteurs 1914 Birthday Claude Mauriac, born in France, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust 1914 Birthday Frederick Angus Armstrong, journalist 1914 Birthday Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author, about secret service 1914 Death Jacob August Riis, Danish Journalist 1914 Birthday Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist, Parool/VARA 1913 Birthday Henri Nannen, journalist 1913 Birthday Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist, Het Parool, Kinks 1913 Birthday Mignon McLaughlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, journalist, author, contributed to Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Vogue magazines, Managing Editor, Glamour magazine, famous quote, 'Anything you lose automatically doubles in value' 1913 Birthday Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber, PvdA 1912 Birthday Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist 1912 Birthday Jura Soyfer, born in Kharkov, Ukraine, writer, political journalist, imprisoned at Dachau concentration camp, wrote the Dachau song with composer Herbert Zipper 1912 Birthday Harold Myers, film journalist 1912 Death William Thomas Stead, English Journalist 1912 Birthday Louis Boon, born in Aalst, Belgium, born Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht Boon, writer, journalist, novelist, wrote historical novels, modernist work Vergeten straat 1912 Birthday Jacob "Jaap" Balk, journalist, AH, Onder de Keizerskroon 1911 Birthday Helen Vlachos, journalist 1911 Birthday Harriet Freezer, Dutch journalist/author 1911 Birthday Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist 1911 Birthday Albert Alberts, writer/journalist, French battle 1911 Birthday Ethel Lois Payne, journalist, Chicago Defender, 1st Lady of Black Press 1911 Birthday Prem Bhatia, journalist 1911 Birthday 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 Death Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies 1911 Birthday Randolph Churchill, British Journalist 1911 Birthday Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer, Frihet och demokrati 1911 Birthday Patrick Maitland, born in England, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, journalist, World War II Special Correspondent, Member of Parliament for Lanark 1911 Birthday Henri Knap, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer 1911 Death David Graham Phillips, American Journalist 1910 Birthday Henry Brian Boyne, journalist 1910 Birthday John Francis Boyd, journalist 1910 Birthday Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist 1910 Birthday Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist 1910 Birthday Johan Doorn, Dutch journalist/resistance fighter, Orange Newspaper 1909 Birthday James "Scotty" Barrett Reston, Clydebank Scotld, journalist, New York Times 1909 Birthday Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist 1909 Birthday Jayson Blair, American Journalist 1909 Birthday John Schepens, Jean Baudoux, Flemish journalist and writer, Polyfoto 1909 Birthday Naomi Klein, Canadian Journalist 1909 Birthday Ron Suskind, American Journalist 1909 Death Johannes de Koo, journalist/playwright, dies 1909 Birthday Terry Gross, American Journalist 1909 Birthday Daniel Raphael Mayer, journalist/resistance leader 1909 Birthday Adam Clymer, American Journalist 1909 Birthday Humphrey Sims Moore, pacifist/journalist 1908 Birthday Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist 1908 Birthday Harrison E Salisbury, journalist/author, 50th Anniv of Soviet Union 1908 Birthday Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist 1908 Birthday Martha Gellhorn, American Journalist 1908 Birthday Ann Lane Petry, U.S. journalist/author, Street 1908 Birthday Leslie Wilkinson, journalist 1908 Birthday Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/Writer 1908 Birthday Boris N Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer 1908 Birthday Boris N. Poveloi, Kampov, Russian journalist/writer 1908 Birthday Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent, UN, NBC TV 1908 Death Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55 1907 Birthday I[sidore] F[einstein] Stone, U.S. journalist, IF Stone's Weekly 1907 Death Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies 1907 Birthday I. F. Stone, American Journalist 1907 Birthday Dorothy West, U.S. journalist/author, Living is Easy 1907 Death William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1906 Death Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies 1906 Birthday Leonard Huizinga, Dutch journalist and writer, Adriaan and Olivier 1906 Death Betsy Perk, Christina E, journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73 1906 Birthday Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist/diplomat 1905 Birthday Edgar P. Snow, U.S. author/journalist: Red star over China 1905 Death Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies 1905 Birthday Paul Nizan, French journalist and writer, L'Humanite, La Conspiration 1904 Birthday A. J. Liebling, born in New York City, New York, American journalist and writer 1904 Birthday Graham Greene, English journalist, 3rd Man 1904 Event Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock 1904 Event British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa 1904 Death Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies 1904 Birthday E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder, Trouw 1904 Birthday Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder, Het Parool 1903 Birthday Cyril Connolly, English Journalist 1903 Birthday Raymond Radiguet, French journalist and writer, Le diable ouch corps 1903 Birthday Waverley Lewis Root, American Journalist 1902 Birthday William Downie Forrest, journalist 1901 Birthday Willem A Wagenaar, journalist and writer, Shanghai 1901 Birthday Jacques Perret, French journalist and writer, La caporal epingle 1901 Birthday Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman 1901 Birthday Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, Obscure Blood 1901 Birthday C. L. R. James, Journalist 1900 Death Henry Villard, American Journalist 1900 Death Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 