Which Happened First?

Launch of Chicago Tribune

Launch of Chicago Tribune
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The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its once-integrated WGN radio and WGN television received their call letters.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Launch of The Baltimore Sun1837
  2. Launch of The Economist1843
  3. Launch of Boston Herald1846
  4. Launch of Chicago Tribune (this page)June 10, 1847
  5. Launch of Harper's MagazineJune 1850
  6. Launch of The Atlantic1857

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