First Czech language paper in the United States commences publication
In Racine, Wisconsin, the Slovan Amerikansky published its first issue on this day. A small weekly folio sheet under the editorship of Frank Korizek, it was the first Czech language newspaper in the United States. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Joseph Nathan Kane, ed., Famous First Facts (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1981), 426.