The Times - Notable Historical Events
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The Times - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1776-12-19 |
Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" |
1776-12-23 |
Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" |
1788-01-01 |
London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times |
1814-11-28 |
The Times of London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience. |
1831-12-10 |
"Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet) |
1838-11-03 |
The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. |
1854-10-23 |
The Times gives precise British positions in Crimea |
1878-09-25 |
British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warns against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper in one of the earliest pubic health announcements on the dangers of smoking |
1966-10-01 |
Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times" |
1967-08-27 |
Naomi Sims is 1st black model on US cover (Fashion of the Times) |
1975-07-20 |
India expels three reporters from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Newsweek because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship. |
1979-11-13 |
British newspaper "The Times" resumes publishing after 1 year |
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The Times - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1776-02-23 |
John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) |
1786-01-26 |
Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times) |
1921-05-05 |
Del Martin, No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon |
1924-11-10 |
Phyllis Lyon, No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon |
1931-04-15 |
Sally M. Gearhart, The Times of Harvey Milk |
1934-12-04 |
Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni, Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca |
1939-02-16 |
Brian Large, Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca |
1947-06-26 |
Bill Kraus, The Times of Harvey Milk |
1948-04-18 |
Catherine Malfitano, Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca |
1955-08-23 |
Dick Pabich, The Times of Harvey Milk |
1958-07-20 |
Michael McNeil, The Times of Harvey Milk |
1978-06-28 |
Karen Dahlgren, Sign of the Times |
1980-05-31 |
Sarah Faith D'Agostino, Sign of the Times |
1981-07-06 |
Jacob Cynamon, Spot: A Sign of the Times |
1983-06-18 |
Jeff LeBlanc, The Times They Are a Changin' |
1986-02-16 |
Kaitlyn Weaver, Sign of the Times |
The Times - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1986-01-11 |
Bill Kraus, The Times of Harvey Milk |
2000-01-01 |
Dick Pabich, The Times of Harvey Milk |
2000-02-22 |
Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni, Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca |
2008-08-27 |
Del Martin, No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon |
2015-12-20 |
The Times racing correspondent Alan Lee dies aged 61 |
