On this day - 24 April

The first ever edition of the Daily Express was published on April 24th 1900. It was founded by Sir Arthur Pearson. The Daily Express was the first British newspaper to feature a crossword. In 1918, the Sunday Express was launched as the Daily Express's sister newspaper. As published in the first edition of the newspaper itself, the goal was to provide news without bias by political leanings.

Sir Arthur Pearson was from Somerset and worked on several different magazines and journals throughout his career. He suffered from glaucoma and lost his eyesight in 1910, despite an operation in 1908. He sold the ownership of the Daily Express to Lord Beaverbrook in 1916 who grew circulation of the newspaper extensively.