Front pages from The Evening Sun: ceased printing 20 years ago
Twenty years ago today the last edition of Baltimore’s Evening Sun rolled off the presses after 85 years of publication. In its last front-page story, the paper wrote, “Today, The Evening Sun writes it’s own obituary. Baltimore’s last evening newspaper, which publishes its final editions today, is 85 and a victim of falling circulation.”
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- Front page of the first edition of the Evening Sun on April 18, 1910
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- Article in the first edition of thArticle in the first edition of the Evening Sun in April 18, 191
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- Erroneous Evening Sun headline on April 15, 1912 from the sinking of the Titanic, which killed over 1,500 people
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- Evening Sun front page from November 11, 1918 better known as Armistice day ending World War I.
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- Evening Sun front page on May 8, 1915 for the sinking of the Lusitania.
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- Evening Sun front page on July 21, 1925 from coverage of the Scopes trial, commonly known as the Scopes Monkey trial.
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- Evening Sun front page on August 25, 1933 of a big storm of 1933 hitting the Eastern Shore, known as the Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane.
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- Evening front page from December 8, 1941 of the US declaring war after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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- Evening Sun front page on June 6, 1944 from the invasion of Normandy, better known as D-Day.
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- The surrender of nazi Germany on the May 7, 1945 edition of the Evening Sun.
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- Evening Sun front page on May 8, 1945 declaring victory in Europe, known as V-E Day.
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- The Evening Sun from August 6, 1945 of the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Japan.
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- November 22, 1963 The Evening Sun front page of the assassination of President Kennedy.
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- The Saturday, November 23, 1963 front page of The Evening Sun concerning the arrest of a second suspect in the Kennedy assassination.
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- A copy of The Evening Sun on Monday, October 10, 1966 about the Baltimore Orioles sweeping the series. against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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- Evening Sun front page from October 17, 1983 after the Orioles beat the Phillies to win the World Series.
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- The October 18, 1983 Evening Sun front page of the Orioles World Series victory parade as Cal Ripken, Jr. is surrounded by fans.
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- Evening Sun front page of the Hubble launch into space on April 4, 1990.
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- The Evening Sun front page from March 29, 1994 as the Colts team leaves in the middle of the night to Indianapolis.
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- The Evening Sun front page on September 7, 1995 “Cal-lossal” as Cal Ripken, Jr. broke the record for most consecutive Major League Baseball games played consecutively.
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- Front page for the last printed edition of the Evening Sun on September 15, 1995.
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