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Today in Entrepreneurial History: April 18
- 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book.
- 1930 – BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day.
If it wasn’t for the crossword puzzle book that Simon & Schuster introduced in 1924, I’d say that just like this day in 1930, nothing much has ever happened on April 18.
Newslite has more on the day without any news:
On April 18, 1930, during what should have been a 6:30pm radio news bulletin, that’s exactly what happened.
A BBC presenter announced “Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news.” It had been apparently judged that nothing newsworthy had happened.
Piano music was then played instead of the current affairs update for a couple of minutes, before normal scheduling resumed.
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Angela Shupe on April 18th, 2011 7:45 am
A day without news… do you think we will ever see a day like that during our lifetime? I imagine it would look a little like the video, lol.
Bill on April 18th, 2011 10:47 am
Just thought you might like to add this to your post in 2016. :)
Bill on April 18th, 2011 10:48 am
Forgot to put the link for the comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots'_Day
Ian on April 21st, 2011 6:12 am
They all found that hard to do and they all looked like they was straining to control themselves from talking.
It must be hard when for years you have been used to talking to the camera.
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