| 59 B.C. |
Romans read the first handwritten daily
newssheet. |
| 1456 |
Johannes Gutenberg prints the first book—a Bible—on a press with
moveable metal type. |
| 1690 |
The Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick is the first
newspaper published in the American colonies (Boston). Only one issue is
published.
|
| 1704 |
The Boston News-Letter becomes the first regularly published
colonial newspaper.
|
| 1783 |
The Pennsylvania Evening Post and Daily Advertiser
(Philadelphia) is the first daily newspaper in the United States.
|
| 1809 |
Father Gabriel Richard and James Miller publish
Michigan's first newspaper.
|
| 1837 |
Samuel Morse invents the telegraph. News travels farther, faster
and more accurately.
|
| 1897 |
Regular use of photographs in newspapers begins.
|
| 1920s |
Radio competes with newspapers to provide the news.
|
| 1940s |
Television offers news programs.
|
| 1960s |
Communications satellites get the news to newspapers.
|
| 1970s |
Newspapers use computers to get out the news.
|
| 1990s |
Online newspapers and news—dedicated web sites deliver the news
over the Internet.
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