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;# Special dates in the history of literature, newspapers and comics.
;# Today in History dates provided by Robert Heckendorn at
;# Hewlett-Packard in Fort Collins, Colorado.
;# Any corrections or additions may be sent to robert@fc.hp.com
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;# Additional dates provided from ProLine's today file
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;# Converted to calentool format by Larry Virden (lwv27%cas.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.Edu)
;# and further edited and merged by Bill Randle (billr@saab.cna.tek.com).
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00000107 "Tarzan", one of the first adventure comic strips appears. (1929)%i19290107
00000107 Buck Rogers and Tarzan first appear in comic strips (1929)%i19290107
00000109 First issue of the "Progressive" magazine (1909)%i19090109
00000110 Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense" (1776)%i17760110
00000122 The Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif. (1850)%i18500122
00000213 "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail and fine detail drawing. Thanks Hal (1937)%i19370213
00000213 Blondie and Dagwood get married (1933)%i19330213
00000216 Ladies Home Journal begins publication. (1883)%i18830216
00000218 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published (1885)%i18850218
00000302 Time magazine is first published (1923)%i19230302
00000306 "The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" was 1st published, and is still published today (1665)%i16650306
00000316 First Black newspaper founded (1827)%i18270316
00000409 TV Guide publishes their first issue. (1953)%i19530409
00000410 First issue of the New York Tribune. The publisher was Horace Greeley (1841)%i18410410
00000414 The first edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" was published (1828)%i18280414
00000416 The Book of the Month Club begins in the US (1926)%i19260416
00000418 the first crossword puzzle book is published (1924)%i19240418
00000424 First publication of U.S. newspaper printed on regular basis (1704)%i17040424
00000427 John Milton sells his rights to "Paradise Lost" for a total of 10 pounds (1667)%i16670427
00000505 The first issue of Soviet Communist Party paper Pravda was published (1912)%i19120505
00000509 The first newspaper cartoon appeared in America. (1754)%i17540509
00000517 the first regular comic, "Comic Cuts", is published in London (1890)%i18900517
00000529 Popeye rubs the Wiffle Hen becoming practically indestructible (1929)%i19290529
00000603 "Casey at the Bat" is 1st published (by the SF Examiner) (1888)%i18880603
00000605 "U.S. Today" (a newspaper) ran for 1st time (1981)%i19810605
00000606 George Orwell's novel "1984" is published (1949)%i19490606
00000609 The first dime novel was published -- "Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter" (1860)%i18600609
00000613 "Pentagon Papers" (re: Vietnam); first published in New York Times. (1971)%i19710613
00000619 Garfield the cat. "Big fat hairy deal". (1978)%i19780619
00000620 Krazy Kat cartoon strip first appears (1910)%i19100620
00000629 The London Telegraph is published for the first time (1855)%i18550629
00000630 "Gone with the Wind" is published (1936)%i19360630
00000704 Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond. (1845)%i18450704
00000706 Newton publishes Principia Mathematica (1687)%i16870706
00000708 Vol 1, No 1, of "The Wall Street Journal" published. (1889)%i18890708
00000725 Das Kapital by Karl Marx is published (1867)%i18670725
00000727 Billboard magazine starts publishing best-seller's charts. (1940)%i19400727
00000730 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii. (1836)%i18360730
00000807 the Alley Oop cartoon strip first appears (1933)%i19330807
00000813 Li'l Abner debut (1934)%i19340813
00000814 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance. (1846)%i18460814
00000814 The first book ever published was printed, The Book of Psalms, published by Faust (1457)%i14570814
00000817 Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, first published (1945)%i19450817
00000822 Ann Franklin becomes the first woman editor of an American newspaper, "The Mercry" in Newport, R.I. (1762)%i17620822
00000827 "Tarzan of the Apes" published (1912)%i19120827
00000830 Mary Shelley, wrote Frankenstein (1797)%i17970830
00000904 1st daily newspaper in Hawaii published. (1866)%i18660904
00000904 Barney Flaherty, a ten year old, was hired as the first known paper boy (1833)%i18330904
00000905 On The Road, by author Jack Kerouac, was first published. (1957)%i19570905
00000906 Thoreau leaves Walden Pond (1847)%i18470906
00000919 President George Washington's farewell address was published. (1796)%i17960919
00000921 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania. (1784)%i17840921
00000921 Eleanor John publishes the first Weekly Reader (1928)%i19280921
00000925 One of the earliest American newspapers "Publick Occurrences", published its first and last edition in Boston (1690)%i16900925
00000927 James Franklin, Benjamin's half brother, publishes the first issue of "The Rhode Island Gazette" (1727)%i17270927
00000928 "Pilgrim's Progress" published (1678)%i16780928
00000930 Bill the Cat loses control of his sports car on route 66 outside of Bloom County. He was returning from a party at Mary Worth's LA home. (1983)%i19830930
00001002 First publication of the Peanuts comic strip (1950)%i19501002
00001004 Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould, debuts (1931)%i19311004
00001010 Catch-22 is published (1961)%i19611010
00001016 Gordo (by Gus Arriola) 1st appeared in newspapers. (1941)%i19411016
00001016 audience in Boston walks out on Poe during his reading of the "The Raven" (1845)%i18451016
00001020 The New York Times is first published simultaneously in Paris and New York (1960)%i19601020
00001026 the "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers (1970)%i19701026
00001027 The 'Federalist' letters started appearing in NY newspapers. (1787)%i17871027
00001103 Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, published (1883)%i18831103
00001105 Lemuel Gulliver arrives in Lilliput (1699)%i16991105
00001114 "Moby Dick", by Herman Melville, is published. (1851)%i18511114
00001115 The cartoon strip Mutt and Jeff first appeared (1907)%i19071115
00001118 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) publishes his first work, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (1865)%i18651118
00001123 The first issue of "Life" magazine is published (1936)%i19361123
00001126 Alice Liddel receives an early Christmas present of "Alice in Wonderland" from Charles Dodgson (1864)%i18641126
00001129 The London times is first newspaper published with a steam powered press (1814)%i18141129
00001209 Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper. (1793)%i17931209
00001216 "Variety", covering all phases of show business, 1st published. (1905)%i19051216
00001219 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is first published (1843)%i18431219
00001219 Benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" (1732)%i17321219
00001219 Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls." (1776)%i17761219
00001221 Phineas Fogg completes trip around world in under 80 days
00001223 "Twas the night before Christmas ..." was first published (1823)%i18231223
00001223 Tom Paine publishes "Crisis" (1776)%i17761223
00001225 Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart (1949)%i19491225
