; ct2gcal.pl output ; ; Absolutely NO warrenty! ; ; ;# CalenTool V2.2 - nflag=1 range=1,12 - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE ;# $Header: literature,v 1.2 91/03/07 16:21:13 billr Exp $ ;# 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 ;# ;# Additional dates provided from ProLine's today file ;# ;# 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). ;# 00000107 "Tarzan", one of the first adventure comic strips appears. (1929)%s19290107 00000107 Buck Rogers and Tarzan first appear in comic strips (1929)%s19290107 00000109 First issue of the "Progressive" magazine (1909)%s19090109 00000110 Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense" (1776)%s17760110 00000122 The Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif. (1850)%s18500122 00000213 "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail and fine detail drawing. Thanks Hal (1937)%s19370213 00000213 Blondie and Dagwood get married (1933)%s19330213 00000216 Ladies Home Journal begins publication. (1883)%s18830216 00000218 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published (1885)%s18850218 00000302 Time magazine is first published (1923)%s19230302 00000306 "The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" was 1st published, and is still published today (1665)%s16650306 00000316 First Black newspaper founded (1827)%s18270316 00000409 TV Guide publishes their first issue. (1953)%s19530409 00000410 First issue of the New York Tribune. The publisher was Horace Greeley (1841)%s18410410 00000414 The first edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" was published (1828)%s18280414 00000416 The Book of the Month Club begins in the US (1926)%s19260416 00000418 the first crossword puzzle book is published (1924)%s19240418 00000424 First publication of U.S. newspaper printed on regular basis (1704)%s17040424 00000427 John Milton sells his rights to "Paradise Lost" for a total of 10 pounds (1667)%s16670427 00000505 The first issue of Soviet Communist Party paper Pravda was published (1912)%s19120505 00000509 The first newspaper cartoon appeared in America. (1754)%s17540509 00000517 the first regular comic, "Comic Cuts", is published in London (1890)%s18900517 00000529 Popeye rubs the Wiffle Hen becoming practically indestructible (1929)%s19290529 00000603 "Casey at the Bat" is 1st published (by the SF Examiner) (1888)%s18880603 00000605 "U.S. Today" (a newspaper) ran for 1st time (1981)%s19810605 00000606 George Orwell's novel "1984" is published (1949)%s19490606 00000609 The first dime novel was published -- "Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter" (1860)%s18600609 00000613 "Pentagon Papers" (re: Vietnam); first published in New York Times. (1971)%s19710613 00000619 Garfield the cat. "Big fat hairy deal". (1978)%s19780619 00000620 Krazy Kat cartoon strip first appears (1910)%s19100620 00000629 The London Telegraph is published for the first time (1855)%s18550629 00000630 "Gone with the Wind" is published (1936)%s19360630 00000704 Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond. (1845)%s18450704 00000706 Newton publishes Principia Mathematica (1687)%s16870706 00000708 Vol 1, No 1, of "The Wall Street Journal" published. (1889)%s18890708 00000725 Das Kapital by Karl Marx is published (1867)%s18670725 00000727 Billboard magazine starts publishing best-seller's charts. (1940)%s19400727 00000730 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii. (1836)%s18360730 00000807 the Alley Oop cartoon strip first appears (1933)%s19330807 00000813 Li'l Abner debut (1934)%s19340813 00000814 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance. (1846)%s18460814 00000814 The first book ever published was printed, The Book of Psalms, published by Faust (1457)%s14570814 00000817 Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, first published (1945)%s19450817 00000822 Ann Franklin becomes the first woman editor of an American newspaper, "The Mercry" in Newport, R.I. (1762)%s17620822 00000827 "Tarzan of the Apes" published (1912)%s19120827 00000830 Mary Shelley, wrote Frankenstein (1797)%s17970830 00000904 1st daily newspaper in Hawaii published. (1866)%s18660904 00000904 Barney Flaherty, a ten year old, was hired as the first known paper boy (1833)%s18330904 00000905 On The Road, by author Jack Kerouac, was first published. (1957)%s19570905 00000906 Thoreau leaves Walden Pond (1847)%s18470906 00000919 President George Washington's farewell address was published. (1796)%s17960919 00000921 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania. (1784)%s17840921 00000921 Eleanor John publishes the first Weekly Reader (1928)%s19280921 00000925 One of the earliest American newspapers "Publick Occurrences", published its first and last edition in Boston (1690)%s16900925 00000927 James Franklin, Benjamin's half brother, publishes the first issue of "The Rhode Island Gazette" (1727)%s17270927 00000928 "Pilgrim's Progress" published (1678)%s16780928 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)%s19830930 00001002 First publication of the Peanuts comic strip (1950)%s19501002 00001004 Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould, debuts (1931)%s19311004 00001010 Catch-22 is published (1961)%s19611010 00001016 Gordo (by Gus Arriola) 1st appeared in newspapers. (1941)%s19411016 00001016 audience in Boston walks out on Poe during his reading of the "The Raven" (1845)%s18451016 00001020 The New York Times is first published simultaneously in Paris and New York (1960)%s19601020 00001026 the "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers (1970)%s19701026 00001027 The 'Federalist' letters started appearing in NY newspapers. (1787)%s17871027 00001103 Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, published (1883)%s18831103 00001105 Lemuel Gulliver arrives in Lilliput (1699)%s16991105 00001114 "Moby Dick", by Herman Melville, is published. (1851)%s18511114 00001115 The cartoon strip Mutt and Jeff first appeared (1907)%s19071115 00001118 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) publishes his first work, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (1865)%s18651118 00001123 The first issue of "Life" magazine is published (1936)%s19361123 00001126 Alice Liddel receives an early Christmas present of "Alice in Wonderland" from Charles Dodgson (1864)%s18641126 00001129 The London times is first newspaper published with a steam powered press (1814)%s18141129 00001209 Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper. (1793)%s17931209 00001216 "Variety", covering all phases of show business, 1st published. (1905)%s19051216 00001219 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is first published (1843)%s18431219 00001219 Benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" (1732)%s17321219 00001219 Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls." (1776)%s17761219 00001221 Phineas Fogg completes trip around world in under 80 days 00001223 "Twas the night before Christmas ..." was first published (1823)%s18231223 00001223 Tom Paine publishes "Crisis" (1776)%s17761223 00001225 Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart (1949)%s19491225