Afro American Newspapers/Gado // Getty Images 1977: Tampa Bay toils The Tampa Bay Buccaneers began play in 1976 and lost their first 26 NFL games. Tampa Bay finally won by defeating the New Orleans Saints, 33-14, in December 1977. During the 26-game losing streak, the Buccaneers were shu...
1930: Mickey Mouse comic strip Mickey Mouse may have made his debut in 1928, but it wasn't until two years later that he starred in his own comic strip. The Mickey Mouse comic strip ran in40 newspapers across nearly two dozen countriesand ran continuously forthe next 65 years. 1931: Sle...
They Are Watching You: A promotional portrait of the British rock band The Police (L-R): Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland, circa 1980. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Courtesy of Getty Images) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Was an Extra Big Hit Getty Images 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestria...
Afro American Newspapers/Gado // Getty Images 1977: Tampa Bay toils The Tampa Bay Buccaneers began play in 1976 and lost their first 26 NFL games. Tampa Bay finally won by defeating the New Orleans Saints, 33-14, in December 1977. During the 26-game losing streak, the Buccaneers were shu...
On April 12, 1953, the New York Journal-American proved that newspapers don't only deliver bad news. Since the first epidemic in 1894, the crippling and highly contagious polio virus had been paralyzing children and terrorizing their parents—it's hard to imagine that by the mid-1950s there...
On April 12, 1953, the New York Journal-American proved that newspapers don't only deliver bad news. Since the first epidemic in 1894, the crippling and highly contagious polio virus had been paralyzing children and terrorizing their parents—it's hard to imagine that by the mid-1950s there...
On April 12, 1953, the New York Journal-American proved that newspapers don't only deliver bad news. Since the first epidemic in 1894, the crippling and highly contagious polio virus had been paralyzing children and terrorizing their parents—it's hard to imagine that by the mid-1950s there...
The story of the summer was the chase for Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 home runs. Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Ken Griffey Jr. were all poised to surpass the 37-year-old mark. Each day, newspapers and sports news shows tracked the sluggers' at-bats, until Sept. 8, ...
(Photo by Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) John Wayne John Wayne was born May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa. From 1926 through 1977 he starred in over 170 films. He even won an Oscar for the original 'True Grit'. Johnny Carson ...
It was a popular choice for the working class, and its circulation was higher than that of the other major newspapers in the city. The Daily News was credited with introducing many of the elements that are now commonplace in the modern newspaper industry, including the use of photographs and...