2004 Pierre Salinger, journalist/political press officer, dies at 79
1999 Martha Rountree, journalist, Meet the Press, dies at 87
1998 President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference
1996 Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76
1995 James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack
1995 Henry C Rogers, press Agent, dies at 81
1994 Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32
1994 Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93
1994 Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69
1993 Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium
1993 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
1992 Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies
1989 Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press
1988 Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia
1986 South Africa censors press
1986 Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68
1986 Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album
1986 Paul McCartney releases "Press"
1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
1979 Iran press censors start massive book burnings
1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
1977 Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
1975 French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia
1967 Claude A. Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77
1964 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference
1962 Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more
1960 Tamara and Irina Press (U.S.S.R.) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold
1958 UP and International News Service merge into United Press International
1954 Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"
1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters)
1948 Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship
1947 "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
1945 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
1943 Jody Powell, press mouthpiece, Jimmy Carter
1942 Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary, George Bush
1942 German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe
1940 James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt
1939 Larry Speakes, presidential press secretary
1939 Ronald Ziegler, press secretary, Nixon
1939 Colin Webb, general manager, Press Assn
1939 Irina Press, born in U.S.S.R., 80m hurdles/Pentathelete, Olympics gold 1960, 64
1938 Michael Shea, director, Hanson Trust, /Queen's press sect
1937 Tamara Press, U.S.S.R., shot putter/discus thrower, Oly-gold-60
1936 RCA displays TV for press
1935 Hodding Carter III, press secretary, Jimmy Carter
1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
1934 Ron Nesson, press secretary, Gerald Ford
1933 German President Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press
1932 Geoffrey Cass, CEO, Cambridge U Press
1932 Bernard Ingham, press secretary, Margaret Thatcher
1931 Cornelis T. "Cor" van de Molen, director Social Businesses of Press
1930 Marvin Kalb, born in New York City, educator/newscaster, CBS/NBC, Meet the Press
1928 William HT Gairdner, Engl missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54
1928 Herbert Klein, newscaster and press secretary
1926 Louis Blom-Cooper QC/press arbiter
1925 Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News
1925 Pierre Salinger, newsman, ABC, /press secretary, John Kennedy
1925 Joop C Swart, Dutch publisher/founder, World Press Photo
1924 Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens
1924 Frank Press, American Scientist
1920 Helen Thomas, UPI journalist, starts press conferences
1920 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer, World Press Photo
1920 Robert Hersant, press baron
1918 United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed
1918 [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53
1917 Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer
1917 Lenin defended "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
1917 New soviet government suspends freedom of press (temporary)
1914 German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg
1913 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
1911 Ethel Lois Payne, journalist, Chic Defender, /1st Lady of Black Press
1907 E. W. Scripps founded United Press
1906 President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in U.S. press
1903 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
1900 Lawrence E Spivak, born in Brooklyn, New York, news panelist, Meet the Press
1900 Associated Press News Service forms in New York
1900 Associated Press organizes in New York City as non-profit news cooperative
1889 Claude A. Barnett, founder, Associated Negro Press
1878 Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press)
1874 Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies
1863 William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press
1848 Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press)
1847 Rotary-type printing press patents by Richard March Hoe, New York City
1837 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
1836 Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale
1833 James Ball Antyne, Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60
1829 Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
1740 King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press
1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press)
1639 1st printing press in America
1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly
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