Famous historic newspaper headlines, is a loaded statement. To define this first one must ask what is famous to them. Would it be an accident like “Accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor,” or “Titanic Plunges into Sea”.
It could also mean a disaster like “San Francisco Earthquake Spreads Destruction” or “ Johnstown Flood of 1889”. All these are famous but so are “Al Capone Convicted” and “Emily Earhart Disappears in South Pacific”. It is all relevant to what a person knows and how they perceive the world.
And then what is historic. For some it’s “Allied Forces Capture French City”, for others it might be “Cuba Downs U.S. Aircraft”. Think about it, for a newborn, everything before today is historic. For my parents it is WWII.
For me I think about all I know and have lived through, but as an American the most famous historic newspaper headlines I have ever read happened September 12, 2001, the day after the cowardly attack on America by devil worshiping cavemen. I read “Our Nation Saw Evil”, “An American Tragedy” and “Mass Murder”.
I was at work in a laboratory preparing for a visit from corporate headquarters. I did not believe it at first. I took my time walking down the corridor to the conference room. When I went though the door, up on the big screen was the first of the towers just beginning to fall. All I could do is watch helplessly.
Such a senseless act of brutality committed by so few that effected so many.
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