Trent Roberts, day copy team leader of the Charlotte Observer, writes:
So I was cooking up an in-house bracket to determine the most memorable headline ever when I thought I should ask some other people what headlines should be considered.
I’m sure I’m missing something, so let me know what you think should be considered for the top 16.
Feel free to take the idea and run with it on your blogs.
And thanks in advance for letting me divert your attention away from your workday.
Trent’s list looks pretty decent to me:
1. Chicago Daily Tribune, Nov. 3, 1948:
2. New York Post, April 15, 1983:
3. Variety, July 17, 1935:
4. New York Daily News, Oct. 30, 1975:
5. National Lampoon, Jan. 1973:
6. Time, April 8, 1966:
7. Dublin Evening Herald, June 23, 2010:
8. New York Post, Jan. 24, 2003:
9. The Sun, Feb. 8, 2000:
10. Variety, October 30, 1929:
11. San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 18, 1963:
12. New York Post, Dec. 13, 2007:
13. San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 12, 2001:
14. Newsweek, Oct. 19, 1987:
15. Esquire, October 1966:
16. Sports Illustrated, June 30, 2012:
Just missing the cut …
Esquire, April 1966:
The Sun, April 9, 1992/April 11, 1992:
The Sun, March 13, 1986:
What do you think? Is that a pretty good list? Do you have any you’d recommend?
