world first news paper

In 1872 he bought his first newspaper for $3000.  He became famous after he bought New York’s World, transforming newspaper journalism with pictures, cartoons, and a liberal editorial ethic.  He fought against the Spanish American war, a war bought and paid for by rival “yellow journalist” William Randolf Hearst.

    

He survived the “newsie’s” strike of 1899.  Newspapers were distributed by young orphans and homeless children for a meager 10 cents per hundred – and they would have to eat the cost of unsold papers!  This is all commemorated in the Disney musical mega-flop Newsies.

WORLD OLDEST FLYING MACHINE

Cornish Aviation Engineer

 

 

 

 

Richard Pearce

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Richard Pearce designed, built and flew

the world's first airplane

before the Wright Brothers at Kittyhawk

 

 

 

 

WORLD OLDEST PERSON

Believe It Or Not

Oldest People

The title of world's oldest person may be one of the most coveted of all, but the many claims to it are usually fought with difficulty and controversy.  Amm Atwa Moussa, a former fisherman from Egypt, claims to be 150.  In evidence, Moussa (pictured being bathed by one of his 39 grandchildren) states that he was married to his first wife for 60 years prior to a further four marriages, and says that he can recall fleeing with his family in 1869 to avoid being forced to work on the Suez Canal