History of communication

Printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg

Jan 5, 1446

Johannes Gutenberg introduces moveable type printing press in Germany.

First newspaper in Europe- Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien

Feb 8, 1609

The Relation is recognised by the World Association of Newspapers,[1] as well as many authors[2] as the world's first newspaper. The German-language newspaper was published in Strasbourg, which had the status of an free imperial city in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.

Puritans establish Cambridge Press

Sep 16, 1638

Ben Harris print first Colonial [Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign Domestic] in Boston

Feb 9, 1690

Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was the title of the first multi-page newspaper published in the Americas. Before then, single-page newspapers, called broadsides, were published in the English colonies and printed in Cambridge in 1689.

Alien and Sedition Act

Dec 16, 1798

The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist dominated 5th United States Congress, and signed into law by Federalist President John Adams in 1798

Sedition Act of 1918

May 16, 1918

The Sedition Act was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds