1995 "George" magazine premieres, published by John F Kennedy Jr
1994 Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80
1992 Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint
1992 William E Gaines, publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70
1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
1991 Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year
1990 Ms. Magazine hits newstands again after an 8 month hiatus
1990 "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
1987 Mohammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame
1986 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran
1985 Gardner Cowles Jr, U.S. publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
1985 "Spin Magazine" begins publishing
1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in Nature magazine
1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
1981 Hoyt J Fuller, editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
1978 British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published
1975 Walker Evans, U.S. photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71
1974 "People" magazine begins sales
1974 1st edition of women's magazine "Story"
1972 Life magazine ceases publication
1972 Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53
1972 Ms. magazine begins publishing
1971 Last issue of "Look" magazine is published
1968 Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on cover
1964 Time Magazine uses term "op art" for 1st time
1964 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of New York Times Magazine section
1960 John F. Kennedy, Jr., New York City, son of John F. Kennedy/lawyer/magazine publisher, George
1954 Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief, Elsevier Magazine
1954 Sports Illustrated magazine begins publishing
1952 1st Dutch edition of youth magazine "Donald Duck"
1952 Mad Magazine debuts
1951 Jet magazine founded by John H. Johnson
1949 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
1949 Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered
1948 Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine
1947 Ann Beattie, Washington D.C., short story writer, New Yorker Magazine
1945 1st issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson
1945 1st edition of Elseviers Weekly newspaper (Elseviers Magazine)
1942 Larry Flynt, magazine publisher, Hustler
1940 Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
1939 Judith P Appelbaum, magazine and newspaper editor, educator
1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart
1939 Glamour magazine begins publishing
1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
1936 Life magazine hit newsstands
1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the U.S. government, publishes 1st issue
1936 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
1934 Gloria Steinem, born in Toledo, Ohio, feminist/publisher, Ms. Magazine
1933 Jack Perkins, born in Cleveland, Ohio, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday, NBC Magazine
1933 Esquire magazine is 1st published
1933 1st issue of Newsweek magazine published
1932 Paul Krassner, comic strip cartoonist, MAD Magazine, and founder, Yippies
1928 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover
1928 "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut
1926 Hugh Hefner, born in Chicagp, magazine publisher, Playboy
1925 1st issue of "New Yorker" magazine published
1923 Frances Lear, Larchmont, New York, Woman's magazine publisher, Lears
1923 Time magazine debuts
1922 Alan Ross, editor, London Magazine
1922 William M. Gaines, publisher of MAD Magazine
1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published
1921 Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator, MAD Magazine
1919 Malcolm Forbes, publisher, Forbes Magazine
1914 Brendan Gill, writer/critic, New Yorker magazine
1914 Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic, Dance Magazine
1911 Gun magazine of French battleship Liberte explode
1908 Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer, Life Magazine
1903 Walker Evans, U.S., photographer, Fortune Magazine
1903 Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder, Look Magazine
1896 Abram N Pritzker, U.S. businessman, Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine
1893 1st U.S. bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York
1892 Frank Sullivan, humorist, NYer Magazine
1892 Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass
1888 National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time
1886 1st U.S. nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, New York City
1885 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published
1881 1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published
1860 Harriet Monroe, Chicago, poet/editor of Poetry magazine, You and I
1857 Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published
1847 1st Swedish magazine in U.S., Skandinavia, published in New York City
1842 1st illustrated weekly magazine in U.S. publishes 1st issue, New York City
1841 British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published
1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer, Helium, /founder, Nature magazine
1833 John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine, oldest chess mag
1818 1st successful U.S. educational magazine "Academician," begins (New York City)
1810 1st Irish magazine in U.S., Shamrock, is published
1806 1st U.S. college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue
1799 William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53
1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
1746 William Curtis, English botanist/publisher, Botanical Magazine
1741 Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, 2nd U.S. magazine begins publishing
1741 Andrew Bedford publishes 1st American magazine (American Magazine)
1709 1st edition of Tattler magazine in England
1693 1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London)
1692 Edward Cave, England, printer, Gentlemen's Magazine
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