Date | Event |
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1877 | Founded by Stilson Hutchins |
1877 | Publication of first newspaper, December 6 |
1889 | Purchased by Frank Hatton and Beriah Wilkins |
1905 | Purchased by John R. McLean |
1933 | Purchased by Eugene Meyer |
1947 | Incorporation of the Washington Post Company |
1954 | Purchase of the Washington Times Herald by the Washington Post Company |
1962 | Formation of the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service |
1971 | Publication of the Pentagon Papers |
1973 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, Washington, D.C. |
1975 | Strike of the pressmen’s union |
1980 | Publication of Pulitzer Prize winning story “Jimmy’s World” by Janet Cooke, later revealed to be fabricated |
1996 | Publication of the Washington Post online begins |
2013 | Purchased by Jeff Bezos |