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31st August 1920: The world’s first radio news service begins broadcasting in Detroit, Michigan

  • 31st August 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Culture, Detroit, Music, Newspaper, Radio, Technology, United States

The world’s first radio news program was broadcast on the station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.

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8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name

  • 8th April 2020
  • Tagged as: America, City, Culture, Journalism, New York, Newspaper, United States, USA

Times Square in New York was given its name shortly after the offices of The New York Times moved to the area.

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21st December 1913: First modern crossword puzzle printed

  • 21st December 2019
  • Tagged as: America, Culture, Game, Literature, New York, Newspaper, USA

On the 21st December 1913, the first modern crossword puzzle was printed in the New York World newspaper.

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1st July 1903: First Tour de France cycling race takes place

  • 1st July 2019
  • Tagged as: Culture, Cycling, France, Newspaper, Paris, Race, Sport

On the 1st July 1903 the first Tour de France cycling race took place over 19 days and six stages.

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19th June 1978: Garfield cartoon strip first published

  • 19th June 2019
  • Tagged as: Art, Cartoon, Comic, Culture, Newspaper

On the 19th June 1978, the Garfield comic strip was first published.

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2nd June 1962: Chile and Italy meet in the World Cup’s violent ‘Battle of Santiago’

  • 2nd June 2019
  • Tagged as: Chile, FIFA, Football, Italy, Newspaper, Sport, Violence, World Cup

Chile and Italy met in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which resulted in ‘the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football possibly in the history of the game’.

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29th May 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach summit of Mount Everest

  • 29th May 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, Culture, Elizabeth II, Himalayas, Kathmandu, Mount Everest, mountaineering, Nepal, New Zealand, Newspaper, Sherpa

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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5th May 1912: Russian Communist newspaper Pravda first published

  • 5th May 2019
  • Tagged as: Communism, Lenin, Newspaper, Propaganda, Russia, Stalin, Trotsky

Pravda, the official newspaper of what became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was first published.

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14th March 1950: FBI launches its ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list

  • 14th March 2019
  • Tagged as: America, Crime, Criminal, Media, Newspaper, USA

On the 14th March 1950, the FBI launched its list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.

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11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper

  • 11th March 2019
  • Tagged as: Culture, Media, Newspaper, Printing

The Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper, was published in London.

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