100 Headlines That Changed the World

by James Maloney

Here are the incredible newspaper headlines that document history’s most important moments—headlines so momentous that anyone reading them knew that the world as they knew it had been changed irrevocably. Headlines That Changed the World looks at stories from the Great Western Crosses the Atlantic in 1838 and Abraham Lincoln Assassinated in 1865, through Wall Street Crashes in 1929 and Hitler Sweeps to Power in 1933, to King Elvis Dead in 1977, Obama Wins Presidency in 2008, and Bin Laden Shot Dead in 2011. 
Headlines That Changed the World is an ideal book to dip into and discover newspaper headlines that shaped our past. Whether it was news of the Kennedy assassination or the fact that man had finally made it to the moon, these headlines and the history behind them will fascinate history buffs and casual readers alike.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

309 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2012

Reviews

[Tatevik · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book starts by an article about stamps from 1840 and ends by an article about Steve Jobs' death in 2011. But only headlines are from press. The text is a mere historical background. As it was kind of modern history, I could read 2 or 3 articles a day. So it took me almost a year to read this. This isn't a quick read, but very interesting and informative one.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good read if you just want a basic overview of major events that have occurred within the past ~150 years (albeit mostly in America and also a bit in England- not a huge focus anywhere else in the world). Despite being limited geographically it does contain a good variety of different events such as terrorism, natural disasters, political events, assassinations, inventions etc.,. It's written in a way where each story is a quick and easy read which makes it enjoyable to get through despite the tonally dry writing.

HOWEVER, seeing as the title is all about newspaper headlines- it didn't really matter in the book much. It might as well have been called 100 important events etc.,. They didn't even include pictures of the newspaper article or the article itself.

Be aware this book does have some mistakes and really could have used some proofing. Multiple obvious typos in dates which is frankly unacceptable in books surrounding historical events. Also some stories do not have any proper set up. An example: referring multiple times to a "country" without ever specifying what country specifically.

[Charissa Ty · Rating 3 out of 5]

His editor should be shot. Just like the major percentage of stories he's chosen to feature in this book. How could you NOT put a fullstop at the end of sentences?! Multiple times?! On a fact-driven book?!

Anyway, these headlines are depressing. I guess that's what newspapers live for. I have this new found respect for Nelson Mandela although the sections for each article were REALLY BRIEF.

[Mohammad Javed]

By going through the book, it appears that the writer has totally overlooked some of very important headlines and events occurred in Asia, Middle East and Arab World, on the other hand he has included some of the headlines that did not changed the world at all, however these impressed Europe and USA only. He has considered only Europe and USA as the Whole World and did not read the headlines of the newspapers published in other regions. For example, how can the assassination of Shah Faisal, Sheikh Mujeeb, Indrah Gandhi, Z.A. Bhutto (a judicial murder) can be overlooked that changed the political scenario of South East Asia and the Middle East. The Independence of Pakistan in 1947 as the largest Muslim country that changed the world map was not included in the book. Similarly, the pride of Pakistan becoming the first Muslim country as an Atomic Power, first Muslim Women becoming prime minister (Benazir Bhutto) was also ignored.

This is hard to believe as true that the writer just overlooked the holding of Islamic Summit at Lahore in 1972 and great Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, as if these happenings neither placed as headlines by any of newspapers in the world and nor changed the World. Similarly, assassination of King Faisal, Anwar Sadat, Muammar Gaddafi and Hafez al-Assad have been put aside. We did not get any of reference or headline of the newspapers that were printed in Asia, Africa and Middle East. Despite of this biased approach, the book ‘100 Headlines That Changed the World’ is a valuable and historical compilation of important issues appeared as headlines in the world renowned newspapers.

Mohammad Javed Pasha
(Journalist)
Lahore-Pakistan
9th of August 2020

[Saumya Gupta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the writing style remained the same throughout the book, it kept me entertained and informed. It was easy-to-read.

On the other hand, this book was largely focused on the European and West worlds, sometimes sprinkled with Asian headlines and maybe twice or thrice with African ones. That was, admittedly, a disappoint - given that Africa is home to many cultural and technological revolutions.

[Lisa Kizer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the idea of this book but the author really needs a good editor. The verb tenses were not correct and LOTS of run on sentences, so much that lot were even long enough to be paragraphs by themselves. Many misspelled words and I'm not talking about English vs. American,I mean misspelled. On the topic of spelling the book was never consistent as to whether it wanted to use American or English spelling.

[Zach Opsitnick · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I often enjoy books that give the printouts of the actual articles, this makes the difference of giving a more modern interpretation to the event that the headline talks about. Really enjoyable.

[Dr. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Many great choices, and many that had no effect on the world, just on fans of celebrities, brining about little to no change. The book did not even reprint the pages from the newspapers.

[Cindy Lea · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting compilation

I enjoyed traveling through history and remembering past events that have truly made an impact in the world as we see it.

[Gail Reese · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting to look at history

Interesting to read about different headlines and the back story about them. Looking back at some of the interesting happenings in the world.

[gemsbooknook Geramie Kate Barker · Rating 5 out of 5]

'Here are the incredible newspaper headlines that document history’s most important moments—headlines so momentous that anyone reading them knew that the world as they knew it had been changed irrevocably. Headlines That Changed the World looks at stories from the Great Western Crosses the Atlantic in 1838 and Abraham Lincoln Assassinated in 1865, through Wall Street Crashes in 1929 and Hitler Sweeps to Power in 1933, to King Elvis Dead in 1977, Obama Wins Presidency in 2008, and Bin Laden Shot Dead in 2011. Headlines That Changed the World is an ideal book to dip into and discover newspaper headlines that shaped our past. Whether it was news of the Kennedy assassination or the fact that man had finally made it to the moon, these headlines and the history behind them will fascinate history buffs and casual readers alike.'

