The death of Earle Lewis Ovington...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, July 23, 1936



* Earle Lewis Ovington death

* 1st airmail airplane flight fame



This 44 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Pioneer Flier's Ashes to Be Strewn Over Sea".

 

A 1st report on the death of Earle Lewis Ovington, best known for flying the 1st official airmail flight. Unfortunate for such a small... See More  

The death of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 20, 1937



* Guglielmo Marconi death (1st report)

* Wireless telegraphy inventor



The front page has a five column headline: "Marconi, Inventor of Wireless, Dies" with subhead. (see) A few related photos on the back page.

Complete with all 28 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional holding... See More  

Death of radio transmission pioneer Marchese Guglielmo Marconi...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 20, 1937



* Marchese Guglielmo Marconi death (1st report)

* Radiotelegraph inventor



This 46 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "MARCONI IS DEAD OF HEART ATTACK", "Wireless Inventor Succumbs at His Home in Rome at the Age of 63", "HIS CAREER STARTED AT 21" and "He Patented His System in 1896 and The... See More  

The death of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1937



* Guglielmo Marconi death (1st report)

* Wireless telegraphy inventor



The front page has a one column heading: "MARCONI MOURNED BY ENTIRE WORLD" with subheads. (see) Lengthy coverage continues inside with nice pictorial.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 46 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.... See More  

1937 Jagadish Chandra Bose death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 24, 1937



* Jagadish Chandra Bose death

* Indian polymath - scientist

* Biologist, physicist, botanist



The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "SIR JAGADISH BOSE, SCIENTIST, 78, DIES" with subheads. (see)

Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition in great condition.



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Avoca, Pennsylvania coal mine disaster...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 3, 1938 



* Avoca, Pennsylvania mine disaster (1st report) 

* Robert Goddard - Rocket invention



This 18 page newspaper has a one column heading on the front page: "Ten Killed, Six Injured In Mine Blast" coverage of the explosion of the Volpe Coal Company mine near Avoca, Pennsylvania.



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Television coming to your home in 1939 ?...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 21, 1938



* David Sarnoff announces home television

* RCA - Radio Corporation of America invention

* Home entertainment about to modernize - TV



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Television Ready for Home; Sets to Go on Sale by Spring" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 30 pages, light toning and a little wear at the mar... See More  

Rocket travel is here.......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 15, 1939



* Rocket airplane invention

* Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio



This 100+ page newspaper has a two column heading on page XX8 (inside, near back): "'ROCKET' INTERCEPTOR TESTED".  This tells of the testing of a new rocket airplane for the United States Army. See photos for text.



Other news of the day, sports, and advertisements through... See More  

Early & detailed on the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, October 31, 1939 



* Early Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps realization

* Detailed reports on guard's killings and floggings  



The front has a one column heading: "Horrors of Nazi Prison Camps Told" (see images) Another related article on page 2 with heading: "Nazis Blame the War on the Jews" 

Complete with 28 pages, li... See More  

James Naismith death... Father of basketball...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Taunton, Massachusetts, November 28, 1939



* James Naismith death (1st report)

* "Father of Basketball" - inventor



This 16 page newspaper has one column headings on page 12: "Naismith Has Fatal Attack", "Invented Game Of Basketball In 1891" with photo of Naismith. This is a first report coverage on the death of James Naismith, known as th... See More  

George de Bothezat death... Helicopter pioneer...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 3, 1940



* George de Bothezat death (1st report)

* Russian American engineer & businessman

* Inventor of 1st successful, practical helicopter



The top of the back page has a one column heading: "HELICOPTER MAKER, DE BOTHEZAT, DEAD" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our ... See More  

WWII Rocket-bomb weapon intro...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 29, 1942



* Rocket-bomb invention

* Soviet Air Force



This 34 page newspaper has a small one column heading on page 5:

"Powerful Rocket Bomb, Reds' New Air Weapon" which tells of the newly invented rocket powered weapon used by the Soviet Air Force against the Nazis during World War II. see photo for text here.



Other news of the day throughout with mu... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 17, 1943



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied exterminations - Gassing tests

* New Britain Campaign begins w/ U.S. troops ashore



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. TROOPS INVADE NEW BRITAIN, WIN FOOTHOLD"  with subheads that include: "Americans Ashore" and more.

