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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...

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1785

1.13.1785

John Walter publishes the first issue of the ''Daily Universal Register'' (later renamed ''The Times'').

1788

1.1.1788

First edition of ''The Times'' of London, previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published.

1814

11.28.1814

''The Times'' in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.

1975

7.20.1975

India expels three reporters from ''The Times'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', and ''Newsweek'' because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship.