2011 Event The U.S. government 'condemns' international media outlets, including 'The New York Times' for publishing confidential files 1991 Event Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing 1990 Event Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep New York Post publishing 1990 Death Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at 70 1990 Event 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing 1990 Event "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London 1989 Event "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx 1986 Event Doubleday Publishing sells New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon 1986 Event 1st edition British newspaper "Independent" begins publishing 1985 Event "Spin Magazine" begins publishing 1979 Event British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year 1972 Event Ms. magazine begins publishing 1971 Event New York Times began publishing "Pentagon Papers" 1970 Event New York City local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing 1964 Event George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company 1963 Event New York City's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike 1963 Event Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1961 Event Wind Bell, journal of San Francisco Zen Center, begins publishing 1959 Birthday Simon Cowell, born in Brighton, England, entrepreneur, producer of television shows, 'Britain's Got Talent', 'American Idol', owner of publishing house, Syco 1956 Event Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing 1954 Event Sports Illustrated magazine begins publishing 1948 Birthday Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company 1946 Event Martin Kresses begins publishing "Eric the Viking" comic strip 1943 Event Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing 1942 Event Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing 1941 Event Anti-nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands 1940 Event Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts 1939 Event Glamour magazine begins publishing 1935 Event Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers 1933 Birthday Peter Hartling, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, poet, managing director, S. Fisher Verlag publishing house, editor, Der Monat, magazine 1928 Birthday Anthony Blond, British publisher, The Publishing Game, Book Book 1927 Birthday John Fairchild, born in Newark, New Jersey, CEO, Fairchild publishing 1926 Birthday Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1921 Event Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," NY 1919 Event N.Y. Daily News begins publishing 1916 Birthday Lord Ryder of Eaton hastings, CEO, International Publishing House 1915 Event Emanuel Querido ("Kerido") begins publishing Querido 1912 Event 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break 1912 Event Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing (4/22 OS) 1910 Event Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing 1908 Birthday William Randolph Hearst, Jr., newspaper publisher, Hearst Publishing 1904 Event British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing 1904 Event L'Humanite, under Jean Jaures begins publishing 1897 Event New York City Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active) 1894 Birthday Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO, Knopf 1893 Event "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing 1892 Event U.S. black newspaper "Afro-American" begins publishing from Baltimore 1890 Event "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing 1889 Event Wall Street Journal begins publishing 1883 Event "Ladies Home Journal" begins publishing 1878 Event Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St. Louis Dispatch" 1877 Event "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Massachusetts) 1873 Event "Field and Stream" begins publishing 1865 Event British newspaper "Morning Chronicle" begins publishing 1851 Event New York Times starts publishing at 2 cents a copy 1847 Event Chicago Tribune begins publishing 1847 Event Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing 1841 Event "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk 1841 Event New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley 1833 Event NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 1831 Event "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet) 1831 Event Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston 1830 Event General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam 1827 Event 1st U.S. black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York City), begins publishing 1827 Event Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing 1774 Event 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing 1741 Event Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, 2nd U.S. magazine begins publishing 1735 Event Evening Post begins publishing (Boston Mass) 1711 Event "The Spectator" begins publishing (London) 1665 Event Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing 1634 Event William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti" 1620 Event English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam