New York Times Events

1851 Sep 18 New York Times Founded
The New York Times was founded on September 18, 1851, by journalist and politician Henry Jarvis Raymond, the second chairman of the Republican National Committee, and former banker George...
1908 Jun 15 The New York Times reports on Blind Tom Wiggins' Death
BLIND TOM, PIANIST, DIES OF A STROKE Old Negro with Strange Mastery of Music Ends His Days in Hoboken. A CHILD ALL HIS LIFE Cared for in His Declining Years by the Daughter of His Old ...
1934 Jul 10 The New York Times publicizes Nikola Tesla's particle Beam research
The term teleforce refers to Nikola Tesla's macroscopic charged particle beam projector. The device was based upon a large Van de Graaff generator of unique design and a special type of o...
1971 Jun 13 The New York Times Publishes the Defense Department's Secret History of the Vietnam War
June 13, 1971 The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers - the Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam War. The Washington Post will begin publishing the papers ...
2009 Sep 27 William Safire Dies at 79
William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malapr...
2010 Jul 25 WikiLeaks Publishes the Afghan War Diary
The Afghanistan war logs series of reports on the war in Afghanistan published by the Guardian is based on the US military's internal logs of the conflict between January 2004 and Decembe...