jan 1, 1690 - North America
In Boston in 1690, Benjamin Harris published
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and
Domestick. This is considered the first
newspaper in the American colonies even
though only one edition was published before
the paper was suppressed by the colonial
officials, possibly due to censorship and control
issues. It followed the two-column format and
was a single sheet, printed on both sides.
