Breaking News from the 1700s

Google announced plans to provide archival news articles dating back to the 1700s to users:

Ye olde Google News: Stories from the 1700s

Under new service, users will be able to target specific dates or view coverage of an issue over time, although not all articles will be free to view.

Google News is getting a sense of the past to balance out its relentless focus on the present.

Google Inc. has added the ability to search through more than 200 years of historical newspaper archives alongside the latest contemporary information now available on Google News, the market-leading Web search firm said Tuesday.

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Search the archives here: http://news.google.com/archivesearch