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Historic Headlines Posters from The London Herald
for world and American history in the classroom and home schoolers.
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history > HISTORIC HEADLINES | Daily Mirror < social studies
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The Historic Headlines series of educational history posters from the London Herald depicts Twentieth Century world events and famous people: Flying Machine, Titanic Sinks, Scott Killed at South Pole, Wall Street Crash, Edward VIII Abdicates, VE Day, Everest Conquered, Bannister Breaks Four Minute Mile, Busby Babes Killed, Kennedy Assassinated, 1966 World Cup, First Man on the Moon, Nixon Resigns, Berlin Wall Tumbles, Mandela Freed and The Treble.
 HEADLINES are the large, bold text featured at the top of the front page of a newspaper to introduce the lead story of the day. Headlines are usually written in the present tense and without articles such as "a" and "the", sometimes the attempt to keep headlines short and sweet lead to unintended meaning, for example- "Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half".
Also the competition between newspapers to be the first to publish important news have led to erronous announcements. A picture of newly elected President of the United States Harry S Truman, holding up the prematurely distributed November 4, 1948 edition of the Chicago Tribune at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri with the headline, DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN, illustrates this phenomena.
FYI ~ herald (n.) a person who annouces important news; a royal or official messenger; “Hark the herald angels sing”.
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Titanic Sinks
Tuesday, April 16, 1912
Great loss of life, World's Greatest Lines Strikes Iceburg, Titanic - The Tragic Story
(OTHER NEWS) - Total Eclipse of the Sun Expected, New Discoveries in Pompeii, Home Rule Bill for Ireland.
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Scott Killed at the South Pole
Tuesday, February 11, 1913
British Antarctic Disaster, Found Dead Just 10 Mies from Safety, "News of a Terrible Calamity"
• more Explorer posters
• Antarctica posters
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Edward VIII Abdicates
Saturday, December 12, 1936
King Renounces Crown for Love, Duke of York Succeeds as George VI, Windsor Broadcast, Mrs. Wallis Simpson
• more Great Britain posters
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Bannister Breaks Four Minute Mile,
May 6, 1954
Greatest Record in Sport Falls, Miracle Mile for British Medical Student
The greatest barrier in world sport was finally crossed yesterday when Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes.
Mr. Bannister, a 25 year old medical student, broke the record on Oxford University's famous cinder track at Iffley Road, during a match between the University and the Amateur Athletic Association.
The four minute mile was once considered by experts to present an impossible challenge to the human race and has always been seen as the 'Holy Grail' of the middle distance runner. In the breaking of the world record held for nine years by the Swede, Gunder Hagg, Bannister has secured for himself a permanent place in the pantheon of the greatest sportsmen of all time.
(OTHER NEWS) - Racial Segregation Set to be Outlawed in US Schools - US Supreme Court is set to rule on the integration of white and black children into single schools in southern US states.
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Busby Babes Killed in Plane Tragedy, February 7, 1958
Disaster in Munich,
Manchester in Mourning
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Kennedy Assassinated
Nov 22, 1963
America Mourns Camelot Dream, Lyndon Johnson sworn in on Air Force One
• Kennedy posters
• Presidential posters
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World Cup Glory!
Sunday, July 30, 1966
England Beat Germany to Win the World Cup 4-2
Hat-trick Hero Geoff Hurst
• Great Britain posters
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First Man on the Moon
Monday, July 21, 1969
'One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind'
Triumph for Apollo Crew
Aldrin, Collins and Armstrong
(OTHER NEWS) -
Kennedy to be Charged - Senator Edward Kennedy is to charged after failing to report an accident in which a woman passenger in his car, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned when the car plunged off a bridge at Chappaquiddick .
Rolling Stone Mourned - The world of Rock and Roll mourns the death of Rolling Stone, Brian Jones, who drowned in his swimming pool earlier this month. The coronor declared that Mr. Jones' death was the result 'of alcohol and drugs'.
Franco's Heir - Later this week, the Spanish leader General Franco is expected to mane Prince Juan Carlos, the son of the current pretender to the Spanish throne, as his heir as Head of State and the future King of Spain.
• more Astronauts posters
• Moon posters
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Nixon Quits,
Friday, August 9, 1974
Watergate Scandal Claims the Ultimate Victim, First US President to Resign, Watergate - A President's Disgrace, Ford - New Model President
• Presidential posters
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Berlin Wall Tumbles
Saturday, November 11, 1989
'Beginning of the End' for Communism, Germany Re-unified, Breaching the Wall
• Germany posters
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Treble!!!,
Thursday, May 29, 1999
90th minute miracle brings Manchester United European Glory; One Amazing Night, One Amazing Team
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