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1933 Death - Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies

1920 Event - 1st U.S. postage stamps printed without the words United States or US

1913 Event - 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World

1895 Event - 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper

1863 Event - 1st U.S. newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal

1852 Birthday - Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg

1799 Event - 1st U.S. printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania

1760 Event - 1st Jewish prayer books printed in U.S.

1535 Event - 1st full English translation of the Bible printed in Switzerland

1492 Event - "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed

1489 Event - "Tractate Niddah" a talmudic edition, 1st printed

1477 Event - 1st English printed book "Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers"

1457 Event - Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)

1457 Event - Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book

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