2014 Event Former Press Secretary James S. Brady dies at age 73; Brady's death has been ruled a homicide due to a gunshot wound made 33 years earlier by John W. Hinckley, Jr.; Hinckley was found to be insane and was not charged with the original crime 2014 Event Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Denver Broncos, wins a record fifth Associated Press MVP award; the award has never been won more than three times by a single NFL player 2013 Event A cross-party royal charter allowing for the regulation of the British press is granted by the UK Privy Council despite a last-minute court challenge by the newspaper industry 2013 Event The Privy Council rejects proposals for a Royal Charter for self-regulation of the British Press 2013 Event Signs of deteriorating economic security are suggested by an Associated Press survey stating that four out of five U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives 2012 Event The Japanese press reveals that Sharp Corporation, an electronics company, will cut 5,000 jobs worldwide 2010 Event Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, unveils a new invention, a tablet PC called the iPad, at a press conference in San Francisco 2004 Death Pierre Salinger, journalist/political press officer, dies at 79 1999 Death Martha Rountree, journalist, Meet the Press, dies at 87 1998 Death Dick Higgins, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press, dies of a heart attack in Quebec, Canada 1998 Event 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 Death Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76 1995 Event James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack 1995 Death Henry C Rogers, press Agent, dies at 81 1994 Death Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32 1994 Death Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93 1994 Death Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69 1993 Event Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium 1993 Death Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72 1992 Death Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies 1989 Event Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press 1988 Event Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia 1986 Event South Africa censors press 1986 Death Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68 1986 Event Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album 1986 Event Paul McCartney releases "Press" 1985 Event Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut 1979 Event Iran press censors start massive book burnings 1977 Event Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered 1977 Event Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one 1975 Event French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia 1964 Event Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference 1962 Event Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more 1960 Event Tamara and Irina Press (U.S.S.R.) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold 1958 Event UP and International News Service merge into United Press International 1955 Birthday Tony Snow, born in Kentucky, political commentator, columnist, radio, television news anchor, White House Press Secretary 1954 Event Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press" 1953 Event 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters) 1950 Birthday Tim Russert, born in New York, American television journalist, author, lawyer, 'Meet the Press' moderator 1948 Event Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship 1947 Event "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC 1947 Event 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis) 1945 Event "Meet the Press" premieres on radio 1943 Birthday Jody Powell, press mouthpiece, Jimmy Carter 1942 Birthday Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary, George Bush 1942 Event German-Netherlands press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe 1940 Birthday James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt 1939 Birthday Larry Speakes, presidential press secretary 1939 Birthday Ronald Ziegler, press secretary, Nixon 1939 Birthday Colin Webb, general manager, Press Association 1939 Birthday Irina Press, born in U.S.S.R., 80m hurdles/Pentathelete, Gold Medals 1960, 1964 Olympics 1938 Birthday Carmen Callil, born in Melbourne, Australia, publisher, author, founder, Virago Press, publisher of Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press 1938 Birthday Michael Shea, director, Hanson Trust, Queen's press sect 1938 Birthday Dick Higgins, born in Cambridge, England, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press 1937 Birthday Tamara Press, U.S.S.R., shot putter/discus thrower, 3 Gold Medals 1960, 1964 Olympics, Silver Medal 1960 Olympics 1936 Event RCA displays TV for press 1936 Death Karl Kraus, journalist, writer, aphorist, playwright, poet, satirist, essayist, known for witty criticisms of the press, politics, German culture, dies at 62 1935 Birthday Hodding Carter III, press secretary, Jimmy Carter 1935 Event Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto 1934 Birthday Ron Nesson, press secretary, Gerald Ford 1933 Event German President Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press 1932 Birthday Geoffrey Cass, CEO, Cambridge University Press 1932 Birthday Bernard Ingham, press secretary, Margaret Thatcher 1931 Birthday Cornelis T. "Cor" van de Molen, director Social Businesses of Press 1930 Birthday Marvin Kalb, born in New York City, educator/newscaster, CBS/NBC, Meet the Press 1928 Death William HT Gairdner, English missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54 1928 Birthday Herbert Klein, newscaster and press secretary 1926 Birthday Louis Blom-Cooper QC/press arbiter 1925 Birthday Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1925 Birthday Pierre Salinger, newsman, ABC, press secretary, John Kennedy 1925 Birthday Joop C Swart, Dutch publisher/founder, World Press Photo 1924 Birthday Frank Press, American Scientist 1924 Event Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens 1920 Birthday Helen Thomas, UPI journalist, starts press conferences 1920 Birthday Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer, World Press Photo 1920 Birthday Robert Hersant, press baron 1918 Event United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed 1918 Death [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53 1917 Birthday Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer 1917 Event Lenin defended "temporary" removal of freedom of the press 1917 Event New soviet government suspends freedom of press (temporary) 1914 Event German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg 1913 Event 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) 1911 Birthday Ethel Lois Payne, journalist, Chicago Defender, 1st Lady of Black Press 1907 Event E. W. Scripps founded United Press 1906 Event President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in U.S. press 1905 Birthday Brian Coffey, born in Dublin, Ireland, poet, publisher, influenced by Catholicism, science and philosophy, surrealism, published in the University Review, established Advent Press 1903 Event Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam 1900 Birthday Lawrence E Spivak, born in Brooklyn, New York, news panelist, Meet the Press 1900 Event Associated Press News Service forms in New York 1900 Event Associated Press organizes in New York City as non-profit news cooperative 1878 Event Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press) 1874 Death Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies 1874 Birthday Karl Kraus, born in Austria, journalist, writer, aphorist, playwright, poet, satirist, essayist, known for witty criticisms of the press, politics, German culture 1863 Event William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press 1848 Event Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press) 1847 Event Rotary-type printing press patents by Richard March Hoe, New York City 1837 Event 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport 1836 Event Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale 1833 Death James Ball Antyne, Scottish founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60 1829 Event Dutch parliament accepts new press laws 1740 Event King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press 1735 Event Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press) 1639 Event 1st printing press in America 1575 Event English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly
