# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/21 "2007-05-22T02:26:45Z")
[This](http://www.september11news.com/BAsanfranciscoexaminer.jpg) one seems to perfectly sum up the news of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/22 "2007-05-22T03:17:43Z")
Here’s [one of Variety’s most famous.](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.umsl.edu/~gryan/gatsbyparty/WallStreetLaysAnEgg.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.umsl.edu/~gryan/gatsbyparty/gatsbypartyresources.htm&h=168&w=216&sz=25&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=1vr6tjQlAzkYUM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522wall%2Bstreet%2Blays%2Ban%2Begg%2522%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den) And here’s [the other one.](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.terramedia.co.uk/Chronomedia/years/Sticks_nix_hick_pix.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.terramedia.co.uk/quotations/Quotes_Press.htm&h=184&w=300&sz=49&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=tSD4QDX0J1ZcwM:&tbnh=71&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522wall%2Bstreet%2Blays%2Ban%2Begg%2522%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/23 "2007-05-22T03:34:04Z")
As long as we’re on the _Sun_, who could forget this headline regarding a football (soccer) match between Celtic and Inverness Caledonian Thistle: [Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Supercaley.png) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/24 "2007-05-22T03:37:13Z")
Oops, I see “Wall Street Lays an Egg” has already been linked to. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/25 "2007-05-22T03:41:05Z")
\*\*“WE WIN” \*\* featured in the title sequence of \*Cheers \*for 11 years. **"British push bottles up Germans’ rear"** possibly apocryphal, I’ve been unable to trace the origin. British Football (soccer, to Americans) result. Caledonians utterly defeated Celtic in the final. The headline … \*\*Super Cally go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious. \*\* I hope the guy that thought up that one got a promotion. edit - darn you, Mobo. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/26 "2007-05-22T03:47:41Z")
Variety Headline: Stix Nix Hix Pix About rural moviegoers disliking movies about farming. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/27 "2007-05-22T04:02:52Z")
“He’s out” Cricket fans will know that from The Star in 1930. [Here.](http://slsa.sa.gov.au/bradman/collection/PRG682_13/PRG682_13_75.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/28 "2007-05-22T04:16:08Z")
One of my favorites, albeit one I can’t find an image for: “No Hudson Officials Indicted Today” - The Jersey Journal, some point in the 1980s ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/29 "2007-05-22T04:22:13Z")
_checks local magzine_ “Touchy Business” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/30 "2007-05-22T04:26:00Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] Bat Boy Found In Cave! [/QUOTE] [Bat **Child** , thank you very much](http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/imgs/wwn/wallpapers/news_batboy_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/31 "2007-05-22T04:31:25Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] [This](http://www.september11news.com/BAsanfranciscoexaminer.jpg) one seems to perfectly sum up the news of the day. [/QUOTE] I love that one. I lived in SF at the time, and saved a copy. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/32 "2007-05-22T05:04:54Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] **“British push bottles up Germans’ rear”** possibly apocryphal, I’ve been unable to trace the origin. [/QUOTE] Actually, it was **“Eighth Army Push Bottles Up Germans”** , in reference to the end game in North Africa. But according to **Snopes** it has never been proven before about 1965. A similar case is **“MacArthur Flies Back to Front”**. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/33 "2007-05-22T06:22:33Z")
[![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RoswellDailyRecordJuly8,1947.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RoswellDailyRecordJuly8,1947.jpg) from the Roswell Daily Record. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/34 "2007-05-22T07:10:59Z")
What is “RAAF”? I can only find “Royal Australian Air Force”. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/35 "2007-05-22T07:22:15Z")
Just thought of another one; sports-related: [Harvard beats Yale 29-29](http://www.the-game.org/hyother/crimson-harvard%20beats%20yale%2029-29.jpg) The Roswell one is pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![Revedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Revedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revedge)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/36 "2007-05-22T07:29:28Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] What is “RAAF”? I can only find “Royal Australian Air Force”. [/QUOTE] If you magnify the photo: “Roswell Army Air Field.” Obviously refering to the air base. (Remember, the air force hadn’t been formed yet. The air corps were part of the army.) ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/37 "2007-05-22T07:29:33Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] What is “RAAF”? I can only find “Royal Australian Air Force”. [/QUOTE] [Roswell Army Air Field](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Air_Force_Base). ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/38 "2007-05-22T08:16:52Z")
Of the ones listed thus far, I am by far most familiar with the photo of Truman holding up the Tribune and with “Gotcha”. Canadian (American resident), BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/39 "2007-05-22T09:11:22Z")
ARCHDUKE FERDINAND FOUND ALIVE; WW1 A MISTAKE! SPIDER-MAN: MENACE! UNION BALKS, MAYOR TALKS, CITY WALKS (from a _Mary Tyler Moore Show_ ep.) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991/40 "2007-05-22T14:05:09Z")
[QUOTE=HubZilla] [Harvard beats Yale 29-29](http://www.the-game.org/hyother/crimson-harvard%20beats%20yale%2029-29.jpg) [/QUOTE] What’s the story on this one? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-newspaper-headlines/404991.md?page=3)