First issue of Saturday Evening Post published

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4 August, 1821

The first issue of Saturday Evening Post was published on 4th August 1821. It was originally a weekly newspaper. In 1916, the long-time editor of the Saturday Evening Post, George Lorimer, discovered the now popular illustrator, Norman Rockwell.