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Can you think of the 15 most powerful newspaper headlines of all-time?

The CreativeCloud Web site has posted a list of the 15 most iconic newspaper headlines in history. Click here to see all of the headlines.

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Here is CreativeCloud's summary of the post:

"These shocking and occasionally uplifting headlines summarize but a few of the major historic events that have occurred since newspapers became popular and accessible to people worldwide. Extraordinary headlines such as these are incredibly powerful, thanks in large part to their brevity: in just a few short words, each conveys a message of history-changing significance to a potentially huge audience. Reading these headlines today, we are emotionally transported back to how we felt when we first heard this news.

"It's a sad reality of the human condition that big news is usually bad news: only five of the headlines we explore here accompany positive stories. Headlines are there to sell papers, and it seems that death is more profitable to the press than hope or success. Nevertheless, alongside headlines of war, natural disasters and murders, below you'll find headlines of hope and the overcoming of adversity.


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