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Chicago Tribune historic front pages

Like everything else, newspapers have evolved over time. It's amazing to look at the changes. Samples here go all the way back to the mid 19th Century.

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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945.

Space shuttle Challenger explosion, 1986.

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Brown vs. Board of Education decision, 1954.

Storming the beaches of Normandy, 1944.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers famous Dream speech, 1963.

President Kennedy assassinated, 1963.

U.S. hostages released from Iran, 1981.

Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic in 33 hours, 1927.

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President Nixon steps down, 1974. Ford: "The nightmare is over."

President Lincoln assassinated at Ford's Theater, 1865.

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"Our Nation Saw Evil," Sept. 11, 2001.

The start of the stock market crash and Great Depression, 1929.

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Dedication of the Statue of Liberty, 1886.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated, 1968.

Voting rights for women, 1920.

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Space Shuttle Columbia explodes, 2003.

Tsunami brings death and destruction, 2004

Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast, 2005.

Obama elected president, 2008.

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Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak steps down after youth-led revolt, 2011.

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