1980 rock band "QUEEN" at MSG advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 3-Sept. 9, 1980



* "Queen" concerts advertisement

* British rock band - Freddie Mercury

* "The Game" album tour - Brian May

*  Madison Square Garden performances



Page 52 has a 4 1/2 x 3 inch advertisement for upcoming "QUEEN" performances at Madison Square Garden. (see images)

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The first space shuttle launch is a success...

THE WASHINGTON POST, April 15, 1981 



* Historic 1st Space Shuttle success (Columbia)



The front page banner headline announces: "Astronauts Fly Shuttle to Perfect Landing" with subhead: "Craft's Maiden Flight Meets All Expectations" and 3 related photos.

A new era in space exploration has begun, and nice to have in this iconic newspaper from the nation's... See More  

1982 "Divine" drag queen performance ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 4, 1982



* "DIVINE" - Harris Glenn Milstead

* Character actor, singer and drag queen

* The Fun House nightclub advertisement



Page 118 has a 7 x 3 inch advertisement for a performance by "DIVINE" at the Fun House in New York City. (see image)

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Twilight Zone accident... Vic Morrow death...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 25, 1982



* Twilight Zone: The Movie helicopter accident

* Actor Vic Morrow & 2 others killed

* Hollywood movie - film scene



The front page has a two column heading: "Falling Copter Kills TV Star Morrow, 2 Children" (see images) Great to have this report in a newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry.

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Tuskegee Airmen honored at museum...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 26, 1982



* Tuskegee Airmen honored w/ opneing

* African American pilots of WWII

* National Air and Space Museum exhibit

* 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings

* George Banks spree killings



The top of page 33 has a two column heading: "Museum Exhibit Traces Blacks' Role in Aviation" with related pictorial. (see) First report coverage on the "Black Wings... See More  

1983 Korean Airlines Flight 007 disaster...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 2, 1983



* Korean Air Line Flight 007 disaster

* Boeing 747 airplane shot down over Pacific

* Soviet Air Forces fighter aircraft

* American-Russian tensions high



The front page has a banner headline announcing: "Soviets Down Jetliner; 269 Aboard..." with subheads and related map. (see images) Much more on inside pages.

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1983 Run-DMC... beginning of new-school hip hop music...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 11, 1985



* Early & rare Run-DMC D.M.C. advertisement

* Performance at the RITZ nightclub in Manhattan

* Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music

* "The Goonies" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere 

* Adventure comedy cult classic 



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The shuttle Challenger explodes...

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, California, Jan. 29, 1986



* Space Shuttle Challenger disaster



One of the most tragic events in American history - intensified by the fact that millions of children were watching the event unfold via television feeds in their schools due to one of the passengers being school teacher Christa McAuliffe. The inside contains many related photos and articles - too many to it... See More  

1986 Isao Tomita NYC concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 16, 1986



* Japanese composer Isao Tomita

* Pioneer of electronic & space music 

* Battery Park, New York City

* Statue of Liberty centennial 



Page 65 has a full page advertisement for a upcoming performance by "TOMITA" at Battery Park in New York. This event celebrated the centennial of the Statue ... See More  

1988 "Judas Priest" & "AC/DC concert advertisements...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 5, 1988



* Judas Priest - English heavy metal band 

* "Ram It Down" "Mercenaries of Metal" tour

* Robert Halford - Ian Hill - Glenn Tipton

* AC/DC rock band concert advertisement

* Madison Square Garden MSG performance 



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1988 NYPD & the Tompkins Square riots...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 23, 1988



* 1988 Tompkins Square Park riots 

* East Village, Manhattan, New York City

* Homeless, squatters & drug dealers 

* NYPD police brutality complaints 



The front page has a heading: "Under Fire" and more with related photo. (see images) And beginning on page 10 is an editorial on the sit... See More  

1988 Stevie Ray Vaughan NYC nightclub ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 13, 1988



* Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

* Blues rock music - guitarist and singer 

* New Year's Ever concert at the Ritz nightclub



Page 97 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming "Stevie Ray Vaughan" performance at the RITZ nightclub in Manhattan. (see image) Vaughan would be ... See More  

1989 Roy Eldridge editorial... Jazz trumpeter...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 31, 1989



* American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge 

* "Swing" "Big Band" era musician editorial 

* "Little Jazz" - pre-Bebop era w/ photo 

* Just a few weeks prior to his death 



Page 79 has an editorial on American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge with heading "Happy Birt... See More  

1990 Hubble Space Telescope launch...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 25, 1990



* Hubble Space Telescope launch

* Space Shuttle Discovery

* Low Earth orbit operation



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Powerful Telescope Soars Into Space Aboard Shuttle" (see) First report coverage continues on page 14 with related illustration and photo of the astronauts involved.

