Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Daily News Centennial, Part IV: 1990-2019

Part 4, and the conclusion, of my series displaying front pages of the 1st 100 years of the New York Daily News.

March 26, 1990, after the Happy Land Social Club fire:
I looked for front pages about the Persian Gulf War of early 1991, but didn't find any on Google Images.

January 28, 1991, the Giants win Super Bowl XXV:
October 19, 1991, the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas:
May 2, 1992, during the Los Angeles riots:
June 24, 1992, the U.S. Attorney's Office finally convicts New York Mob boss John Gotti:
November 4, 1992, as Bill Clinton is elected President:
February 27, 1993, after the 1st terrorist attack on the World Trade Center:
May 1, 1993, after the attack on tennis star Monica Seles:
January 7, 1994, after figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was assaulted:
June 15, 1994:
June 18, 1994:
April 20, 1995, after the Oklahoma City bombing, where the death toll would reach 168:
August 14, 1995:
October 4, 1995, "Not Guilty":
November 3, 1995, a prediction that turned out to be juuuust a bit outside:
November 16, 1995, during the federal government shutdown:
January 8, 1996, breaking the record snowfall of 1947:
September 14, 1996, after the murder of Tupac Shakur:
October 10, 1996:
October 27, 1996:
March 19, 1997, I couldn't find a front page for the murder of the Notorious B.I.G., but I found one for his funeral in Brooklyn:
August 31, 1997, after Princess Diana of Wales is killed in a car crash in Paris:
May 17, 1998, after the death of Frank Sinatra, with a Bill Gallo drawing:
August 18, 1998, after President Bill Clinton could no longer keep the truth from the public:
October 22, 1998:
December 20, 1998:
I could not find the corresponding headline for February 13, 1999, when he was found NOT GUILTY.

March 9, 1999:
April 21, 1999, after the Columbine High School Massacre:
July 11, 1999, America wins the Women's World Cup, photo taken right after Brandi Chastain's winning penalty, but right before she took her jersey off:
October 28, 1999:
October 31, 1999, at the time, a story more appropriate for April Fool's Day, but, in retrospect, Halloween was the right day to use it:
January 1, 2000, a new year, decade, century, millennium:
October 23, 2000, the Roger Clemens-Mike Piazza bat incident in Game 2 of the Subway Series:
October 27, 2000, the Yankees clinch the World Series in the Mets' house:
November 8, 2000, although the Post had, "BUSH WINS!":
December 14, 2000, after Gore conceded:
September 12, 2001:
November 5, 2001, Yanks can't quite make it 4 straight and 5 in 6:
November 30, 2001:
March 21, 2003, the Iraq War begins:
October 17, 2003, Aaron Boone becomes King Bucky II:

October 21, 2004, as the Red Sox end the Curse of the Bambino:
April 3, 2005, Pope John Paul II dies:
June 14, 2005, Michael Jackson is acquitted:
July 8, 2005, London's "7/7 Bombing": 
February 9, 2007, the death of Anna Nicole Smith, who so badly wanted to be the next Marilyn Monroe:
October 1, 2007, following the Mets' epic choke:
February 4, 2008, Giants upset New England Patriots, win Super Bowl XLII:
November 5, 2008, following the election of the 1st black President:
January 21, 2009, Obama's Inauguration:
June 26, 2009, 10 years ago today:
November 5, 2009:
June 13, 2010, the "Hand of Clod" goal means "America Beats England 1-1":
May 2, 2011, following the raid that ended with the execution of Osama bin Laden:
May 21, 2011, the News decided to have a little fun with someone's end-of-the-world prediction:
February 12, 2012:
October 30, 2012, Hurricane Sandy:
December 16, 2012, 2 days after the Sandy Hook Massacre in Connecticut:
December 22, 2012, after National Rifle Association spokesman Wayne LaPierre called for guns in schools... 7 days after the Sandy Hook Massacre, and even the right-wing Post blasted him on its front page as "GUN NUT":
June 20, 2013, the death of James Gandolfini:
December 6, 2013, the death of Nelson Mandela: 
August 12, 2014:
May 7, 2015, "Deflategate":
June 17, 2015:
June 27, 2015, after the Supreme Court struck down all anti-gay marriage laws:
October 22, 2015, Mets win New York's most recent Pennant (for the moment):
November 2, 2015, Mets lose World Series, and even "Dark Knight" Matt Harvey can't save them:
December 3, 2015, after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, proving that conservatives' "thoughts and prayers" weren't doing a goddamned thing:
June 4, 2016, after the death of Muhammad Ali:
June 13, 2016, after the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando:
October 8, 2016, following the release of "The Access Hollywood Tape":
November 9, 2016, after Trump "won":
January 21, 2017:
June 2, 2017, after Trump backed the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord, a nod to the 1975 New York financial crisis headline:
July 17, 2018, after Trump capitulated to Vladimir Putin in Helsinki:
June 19, 2019, Trump's concentration camps:
UPDATE: December 19, 2019:

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