THE NEW YORK TIMES TIMELINE |
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The Times put the entire text of this November 20, 1863 speech on its front page |
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Unlike the corned beef & red flannel varieties, the "Heavenly" type of this food is a candy |
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In 1987 this A's first baseman was named the AL's Rookie of the Year; since then he's hit over 500 home runs |
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An 1853 fire at his publisher's warehouse burned the remaining stock of his books, including "Moby Dick" |
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On the "Oklahoma!" soundtrack, you'll hear "I'm Jist A Girl Who Cain't Say" this |
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First word in the Times scoop headline on April 16, 1912; the second word was "sinks" |
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Wallace Langham appeared in this 1996 film that featured John Travolta's most "angelic" performance |
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In April 1993 Joe DiMaggio threw out the first pitch in this Miami team's first regular season game ever |
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Joel Chandler Harris' book of this character's songs & sayings was subtitled "Legends of the Old Plantation" |
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For Al Hirt it's a note to follow so |
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In 1993 the New York Times Company bought this city's Globe for deep pocket change, $1.1 billion |
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Moore, McCullough, Dewhurst |
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This Scottish-born singer's "Angel Touch" dolls aren't "For Your Eyes Only"; anyone can buy them from QVC |
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Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux won the NL's Cy Young Award in 1992; he won it the next 3 years with this new team |
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This Mississippian's first novel, "Soldier's Pay", was recommended to a publisher by Sherwood Anderson |
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An ad for a Russian perfume might read, "Her lips said nyet, but her perfume said" this |
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The Times won a Pulitzer for its publication of these purloined documents in 1972 |
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After classes of these were categorized numerically, number "nine" became a synonym for euphoria |
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At the beginning of 2000, Rickey Henderson had 1,334 career stolen bases, 396 more than this former Cardinal |
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He wrote the screenplay to the 1983 Disney film "Something Wicked This Way Comes", which was based on his 1962 novel |
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For me this measure for 12-point type is just fine |
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In 1851 2 staffers from this New York paper, later merged with the Herald, founded the Times |
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Shelley Fabares had a No. 1 hit with this song in 1962, long before she co-starred on "Coach" |
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In 1984 he was president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee & became baseball's 6th commissioner |
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E.M. Forster's experience as a secretary to an Indian prince was put to good use in this 1924 novel |
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