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Thirty-three founding members meet at the Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C., to create "a society for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge."
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This timeline documents the milestones of the 125 year old National Geographic publication.
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Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson are the first to reach the North Pole in National Geographic Society-supported expedition.
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Jane Goodall begins study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe Stream Park using National Geographic Society funds.
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John Glenn carries National Geographic Society flag on first U.S. orbital space flight.
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National Geographic television programming debuts with the National Geographic Special "Americans on Everest" on CBS.
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National Geographic Traveler, the travel magazine of the Society, is launched.
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Results of R.M.S. Titanic discovery announced at National Geographic Society by Robert D. Ballard.
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Japanese edition of National Geographic magazine begins. It is the first local-language edition of the magazine, of which there are presently 33.
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National Geographic Television becomes a separate, taxable subsidiary company.
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National Geographic Channel launches on cable and satellite television in the U.S.
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National Geographic World magazine is renamed National Geographic Kids. Classroom magazine National Geographic for Kids is renamed National Geographic Explorer.
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National Geographic Speakers Bureau is formed, with more than three dozen journalists, photographers, adventurers and scientists in the program.
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National Geographic All Roads Film project launches, providing a global platform for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture filmmakers around the world to showcase their talents and cultures to a broader audience.
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National Geographic establishes its Fellows program to encourage flow of ideas between the Society and field experts.
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On May 1, 2008, National Geographic won three National Magazine Awards—an award solely for its written content—in the reporting category for an article by Peter Hessler on the Chinese economy; an award in the photojournalism category for work by John Stanmeyer on malaria in the Third World; and a prestigious award for general excellence.
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The current Editor-in-Chief of the National Geographic Magazine is Chris Johns, who was named Editor of the Year in October 2008 by Advertising Age magazine at the American Magazine Conference.
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National Geographic Magazine received the top ASME awards for photojournalism and essay
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National Geographic Magazine received the top-award from ASME—the Magazine of the Year Award.
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National Geographic launches its Global Exploration Fund, an initiative to fund research, conservation and exploration projects through regional centers around the globe.
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Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron becomes first person to dive solo to the Mariana Trench as part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, National Geographic and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research and exploration.
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National Geographic was ranked 7th among the Top 25 U.S. consumer magazines in 2012 with a 30.9 million-people heavy audience.
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National Geographic Channels International is launched; by June 2012, it reaches more than 350 million subscribers in 172 countries in 37 language