1900 Birthday Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer 1900 Birthday Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist 1899 Birthday George Malcolm Thomson, journalist 1898 Birthday Alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist 1898 Death Hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire 1898 Birthday Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist, Mary, Revolt in Congo 1898 Birthday Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist 1898 Birthday Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer 1898 Birthday Joseph Kessel, French journalist and writer, Army of the Shadows 1898 Birthday Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist and writer, History of Sascha 1895 Birthday Klaas Voskuil, journalist 1895 Birthday Eduard Bagritsky, Dzhubin, Russian poet/journalist, South-West 1894 Birthday Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist 1894 Birthday Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist and writer, Hotel Savoy 1894 Birthday Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist 1894 Birthday Adela Rogers St. John, journalist/author, Foreign Correspondent 1893 Birthday Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright, Life with Father 1892 Birthday Janet Flanner, journalist, New Yorker 1891 Birthday Jean Galtier-Boissiere, French writer/cartoonist/journalist 1891 Birthday Elliot Paul, American Journalist 1890 Birthday George Seldes, journalist 1890 Birthday Claire Goll, born in Nuremberg, Germany, journalist, writer, poet, wrote 'Poemes d'amour', 'Poemes de la jalousie' 1890 Birthday Alan Herbert, England, journalist and writer, Punch, Helen 1890 Event Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia 1890 Birthday Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist and writer, Panther Tiger and Co 1889 Death Charles Mackay, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer', dies 1889 Birthday Walter Lippmann, New York City, journalist/political writer, Men of Dystany 1889 Death Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65 1888 Birthday Artturi A. Leinonen, Finnish journalist and writer, Kati, politician 1888 Birthday Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist, Bric Brac 1888 Death Mehmed N Kemal Bey, Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47 1888 Birthday Carl von Ossietzky, Germany, journalist/pacifist, Nobel 1935 1888 Birthday Friedrich Schnack, German journalist and writer, Rosewood 1887 Birthday Dorothy Dix, Elizabeth Gilmer, journalist, advice to the lovelorn 1887 Birthday John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions 1887 Death Henry Mayhew, English Journalist 1887 Birthday Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist, Uprising and Remorse 1887 Birthday William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer, Indian Daily 1887 Birthday Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian, Vorwarts 1887 Birthday Robert Quillen, American Journalist 1886 Birthday Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist 1886 Birthday Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist and writer, Great Germany 1886 Birthday Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist, Du und 1885 Birthday Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist 1885 Birthday Egon E Kisch, Czechoslovakian writer/journalist, Rasende Reporter 1884 Birthday Ehm Welk, born in Biesenbrow, Germany, writer, journalist, pseudonym, Thomas Trimm, survived Oranienburg concentration camp, founder, folk high schools 1884 Birthday Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright/journalist 1884 Birthday Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor 1883 Birthday John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist and journalist 1883 Birthday Bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author, Lock of Hair 1883 Death Louis Veuillot, French Journalist 1883 Birthday Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer and journalist, La Torre, Tre Croci 1882 Birthday Hendrik Willem Van Loon, American Journalist 1881 Birthday Franklin P. Adams, American Journalist 1880 Birthday Damon Runyon, U.S. journalist and writer, Guys and Dolls-based on his work 1880 Birthday Asser B Kleerekoper, journalist/2nd-Member of parliament, SDAP 1880 Birthday B. C. Forbes, born in New Deer, Scotland, Bertie Charles Forbes, founder Forbes magazine, financial journalist, books include, 'Forbes Epigrams', '101 Unusual Experiences' 1879 Birthday Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist 1878 Birthday Don Marquis, Illinois, journalist/poet, archy and mehitabel 1878 Birthday James O Curwood, U.S., journalist and writer, Kazan the wolfdog 1878 Birthday Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer, Der Partylowe 1876 Birthday Irvin S. Cobb, American Journalist 1876 Birthday Alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist 1875 Death Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 1875 Birthday Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English Journalist 1875 Birthday Edgar Wallace, born in England, novelist, playwright and journalist, Terror 1875 Death John Mitchel, Irish Journalist 1875 Birthday Jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch MP, SDAP 1874 Birthday Norman Angell, Lane, English cowboy/journalist, Nobel 1933 1874 Birthday Ricardo Flores Magon, Mexican Journalist 1874 Birthday Karl Kraus, born in Austria, journalist, writer, aphorist, playwright, poet, satirist, essayist, known for witty criticisms of the press, politics, German culture 1872 Birthday Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn Fein 1872 Birthday Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist 1872 Birthday Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician, ARP 1871 Birthday Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer, Red Laugh 1871 Event Journalist Henry M. Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa 1871 Birthday Warner Fabian, Samuel H Adams, U.S. journalist and writer, Average Jones 1870 Birthday Ray Stannard Baker, U.S., journalist, Puliter Prize 1940 1869 Birthday Felix Salten, Siegmund Salzmann, Austria journalist, Bambi 1868 Birthday Kin Hubbard, American Journalist 1867 Birthday David Graham Phillips, American Journalist 1867 Birthday Marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist, Le Croisade des Enfants 1867 Birthday Finley Peter Dunne, U.S., journalist/humorist, Mr Dooley 1867 Birthday Nellie Bly, Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, journalist 1866 Birthday Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish journalist, author and poet, Vredens Born 1866 Birthday Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker and journalist, Shame of the Cities 1866 Birthday Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist 1866 Birthday Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, born in Elbingerode, Germany, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa' 1866 Birthday George Ade, U.S., journalist/playwright/humorist, Fables in Slang 1865 Birthday Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist, Remarkable Stories 1865 Birthday Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer 1864 Birthday Frans Netscher, Dutch writer/journalist, Studies of nude model 1864 Birthday Richard Harding Davis, U.S., journalist/author, In The Fig 1863 Birthday Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer 1861 Birthday Juhani Aho, Fins journalist and writer, Panu, Tuomio 1861 Death William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist 1860 Birthday Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founder, Zionist movement 1860 Birthday Horatio W. Bottomley, British journalist/swindler 1860 Birthday Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist and writer, Geertje 1859 Birthday Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist, founded Federalist Party 1859 Death Gamaliel Bailey, American Journalist 1858 Death Moritz G, Moses, Saphir, Hungarian journalist, dies at 63 1856 Birthday Frank Harris, England, journalist and writer, My Life and Loves 1854 Birthday Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist 1853 Birthday Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor, Antwerp 1852 Birthday Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/songwriter 1852 Birthday John Oxenham, British Journalist 1851 Death Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31 1850 Birthday Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue 1850 Birthday Lafcadio Hearn, U.S., journalist/author, Chita 1849 Birthday William Thomas Stead, English Journalist 1849 Birthday Jacob August Riis, Danish Journalist 1848 Birthday Joel Chandler Harris, U.S. journalist, created Uncle Remus stories 1847 Birthday Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist, Afr Bond 1847 Birthday George Robert Sims, English Journalist 1846 Birthday C. P. Scott, British Journalist 1844 Death Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies 1844 Birthday Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist 1842 Birthday Henry Duff Trail, journalist/author 1841 Birthday Johannes de Koo, Dutch journalist/stage writer 1841 Birthday Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist 1841 Birthday Henry Stanley, England, journalist/explorer, found Livingston in Africa 1840 Birthday Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist, Vatan 1835 Birthday Henry Villard, American Journalist 1833 Birthday Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist, Nobel Peace Prize 1907 1833 Birthday Betsy Perk, Dutch journalist, writer and feminist 1832 Birthday Jules Valles, French journalist/communard/author, L'insurge 1832 Birthday Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist 1829 Birthday Carl Schurz, Major General Union volunteers and journalist 1828 Death Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83 1826 Birthday Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography, Volkerkunder 1823 Birthday Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, Denj, Moskvitsh 1821 Birthday Nikolai Nekrasov, Russ, poet/journalist, Who Can be Happy in Russia? 1821 Birthday William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist 1819 Birthday Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist, History of Holland 1818 Death John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61 1815 Birthday John Mitchel, Irish Journalist 1815 Birthday Henry Parkes, British journalist/premier of Australia 1814 Birthday Charles Mackay, born in Perth, Scotland, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer' 1813 Birthday Louis Veuillot, French Journalist 1812 Birthday Henry Mayhew, English Journalist 1809 Death Wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59 1808 Birthday Karl [Theodor] Andree, German geographer/journalist, Globus 1807 Birthday Gamaliel Bailey, American Journalist 1807 Death Joan Lucaz, Dutch scholar/journalist/patriot, dies at 60 1806 Birthday J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist 1805 Birthday William Lloyd Garrison, American Journalist 1801 Birthday Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer, My Uncle Benjamin 1797 Death John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72 1795 Birthday William Lyon MacKenzie, Canadian Journalist 1795 Birthday Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer 1784 Death Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies 1763 Event English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel 1763 Event London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower 1760 Birthday Camille Desmoulins, born in France, journalist, pamphleteer and revolution leader 1757 Birthday John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician 1750 Birthday Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician/patriot/journalist 1746 Birthday Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot 1746 Death John Peter Zenger, journalist, involved in 1st amendment fight, dies 1744 Birthday Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot 1731 Death Daniel Defoe, English Journalist 1725 Birthday John Wilkes, English journalist/MP, N Briton 1722 Birthday Christopher Smart, English poet and journalist, Ceremony of Carols 1697 Birthday Abbe Prevost, French novelist and journalist, Manon Lescaut