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Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" premier ad and review...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 10, 1991 (Calendar section)



* Full pg. ad for animated movie, "Beauty and the Beast"

* "Cape Fear", "Billy Bathgate", and more.



This Calendar Section has both a full-page ad for the opening weekend of Disney's animated Beauty and the Beast feature length film as well as a full-page article (pg. 3) titled: "Building a Magical ... See More  

The Grateful Dead in 1993 advertisement....

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 4, 1993



* Grateful Dead concert at Giants Stadium

* Psychedelic rock blues music band - deadheads

* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan



Page 68 has a nice full page advertisement for upcoming: "GRATEFUL DEAD" concerts at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (see images) Garcia would die a... See More  

Michael Jordan's father killed in 1993

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 14, 1993



* James R. Jordan Sr. killed

* Michael Jordan's father

* Chicago Bulls basketball



The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Father of Michael Jordan, NBA Superstar, Found Dead" with subhead. First report coverage continues in the sport's section with a few related photos.

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1994 "Rolling Stones" & "Soundgarden" concert ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 17, 1994



* "The Rolling Stone" concerts advertisement

* "Voodoo Lounge" album tour - Mick Jagger

* "Soundgarden" performances - "Superunknown" 



Page 65 has a nice full page advertisement for upcoming performances by "The Rolling Stones" at Giants Stadium.

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Air Force One premier weekend full-page ad...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 26, 1997 (Calendar Section only)



* Premier weekend of Air Force One

* Harrison Ford... Glenn Close

* Full page ad in a Hollywood area newspaper (L.A.)



A terrific issue published on the premiere weekend of the motion picture hit "Air Force One" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment ind... See More  

The "historic" midterm elections of 1998 - Gray Davis & Barbara Boxer breeze...

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, California, Nov. 4, 1998



* Historic midterm election

* 1st in over half-a-century where incumbent picks up seats



The front-page, full-banner heading reads: "Demos romp", with subheads: "Davis, Boxer breeze" and "GOP Loses Ground, Keeps Control In House, Senate". Most pages in this section are focused on the elections. See images for detai... See More  

1998 launch of the International Space Station...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 21, 1998



* International Space Station launched

* Low Earth orbit space modular



The front page has a one column heading: "Space Module Blazes a New Trail in Orbit" First report coverage continues inside. This space station is still in use today.

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Death of film director Stanley Kubrick...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 8, 1999 



* Stanley Kubrick death (1st report)

* Movie film director - screenwriter

* "The Shining" " A Clockwork Orange"

* Best title to be had ?



The top of the ftpg. has a boxed section with 3 photos & text headed: "Stanley Kubrick, 1928 -1999" with a one column head: "Film Director Stanley Kubrick Dies at 70". He ... See More  

Death of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife Carolyn...

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, PA, July 18, 1999  



* John F. Kennedy Jr. and wife Carolyn tragedy

* "John-John" - son of former President JFK

* Flight to Martha's Vineyard ends in disaster



The banner headline announces: "Lost at Sea: JFK Jr., Wife", with subheads: "Nation watches as tragedy appears to strike Kennedys again" and "Family flight t... See More  

Payne Stewart's freakish death...

LOS ANGLES TIMES, Oct. 26, 1999



* Payne Stewart - professional PGA golfer

* South Dakota Learjet airplane crash



The front page has a two column heading: "Golfer's Jet Flies to Its Doom in Eerie Voyage" with subhead and related pictorial. (see images)

The front page of the sport's section has a banner headline: "It's a Major Loss for Golf" with subheads and ... See More  

Crash of the Concorde in 2000....

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 26, 2000



* Concorde supersonic airliner - airplane

* Air France Flight 4590 crash disaster

* Paris to New York City takeoff



The front page has a four column headline: "113 Die in Fiery Crash of Concorde" with subhead and two related photos. (see images) Much more on pages 8 & 9.

Complete with all sections (90+ pages), great condition.... See More