The New York Sun

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The New York Sun

NEWSPAPER

Newspaper famous for answering Virginia on 21 September 1897, that yes indeed there is a Santa Claus. Became defunct in 1949.

Another newspaper called The New York Sun existed from 2002 to 2008.

Location:
New York City

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Samuel Hopkins Adams Journalist 26-Jan-1871 15-Nov-1958 The Great American Fraud

Mortimer J. Adler Philosopher 28-Dec-1902 28-Jun-2001 How to Read a Book

Stu Bykofsky Columnist c. 1941 Philadelphia Daily News

Henry Chadwick Journalist 5-Oct-1824 20-Apr-1908 Father of baseball

Walter E. Clark Politician 7-Jan-1869 4-Feb-1950 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1909-13

Richard Harding Davis Author 18-Apr-1864 11-Apr-1916 Yellow-era journalist

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