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1998 News of the Lewinsky/Clinton affair is published, President Clinton vigorously denies all allegations
1996 Dario Bellezza, born in Rome, Italy, poet, author, playwright, associate director of Nuovi argomenti, published texts by Alberto Moravia, won the Viareggio prize in 1976 for Morte segreta, the Gatto prize in 1991, dies at 51 1995 "George" magazine premieres, published by John F Kennedy Jr 1995 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 1985 Mauritania's new constitutional charter published 1984 Garry Winogrand, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations', dies of gallbladder cancer at age 56 1982 Hans Selye, endocrinologist, first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress, began stress research in 1926, published 7 popular books, 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs, dies in Montreal, Canada 1982 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc 1981 Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words 1980 Mauritania provisional constitution published 1978 British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published 1977 William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1974 "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published 1973 Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously, dies of cancer in East Berlin, at age 39 1971 Last issue of "Look" magazine is published 1970 New American Bible published 1970 Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published 1970 New English Bible published 1968 "Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague 1967 Lorraine Pearson, born in Romfod, United Kingdom, born Lorraine Samantha Jean Pearson, singer, rocker, writer, member of pop group Five Star, published novel 'Her, Me and Reality", 1989 1967 Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1965 John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published 1964 John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in U.S. 1963 "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published 1958 "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US 1958 "Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov, published 1957 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published 1956 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 Lenins politics testament (1923) published in Moscow 1955 1st edition of "Village Voice" (New York City) published 1955 Guinness Book of World Records 1st published 1952 Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man and Sea" published 1951 Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published 1951 Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny," published 1950 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published 1947 John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published 1947 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published 1946 George Orwell published "Animal Farm" 1946 Dr. Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" published 1946 Dan Millman, born in America, author, wrote, published 14 self-help books focusing on human potential, wrote 'The Life You Were Born to Live' 1945 1st issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson 1945 Sam Abell, born in Toledo, Ohio, photographer, published in National Geographic, artistic photographic style, noted for transcendent qualities, graduate, University of Kentucky, photographic books include 'The Photographic Life', 'The Life of a Photograph' 1944 Phil May, born in Wortley, England, artist, caricaturist, drawings published in The Bulletin, St. Stephens Review, The Graphic, regular staff member of Punch 1944 Dario Bellezza, born in Rome, Italy, poet, author, playwright, associate director of Nuovi argomenti, published texts by Alberto Moravia, won the Viareggio prize in 1976 for Morte segreta, the Gatto prize in 1991 1941 Archer's "Christian Calendar and Gregorian Reform" published 1941 Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published 1940 Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published 1940 Richard Wright's "Native Son" published 1939 John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" published 1937 Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have and Have Not" published 1936 "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published 1936 Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published 1935 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution 1933 Esquire magazine is 1st published 1933 Reiner Kunze, born in Oelsnitz, Germany, writer, dissident of the German Democratic Republic, book, 'The Lovely Years', published in West Germany 1933 Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously 1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia) 1933 1st issue of Newsweek magazine published 1933 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' 1933 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands 1931 Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1929 Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois 1928 Veijo Meri, born in Viipuri, now Vyborg, Russia, writer, novelist, poet, focuses on absurdity of war, published biography of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1928 Garry Winogrand, born in New York City, New York, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations' 1927 Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States 1926 2nd part of Hitler's Mein Kampf published 1925 Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment 1925 1st issue of "New Yorker" magazine published 1924 "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published 1924 1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon and Schuster) 1924 "Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny 1923 Radio Times 1st published 1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published 1922 James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies) 1921 Miniature newspaper published (Brighton Gazette 10 x 13 cm) 1920 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 1919 1st edition "Volkskrant" (People's newspaper) published in Netherlands 1918 Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published 1918 "Stars and Stripes," weekly U.S. Armed Forces newspaper, 1st published 1916 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety) 1916 Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin 1915 William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms 1915 "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published 1914 1st edition of Hague's Post under San Francisco van Oss, published 1910 1st issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois 1909 Lynette Roberts, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Evelyn Beatrice Roberts, poet, studied at London's Central School for Arts and Crafts, Faber and Faber published works, 'Poems', 'Gods with stainless ears; a heroic poem' 1907 Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published 1907 Hans Selye, born in Vienna, Austria, endocrinologist, first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress, began stress research in 1926, published 7 popular books, 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs 1905 "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published 1905 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues 1905 Brian Coffey, born in Dublin, Ireland, poet, publisher, influenced by Catholicism, science and philosophy, surrealism, published in the University Review, established Advent Press 1905 Robert S. Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender" 1904 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) 1902 Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays', dies 1900 Theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published 1900 Bruno Apitz, born in Leipzip, Germany, writer, published poems in Communist newspapers, novel 'Nackt unter Wolfen', Naked Among the Wolves, translated into more than thirty languages 1900 1st edition of The Volk published in Amsterdam 1896 Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published 1894 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World) 1893 1st U.S. bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York 1892 Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass 1891 Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" published 1890 Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic paper, published in London 1890 1st U.S. edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published 1888 "Casey at the Bat" published, SF Examiner 1887 1st Esperanto book published 1885 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published 1885 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published 1884 Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg 1884 1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published 1881 1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published 1881 Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month 1878 1st weekly Weather report published in UK 1878 Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper 1877 1st edition of "Amsterdammer" published 1875 Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 1873 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago 1868 1st edition of Maasbode published 1867 Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published 1867 Salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies 1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published 1865 "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll published in US 1865 1st edition of "Alice in Wonderland" is published 1862 Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers 1860 1st U.S. "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs. Ann Stevens 1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published 1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published 1858 William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" 1857 Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published 1857 Pierr-Jean Beranger, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858, dies 1857 Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published 1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published 1852 Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R 1852 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston) 1852 Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays' 1851 "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published 1850 1st German-language daily newspaper in U.S. published, New York City 1847 Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published 1847 1st Swedish magazine in U.S., Skandinavia, published in New York City 1847 1st San Francisco newspaper published (California Star) 1846 "Oregon Spectator" is 1st newspaper to be published on the West Coast 1845 Edgar Allen Poe's "Raven" 1st published (New York City) 1844 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot 1843 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold 1842 1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published 1841 British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published 1841 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue") published 1841 Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published 1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii 1836 "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens 1835 Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales 1835 Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society 1834 1st published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game) 1834 Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published 1834 1st U.S. labor newspaper, "The Man," published, New York City 1830 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American) 1829 Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston 1828 1st edition of Noah Webster's dictionary published 1828 1st American Indian newspaper in U.S., "Cherokee Phoenix," published 1823 "Visit from St. Nicholas" by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel 1821 1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels 1820 1st General pharmacopoeia in U.S. published, Boston 1820 1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published" 1814 "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem 1814 Walter Scott's "Waverley" published 1814 Stendahl's 1st book is published 1810 1st Irish magazine in U.S., Shamrock, is published 1809 1st U.S. geology book published by William Maclure 1805 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published 1802 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published 1801 Karl Baedeker, Germany, published travel books 1794 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published 1792 Farmer's Almanac 1st published 1792 1st Old Farmer's Almanac is published 1791 Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published 1791 Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac 1789 1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy," is published 1787 "Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution 1786 1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pitts Gazette 1782 1st nautical almanac in U.S. published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1781 1st edition of Pieter It Hoens "Post of Neder-Rhijn" published 1780 Pierr-Jean Beranger, born in Paris, France, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858 1776 Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" 1776 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published 1776 "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published 1768 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland) 1749 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published 1749 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published 1743 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (New York Weekly Journal) 1743 1st U.S. religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston 1742 Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist 1704 1st successful U.S. newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell 1693 1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London) 1687 Isaac Newton's 'Principia' published by Royal Society in England 1678 "Pilgrim's Progress" published 1678 John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published 1609 Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice," published in London 1607 Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published 1600 Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published 1580 Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published 1570 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published 1490 1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published 1490 Maimonides Mishneh Torah published 1452 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible |
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