The Independent was founded in London by three former journalists of The Daily Telegraph, Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds, who wanted a quality newspaper free of owner or party influence. It quickly won readers with its clear design and its pledge of independence, and its first slogan declared it would be free, rational and agnostic about political parties. In the early 2000s it changed from broadsheet to a compact format. After years of falling print sales, the paper stopped publishing a print edition in 2016 and became a digital-only title. It is now owned by a company controlled by the Lebedev family, and it still publishes news and opinion with a wide international readership online.
Before and after
- 20 November 1985Creation of Windows 1.0
- 8 December 1985Founding of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- 28 December 1985First flight of Fokker 50
- 30 December 1985Discovery of Puck
- 1986Launch of The Independent
- 1986Construction of Musée d'Orsay
- 1986Rise of Slow Food
- 1986Construction of Faisal Mosque
- from 1986 to 1989Anfal campaign
More in Science & technology
- 1945Discovery of promethium
- 1950Discovery of californium
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1976Discovery of bohrium
- 29 August 1982Discovery of meitnerium
The era
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