DAVID MELENDY
The first issue of Time magazine was published on March
3, 1923. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United
States.
Yale alumni Henry Luce and Briton Hadden sought to
revolutionize news delivery by creating TIME, a news
publication that offered concise and informative articles.
ROSS SIMPSON
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is 70 years old today.
Washington is an actor, producer, and director. Known for
dramatic roles on stage and screen, The New York Times
named him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020.
He has received several accolades, including two Academy
Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award as
well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy
Award.
On December 23, 1823, “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” perhaps
the most famous and influential Christmas poem ever was
published in the Troy Sentinel newspaper in New York by
an anonymous author.
Called "arguably the best-known verses ever written,” it
would shape the modern image of Santa Claus as "a right
jolly old elf" who travels through the air in a reindeer-
powered sleigh on Christmas eve, bounding down
chimneys after children are asleep to leave them gifts.
Clement Clarke Moore
(July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863)
First edition cover (1843).
On December 19, 1843, Charles Dickens’ classic story
“A Christmas Carol”was published.
"Marley’s Ghost", original illustration by John Leech
from the 1843 edition.
Charles John Huffam Dickens
(1812 – 1870)
On December 17, 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure first published
a new magazine, dedicated to “the ceremonial side of life”
and targeted at “the sage as well as the debutante, men of
affairs as well as the belle.”
As a product of the Gilded Age, Vogue has chronicled and
influenced high society, fashion and culture ever since.
Publisher Condé Nast purchased Vogue in 1905, changing it
to focus almost entirely on women and fashion and creating
the first of its international editions (there are now over 20).
The magazine has remained popular and relevant ever since,
regularly featuring the work of world-famous models, writers
and photographers.
Arthur Baldwin Turnure(1856–1906)
Vogue, November 2024.
