# Most famous newspaper headlines **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991 "2007-05-21T21:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/1 "2007-05-21T21:58:39Z")
Not so much the stories themselves, but what is the most famous headline, where the newspaper itself is the iconic image? I nominate: [Chicago (Daily) Tribune: Dewey Defeats Truman](http://www.authentichistory.com/1950s/speeches/images/19481104_Truman_With_Chicago_Tribune.jpg) [NY Daily News: Ford to City: Drop Dead](http://gothamgazette.com/graphics/drop_dead.jpg) And for local flavor: [Honolulu Star Bulletin: WAR!](http://hml.org/mmhc/exhibits/ww2hml/images/extra.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/2 "2007-05-21T22:06:31Z")
I always liked “Headless Body Found in Topless Bar,” from the New York Post, although I don’t know if I can find an image of the paper. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/3 "2007-05-21T22:11:38Z")
Perhaps the most famous British one: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Freddiehamster.jpg/180px-Freddiehamster.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Freddiehamster.jpg/180px-Freddiehamster.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/4 "2007-05-21T22:14:46Z")
[Gotcha](http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/gotcha1.htm) and another Sun [special](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Sunkinnock.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/5 "2007-05-21T22:20:58Z")
Am I sensing a Sun bias here? Eeek. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop\_ups/06/programmes\_enl\_1146754853/img/1.jpg](http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/programmes_enl_1146754853/img/1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/6 "2007-05-21T22:25:30Z")
Bat Boy Found In Cave! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/7 "2007-05-21T22:35:36Z")
FOG IN CHANNEL; CONTINENT ISOLATED (I doubt that one’s true, but it’s funny regardless.) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/8 "2007-05-21T22:37:31Z")
Isn’t this Sun [headline](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hillsborough_disaster_Sun.jpg) rather famous? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/9 "2007-05-21T22:39:58Z")
[Roswell](http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/staff/gazrok/Headline1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/10 "2007-05-21T22:39:59Z")
Isn’t there a New York Times headline that declared “God is dead”? Elton John seems to think there was, anyway, which probably makes it pretty famous. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/11 "2007-05-21T22:44:27Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Isn’t there a New York Times headline that declared “God is dead”? Elton John seems to think there was, anyway, which probably makes it pretty famous. [/QUOTE] There was a Time magazine cover that asked the question, “Is God Dead?”, but I’m not finding an actual NYT headline for it. I think Sir Elton was just extemporizing, better known to layman as “making shit up”. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/12 "2007-05-21T23:02:43Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Isn’t there a New York Times headline that declared “God is dead”? … [/QUOTE] Could he have been thinking about Time Magazine? That cover made it in the movie “Rosemary’s Baby.” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/13 "2007-05-21T23:35:56Z")
In the lobby of the paper I used to work for ( St. Petersburg Times) are blown up versions of the papers’ most famous headlines, the most eyecatching being “Japs Surrender” (sorry, I couldn’t find a link). Not particularly funny or odd, except that I always found it interesting that the most liberal institution I’ve ever had personal involvement with would display a six foot reproduction of something with the word “Japs” on it. They also omitted the headline they printed announcing Al Gore’s presidential victory, but who can blame them? ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Ad\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b2d939/32.png) [@Your\_Ad\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Ad_Here)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/14 "2007-05-21T23:40:48Z")
[Moon landing](http://store.theonion.com/store_graphics/detail_popups/odc_holy_shit_big.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/15 "2007-05-21T23:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] I always liked “Headless Body Found in Topless Bar,” from the New York Post, although I don’t know if I can find an image of the paper. [/QUOTE] [Here](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/NYPost.jpg) is an image of that headline. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/16 "2007-05-22T00:01:17Z")
And [here](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Nypost_surrender_monkeys.jpg) is the Surrender Monkeys headline from the New York Post. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/17 "2007-05-22T00:31:30Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] There was a Time magazine cover that asked the question, “Is God Dead?”, but I’m not finding an actual NYT headline for it. I think Sir Elton was just extemporizing, better known to layman as “making shit up”. [/QUOTE] First, Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics, not Sir Elton. And the article in question appears to be [found here](http://www.mail-archive.com/zion@topica.com/msg05596.html) > [@](#): > > ‘God is Dead’ > The following ritual was presented during a chapel service at a small denominational college in the South. It was designed to explore in liturgical form the experience of the “death of God.” The reaction, according to campus reporter, “ranged from tears to a new enthusiasm for theology.” > > … > > New York Times, Jan 9, 1966, pg. 146 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/18 "2007-05-22T01:12:38Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] First, Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics, not Sir Elton. And the article in question appears to be [found here](http://www.mail-archive.com/zion@topica.com/msg05596.html) [/QUOTE] . I was wrong, then. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/19 "2007-05-22T02:20:34Z")
[QUOTE=HubZilla] Honolulu Star Bulletin: WAR! [/QUOTE] “SIX KNOWN DEAD, 21 INJURED” :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/20 "2007-05-22T02:22:08Z")
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