The Washington Post was founded in 1877 in Washington, DC, by Stilson Hutchins and in its early decades was one of several local papers. It was bought in 1933 at an auction by the financier Eugene Meyer, whose family kept it for generations; his daughter Katharine Graham led it during its most famous years. In 1971 it published parts of the Pentagon Papers, and in the early 1970s its reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigated the Watergate scandal, which led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. In 2013 the Graham family sold the paper to Jeff Bezos, and it expanded its digital edition.
Before and after
- 25 December 1876Birth of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- 1877Invention of phonograph
- 1877Publication of Anna Karenina
- from 1877 to 1892Bone Wars
- 1877Launch of The Washington Post
- 1877Founding of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
- 20 February 1877Premiere of Swan Lake
- from 15 March 1877 to 19 March 1877The first Test match in cricket
- 12 April 1877Founding of University of Tokyo
More in Science & technology
- 1774Discovery of chlorine
- 1789Discovery of uranium
- 1807Discovery of potassium
- 30 June 1808Discovery of boron
- 1810Discovery of fluorine
- 1823Discovery of silicon
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.