Le Petit Journal

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Le Petit Journal was a daily Parisian newspaper published from 1863 to 1944. It was founded by Moïse Polydore Millaud. In its columns were published several serial novels of Émile Gaboriau and of Ponson du Terrail.

In the 1890s, at the height of its popularity, it had a circulation of a million copies, and by 1884 the publication included a weekly illustrated supplement.

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Le Petit Journal organized the first automobile race in history: the 1894 Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition (Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux). The race was won by Count Jules de Dion on a De Dion-Bouton.

Le Petit Journal also created in 1891 the Paris-Brest-Paris road cycling race.

10 October 1891. The suicide of Georges Boulanger in Ixelles Cemetery.

19 August 1900. The hosts of France. Mozaffar al-Din, Shah of Persia.

7 October 1906. Lynchings in the United States. Massacre of negroes in Atlanta (Georgia).