# In what year was Reader's Digest first published?
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**Created:** [April 13, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-year-was-readers-digest-first-published/61784 "2001-04-13T04:36:12Z")
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-year-was-readers-digest-first-published/61784/1 "2001-04-13T04:36:12Z")
Just curious. I remember them making a big deal about their 75th anniversary a while back, but I’m not sure what year _that_was.
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-year-was-readers-digest-first-published/61784/2 "2001-04-13T04:42:24Z")
Off to [google.com](http://google.com), searching for _“Reader’s Digest” first published_, and the first [link](http://www.readersdigest.com/corporate/rd_history.html) says
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> Back in 1922, DeWitt and Lila Wallace published their first issue of Reader’s Digest, sold exclusively by mail and priced at 25¢. Working out of their Greenwich Village apartment, the Wallaces printed 5,000 copies with 31 carefully selected articles including “The Future of Poison Gas,” “Wanted: Motives for Motherhood” and “Advice from a President’s Physician.”
So, 1997 was their 75th anniversary.
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### Author:  [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-year-was-readers-digest-first-published/61784/3 "2001-04-13T05:17:13Z")
Thank you!