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NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1851

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Reprint of the first issue of the times 


The New York Times
is a daily newspaper, founded by journalist and politician 
Henry J. Raymond, then a Whig and later second chairman of the Republican 
National Committee, and former banker George Jones. It has won 112 Pulitzer
Prizes, more than any other news organization. Its website is one of America’s
most popular news sites – and most popular among all the nation’s newspapers, 
receiving more than 30 million unique visitors per month. 

The paper’s print version remains the largest local metropolitan newspaper in 
the United States and third-largest newspaper overall, behind The Wall Street 
Journal
and USA Today.

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Henry Jarvis Raymond

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FORMER ASTRONAUT IS 83 TODAY

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     Edgar Dean Mitchell, Sc.D. was born in Hereford, Texas

Mitchell is a retired U.S. Navy Captain, pilot and NASA astronaut. As the 
lunar module pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar 
surface, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon. Mitchell was
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon
in 1970.

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RACE CAR DRIVER IS 38 TODAY

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Jimmie Johnson in the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS for Hendrick  
Motorsports

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Jimmie Kenneth Johnson

Jimmie Johnson is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver who has won four 
consecutive Sprint Cup championships. He began racing motorcycles at 
the age of four in California. Johnson was the first race car driver to be
named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in 2009.      

 


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HE REMAINS THE WEALTHIEST MAN!

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A young William Henry "Bill" Gates III. He will be 57 October
28th
 

Microsoft Corporation. co-founder Bill Gates remains Americas richest 
man. According to Forbes annual list of the top 400 richest released
Monday, Gates net worth is at $72 billion. He has taken the top spot
for twenty straight years.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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   Camille Bohannon
 

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