2014 Event The People's Bank of China widens its trading band for the yuan against the U.S. dollar to within 2% of the determined daily midpoint, moving the currency toward market-based valuation 2013 Event 'Hareetz', Israel's oldest daily newspaper, publishes a story in which Israel admits it has administered birth-control injections to Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, without fully educating recipients of its effects 2010 Event Hundreds of investors staged protests in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, in response to the stock exchange's steepest daily fall 2001 Death William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89 1997 Event Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale 1994 Event N.Y. Daily News increases prices to 50 cents 1993 Event Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502) 1992 Death Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59 1991 Event NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns 1991 Event NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 1991 Death Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1991 Event The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication 1991 Event Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (Superman character) 1991 Event Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing 1991 Event New York Daily News begins using motto "Forward with NY" 1990 Event New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991) 1990 Event Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth) 1990 Event 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing 1988 Event New York Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist 1988 Death Barry Bingham Sr, U.S. daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 1988 Event Just 1 day after 8/8/88 New York's daily number is 888 1986 Death Sydney J. Harris, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma', dies in Chicago, Illinois 1986 Death M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily), dies at 79 1985 Death Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76 1985 Event Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa 1982 Event NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features 1978 Event Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue 1975 Event New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 1973 Event 2 bettors win largest U.S. Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit) 1970 Birthday Benedictine, a St. Bernard, full name Benedictine Daily Double, becomes heaviest known dog, 367 lbs (166.4 kg), lived until the age of 14 1965 Birthday Piers Morgan, born in England, editor of tabloids, the Daily Mirror, News of the World, judge on television show, 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'America's Got Talent' 1964 Event Final edition of socialist British newspaper "Daily Herald" 1963 Death Tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68 1962 Birthday Jon Stewart, born in New York City, New York, entertainer, political satirist, fake news reporter, host of 'The Daily Show' 1962 Birthday Elizabeth Daily, actress, Street Music 1962 Birthday Craig Kilborn, born in Kansas City, Missouri, comedian, actor, original host of 'The Daily Show', anchor for ESPN's 'Sports Center', host 'The Late Late Show' 1960 Event In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News 1958 Event U.S. newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication 1957 Birthday Faith Daniels, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news anchor, CBS News, at age 27 was one of the youngest national news anchors ever, first journalist to host daily talk show, A Closer Look, 1991 1957 Event Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth" 1956 Event U.S. seizes U.S. communist newspaper "Daily Worker" 1956 Event Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing 1956 Event Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking 1945 Birthday Max Hastings, British editor-in-chief, Daily Telegraph 1942 Birthday John Meulendijks, Dutch cryptogram maker, People's Daily 1942 Birthday Nicholas Lloyd, editor, Daily Express 1941 Event Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan 1941 Event British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned 1937 Birthday Richard Foreman, New York City, theatrical director, Daily Life 1937 Birthday Mort Zuckerman, CEO, US News and World Report, New York Daily News 1937 Event Washington Daily News is 1st U.S. newspaper with perfumed advertising page 1932 Birthday Mike Royko, born in Chicago, journalist, Symphony Daily News, author, Boss 1931 Event Reno race track, becomes 1st in U.S. to use daily double wagering 1930 Birthday JPS van Neerven, Dutch economist/editor, Limbourg Daily 1929 Event "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio 1927 Birthday Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor, 'I Dream of Jeannie', 'The Bob Newhard Show' 1926 Event James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily minimum wage 1925 Birthday Viscount Rothermere, English press magnate, Daily Mail, Evening News 1924 Event 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in New York City Daily News 1923 Birthday Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1923 Event German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily 1923 Birthday Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Texas, journlist/author, WNBC, New York Daily News 1922 Event BBC Radio began daily newscasts 1920 Event 1st U.S. coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting 1920 Event 1st Ukrainian daily newspaper in U.S. (New York City) begins publication 1919 Event N.Y. Daily News begins publishing 1917 Birthday Sydney J. Harris, born in London, England, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma' 1916 Birthday Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times 1911 Birthday William Berry, born in England, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph 1911 Event Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer 1909 Birthday Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP, GVP, editor, Netherlands Daily 1908 Birthday Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express 1906 Birthday M Rooi, editor-in-chief, New Rotterdam Daily 1904 Event 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) 1904 Event British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing 1901 Birthday Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher, Daily Mirror 1900 Event 1st Chinese daily newspaper in U.S. publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF) 1896 Birthday Tom Keene, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Our Daily Bread 1896 Event 1st edition of London Daily Mail ( penny) 1894 Event Daily Racing Form founded 1891 Birthday Johan W F Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet, Daily Bread 1889 Event Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland and SF 1887 Birthday William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer, Indian Daily 1884 Birthday Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News 1884 Event 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters 1883 Event Cleveland Hugh Daily no-hits Philadelphia 1-0 1883 Event Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia 1883 Birthday Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP 1880 Event New York Daily Graphic publishes 1st half-tone engraving, by S. H. Horgan 1878 Event Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper 1874 Event Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication 1866 Event 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published 1864 Event New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms 1858 Event Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning 1853 Event Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London 1850 Event 1st German-language daily newspaper in U.S. published, New York City 1850 Event Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif 1846 Event 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News" 1844 Event 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) 1833 Event NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 1793 Event Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva 1788 Event London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times 1785 Event "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue 1784 Event 1st daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet and General Advertiser) 1784 Event Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser 1st success U.S. daily newspaper 1783 Event Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in U.S. 1702 Event 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," publishes
