2012 Event Publishers Penguin and Random House merge to become Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the world 2012 Event At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party' 1968 Event Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed 1934 Birthday Uwe Johnson, born in Pomerania, Poland, writer, scholar, editor, wrote fiction, won International Publishers' Formentor Prize 1914 Event ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) founded 1823 Birthday Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black U.S. newspaper publishers 1672 Event Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam
