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1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher and philanthropist, 'George' magazine, dies at 38
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 1986 Hubert Fichte, writer, columnist for magazine konkret, novelist, dies at 50 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' magazine 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 1945 1st issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson 1945 1st edition of Elseviers Weekly newspaper (Elseviers Magazine) 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 1935 Hubert Fichte, born in Germany, writer, columnist for magazine konkret, novelist, influenced by Marcel Proust, Hans henny Jahnn, Jean Genet, wrote novel Die Geschichte der Empfindlichkeit, translated as the history of sensibility 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 1929 Beverly Sills, born in New York, opera singer, popularized opera, called "America's Queen of Opera" by Time magazine 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 1924 Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator 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 1904 John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973 1903 Walker Evans, U.S., photographer, Fortune Magazine 1903 Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder, Look Magazine 1900 Karin Boye, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, born Karin Maria Boye, poet, novelist, co-founder of poetry magazine Spektrum, introduced T.S. Eliot to Swedish readers, best-known novel 'Kallocain' 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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