History of Mass Media By lkarola 105 Invention of paper Nov 13, 1350 Wycliffe translates bible into english Sep 17, 1450 Guttenburg invents printing press Nov 13, 1620 Puritans land on Plymouth Rock Nov 13, 1651 Hobbes publishes Leviathan Nov 13, 1690 Locke publishes the Treatises of Government Nov 13, 1692 Bradford tried for libel and sedition;not guilty Nov 13, 1720 Cato's letters Nov 13, 1723 Franklin arrives in Philadelphia Nov 13, 1765 Stamp Act Nov 13, 1776 Declaration of Independence Dec 4, 1831 The Liberator (Abolitionist press) publsihed in Boston by William Lloyd Garrison, editor Dec 4, 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion Nov 13, 1833 Day publishes The Sun Nov 13, 1841 Greeley publishes New York Tribune Dec 4, 1844 Morse Telegraph Nov 13, 1846 Mexican War Dec 4, 1847 • The North(ern) Star, published in Rochester NY ; Frederick Douglass, editor Dec 4, 1850 3 narratives in press: The Abolistionist Press, The Unionist Press, The Seccessionist Press Nov 13, 1851 Raymond publishes The New York Daily Times Dec 4, 1860 Lincoln is elected president Oct 2, 1876 Bell invents Telephone Nov 13, 1876 Bell invents telephone Nov 13, 1888 Edison's kinetoscope Nov 13, 1898 Lumiere brothers premeire first film on large screen Nov 13, 1899 American Marconi established Nov 13, 1902 Tarbell's history of Standard Oil Nov 13, 1903 The Great Train Robbery film Nov 13, 1905 American Advertising Federation founded Nov 13, 1906 Pure food and drug act Apr 5, 1912 Titanic sinks/Radio Act of 1912 starts Period: Dec 4, 1913 to Dec 4, 1920 Woodrow Wilson President Nov 13, 1914 Rockefeller hires Ivy Lee after Ludlow Massacre Period: Dec 4, 1914 to Dec 4, 2012 WWI Nov 13, 1915 Griffiths Birth of a Nation Period: Dec 4, 1917 to Dec 4, 1919 The Creel Committee Dec 4, 1918 Sedition Act Nov 13, 1922 Wallace publishes Readers Digest Nov 13, 1922 First commercial radio broadcast May 18, 1923 Fiery Cross Reading Nov 13, 1923 Luce publishes Time Nov 13, 1925 Ross publishes The New Yorker Nov 13, 1926 Sarnoff establishes NBC Dec 4, 1929 Financial crisis, stock market crash Nov 13, 1930 Hays Code adopted Dec 4, 1932 Roosevelt presents The New Deal Nov 13, 1935 Luce publishes Life Nov 13, 1937 First FM station Dec 4, 1938 Nazis annex Austria Dec 4, 1938 Murrow does a live broadcast from Vienna of Hitler's arrival Feb 23, 1944 Shell Ad in Life Dec 4, 1954 Murrow's See It now programs censored by the senate Period: Dec 4, 1955 to Dec 4, 1975 Vietnam War Dec 4, 1962 Nixon retires. Blames mass media for losses in presidential and governor election Nov 23, 1963 New York Times article published on Kennedy's assasination Nov 23, 1963 St. Petersburg Kennedy assassination article published Dec 6, 1964 Presidents report published on Kennedy assassination Dec 4, 1971 Pentagon papers are released by The New York Times Nov 28, 1978 New York Times Milk assassination article Dec 4, 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis Aug 5, 1982 Harvey Milk book published Dec 4, 1983 Grenada: Operation urgent Fury Nov 13, 1985 Anniversary article published about Milk in The Day Dec 4, 1991 Operation Desert Storm: Iraq May 2, 2012 Cultural Sociology Journal publshed about Harvey MIlk