The first edition of the world’s first Sunday newspaper, The Observer, was published.
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The first newspaper from a vending machine was bought in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
The Times of India was founded, making it the largest English-language newspaper in the world.
The London Gazette published its first edition under the name The Oxford Gazette.
The Times of London was first issued.
The first edition of America's oldest newspaper, The New York Evening Post, was published.