This book was awesome.

I didn't know what to expect going into this book. I wasnt sure how much information I would get or if it was just about the actual headlines. Thankfully its was full of fantastic information.

The information in this book was really quite fascinating. I already knew about a lot of the topics that were mentioned but I found myself really engaged and interested and I genuinely feel like I learnt something whilst reading this book.

I thought the layout of this book was perfect. Each headline was followed by background information to explain the situation as well as follow up details about the event in question.

With so many Headlines being covered in this book, I wasnt surprised that I knew a fair few of them. What did surprise me however was the fact that I had never heard of some of them. This mix of known and unknown subjects mad for a really wonderful reading experience.

If you are looking for an interesting read that gives you a snap shot of History, this is definitely the book for you.

100 Headlines That Changed The World by James Maloney is an absolute must read.

Geramie Kate Barker
gemsbooknook.wordpress.com

[Jong Heon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book, “100 Headlines that Changed the World” is comprised of newspaper excerpts from distinctive countries, and eras. As the book has excerpts from diverse newspaper headlines, it is a non-fiction book that hardly contains any prejudices, or biased opinions. The author of this book is James Maloney, who is an American author, and has been in full time ministry for approximately 40 years as the president of the Dove Company International (Formerly The ACTS Group International, cited by Goodreads Author introduction.) The first original copy was published in the year of 2012, July 1st. Since this book is written in third person’s point of view, the author in the book narrates what has happened, and how did it give an impact to the world.

Since it is impossible to give a summary of 100 distinctive headlines, I will choose one headline that gave me a huge impact and write a brief summary about it. The headline that made me mesmerized was, “Man with a New Heart” To give a brief summary of this newspaper excerpt, Professor Christiaan Marnard successfully transplanted a heart into another person in South Africa, Capetown. Prior to this success, majority of the heart transplantation was a failure, or only successful for the dogs. However, thanks to the invention of the medicine that prevents our body from refusing the transplanted organs, Professor Marnard succeeded in transplanting other organs. When Professor Marnard tried to transplant a heart to another person, many ethical groups reprimanded him for being inhumane. In spite of this, Professor Marnard accomplished to transplant a heart, and gave a new life to the patient. The reason why I liked this excerpt is because of its interesting title, and the context that highly fits with the title of this book, “100 Headlines that Changed the World.”

When I first opened this book, my first impression was negative - since I am a person who cannot understand history well, I was kinda bored at the beginning. However, as I read through the book, I found one interesting quote in the foreword of the book, “If you don't know the present, you would not know the impending future. This book is a crucial platform to understand and foresee our future ”, it reminded me of the phrase, “History repeats again and again”. In other words, humans tend to make mistakes over and over. Learning the history is the only way that can prevent ourselves from making those mistakes again. As this book clearly abridges the history between the year of 1840 and 2011, it is a great book that help to determine our future. Taking this into consideration, I highly recommend this book, and I would give 9 out of 10!

[Samuel Maina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like that James Maloney starts with a disclaimer that he put what he deemed fit among the 100 stories.
He summarises most of the stories, and one is left yearning for more. The Eurocentricity is noticeable and it is amazing that most of what happened in the world rotates around Europe.
Most eye catching stories include Edward VIII abdicating among many others. Funny that the Catholic Church advocated the withdrawal method; how now?
WW1 and WW2 get a mention, most of the stories therein are sad. Several assassinations and innovative stories as well not forgetting villains
Princes Diana was riding in a black Mercedes-Benz S280, it is a classic if I maybe asked. The spitfire seems efficient at war. I do not know what Hitler has to say about that.
Quite a refreshing read I might say.

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[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fairly quick read that was interesting enough to keep me engaged. The writing leaves a little something to be desired -- very bland, at times frustratingly cliche. However, it was a nice little review of major events in history. Of course (as the author states) you're always going to argue with which headlines are chosen (or omitted), so I won't get into that, but I liked it overall.

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

100 headlines that changed the world. I like the concise description style adopted by the writer. Its sad that apart from the Mandela news, other major past African news couldn't make the list but I can't complain about his list since he claimed the selection was made to please himself otherwise some of the headlines actually changed the world. It's interesting and enlightening.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read. Written by a Brit so it was kind of cool to see what qualified as "world changers" besides what Americans would say. The majority I would agree and some, sadly, I did not know a lot about. It was good to learn but the book itself was pretty dry in many parts.

[Arvind · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book for some lazy reading, contains headlines taken from different countries and across various newspapers. The book is non fiction & makes an interesting read. The news and headlines are void of opinions by the author and offers an unbiased view of the major headlines.

['jj Lamont · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read, interesting at most points, found myself skipping through a few of the headlines as the author made these quite boring.

[Jung Keun Jeon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a book that gave me a lot of information, and I must recommend to many people.

[Raven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good lazy day book, I liked it.

[Lyla Ibrahim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Filled with interesting facts. It got me thinking about the limits of the human mind. You can change the world for the better if you correctly use your mind.

[Davidson Ajaegbu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enlightening, but eurocentric.

[Kristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book; interesting to see what was included, and what was not.

[Tfalcone · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great history lesson and made sense of some of the things I have /have not really known my whole life. Like Miner forty-niner, Drake's folly,