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Thomas Hunt Morgan death in 1945...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 5, 1945



* Thomas Hunt Morgan death

* Biologist - geneticist - embryologist



This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 25: "T. H. MORGAN DEAD; FAMED BIOLOGIST, 79", "Clarification of Heredity, Laws Won Nobel Prize in '33 for California Ex-Professor" with photo of Thomas H. Morgan. A first report on his death.



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John Logie Baird death... Television inventor...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1946



* John Logie Baird death

* Father of the television



The top of page 21 has one column headings: "JOHN L. BAIRD DIES; TELEVISION LEADER" "British Inventor Produced One of the First Practical Sets--Borrowed Money to Start" with photo of Baird. (see) First report coverage on the death of John Logie Baird, father of the television.

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Death of Henry Ford...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1947. 



* Henry Ford death (1st report) 

* Automobile pioneer - Detroit MI 



The front page has two column headlines that read: "Henry Ford, Auto Pioneer, Dies At 83", "Death Unexpected To The One-Time Farm Boy Who Built Industrial Empire"



with photo (see photos). 1st report coverage on the death of automo... See More  

BF Goodrich and his tubeless tire...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 12, 1947 



* BF Goodrich 

* Tubeless tire invention  1st report 



This 44 page newspaper has small, discrete one column headlines on page 36: "DEVELOPS TUBELESS TIRE" and "Goodrich Testing New Product Before Placing on Market"



Tells of the initial discovery of this tire that we all use today. A non-important event at... See More  

Early computer invention ENIAC...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 13, 1947



* Eniac 1 invention (early computer)

* 1st electronic computer

* Aberdeen Proving Ground



This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 16: "'BRAIN' SPEEDED UP FOR WAR PROBLEMS" and "Electronic Computer Will Aid in Clearing Large Backlog in Weapon Research". See photos for text.



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Transitor radio invention in 1949...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 2, 1948



* Early Transistor radios invention

* United States Army



This 36 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 18: "Pack May Be Lightened" and "Walkie-Talkie Device to Ease Load for Soldiers"



See photo for brief text here. Historic report in communications.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Rag ed... See More  

Transitor radio invention in 1949... Axis Sally...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 11, 1949



* Early Transistor radios invention described

* "Axis Sally" Mildred E. Gillars found guilty



The top of page 50 has a one column heading: "TINY RADIOS MADE BY ARMED FORCES"

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "'Axis Sally' Is Found Guilty; Sentence on Treason Delayed" with subhead. Related photo on p... See More  

Washington D.C. UFOs...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 29, 1952



* Washington D.C. UFO Incident

* Flying Saucers (1st report)



This 14 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Can't Find Saucers Despite Sightings Reported By Radar"



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Minor spine wear, otherwise nice condition.



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Cryotrons invented... smaller computers ?....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 6, 1957



* Invention of the Cryotron - Dudley Allen Buck

* Superconductivity - magnetic fields

* Bill Haley & His Comets touch down in London



Near the bottom of the front page is a three column photo with heading: "Cryotrons May Lead to Computers Cubic Foot in Size" (see) 1st report coverage on the invention of Cryotrons by Dudley Allen Buck at the... See More  

Follow-up to the Sputnik launch...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, October 8, 1957 



* Sputnik 1 in orbit - success

* World's 1st orbiting artificial satellite

* Space race begins



A report on the space race, with a two line banner head reading: "PART OF ROCKET TRAILING 'MOON' " with related subheads including: "Rocket Nose Trailing Moon Through Space" "Sputnik Is A Fellow Traveler" and... See More  

Sputnik begins the space race...

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, October 15, 1957



* Sputnik 1 in orbit success 

* World's 1st orbiting artificial satellite 

* Space race begins 



This 6 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that read: "Top Scientists Brief Eisenhower On red Sputnik" "Sputnik Changes Course in Orbit"



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France becomes 4th atomic power in 1960...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Feb. 13, 1960



* France atomic bomb test (1st)

* "Gerboise Bleue" in Algeria 

* Nuclear weapons program 



The top of the front page has a six column headline: "France Explodes Atom Bomb, Boosts Status As World Power" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spijne wear, generally in... See More