Helen Harrington and Gloria Hummert of the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve pose with Times front pages. (Courtesy of St. Petersburg Museum of History, 1945) [ PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF ST. PE | Handout ]

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This week marks the Tampa Bay Times’ 135th anniversary, and to celebrate, we’re looking back at moments we’ve shared with readers. The way we tell stories has changed, with videos, social media posts and new platforms adding to the daily newspaper grind. But we’re still devoted to bringing you the first draft of history, regardless of the format.

The newspaper started before St. Petersburg or Tampa even existed. Three men assembled the first issue in Dunedin, printed as the West Hillsborough Times on July 25, 1884. Back then, Hillsborough County was so big it encompassed Pinellas.

By 1892, the paper moved to St. Pete and became the St. Petersburg Times. Finally, in 2012, it became the Tampa Bay Times to reflect the larger region we serve.

All along the way, we’ve covered moments big and small. Losses and tragedies. Growth and development. All sorts of things in between.

Here are some of our favorite front pages from over the years.

Editor’s note: The Times used to use language to describe Japanese people that is now outdated and offensive.

Pinellas County is created, 1911

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, May 23, 1911. Features coverage of the creation of Pinellas County. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The Titanic sinks, 1912

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, April 16, 1912. Note the unfortunate typo in that headline. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

S.S. Housatonic sinks, 1917

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, February 4, 1917. It features coverage of the sinking by Germany of the U.S. liner S.S. Housatonic, which contributed to the U.S. declaration of war against Germany and America's entry into World War I. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The hurricane of 1921 hits Tampa Bay

St. Petersburg Times Wednesday morning October 26, 1921 front page Tropical storm sweeps city [ UNKNOWN | St. Petersburg Times ]

The Gandy Bridge opens, linking Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, November 1924

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, November 20, 1924. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

Roosevelt closes the banks, 1933

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, March 6, 1933. It features coverage of President Franklin Roosevelt's declaration of a four-day bank holiday, forcing all banks to close and stopping all financial transactions. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times December 7, 1941. Features coverage of the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan. [ UNKNOWN | St. Petersburg Times ]

The U.S. drops a bomb on Hiroshima, 1945

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, August 8, 1945. Features coverage of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

World War II ends, 1945

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, May 7, 1945. Features coverage of V E Day -- the surrender of Germany, which marked the end of World War II in Europe. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, August 14, 1945. Features coverage of Japan's unconditional surrender, ending World War II [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The Sunshine Skyway bridge opens, 1954

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times Sunshine Skyway Souvenir Edition on September 6, 1954, celebrating the opening of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The weather is so cold the Times prints a front page in blue ink, 1962

John F. Kennedy visits Tampa, but is assassinated in Texas just days later, 1963

Front page of St. Petersburg Times November 19, 1963. Features coverage of John F Kennedy's visit to Tampa Bay. [ UNKNOWN | St. Petersburg Times ]

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, November 23, 1963. Features coverage of the assassination of President John F Kennedy. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

Martin Luther King Jr. is killed, 1968

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, April 5, 1968. Features coverage of the assassination of Martin Luther King. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The Apollo 11 mission makes history as Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon, 1969

Front page of St. Petersburg Times July 17, 1969. Features coverage of the launch of the Apollo 11 moon mission. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, July 21, 1969. Features coverage of the Apollo 11 mission and Neil Armstrong's historic first step onto the surface of the moon. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

President Richard Nixon resigns, 1974

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times, August 9, 1974. Feattures coverage of the resignation of Richard Nixon. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The Sunshine Skyway bridge collapses, 1980

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times May 10, 1980. Features coverage of the Sunshine Skyway disaster. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The Challenger explodes, 1986

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times January 29 1986. Features coverage of the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, killing the entire crew of 7. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

East and West Germany are united, 1990

Front page of St. Petersburg Times October 3, 1990. Features coverage of the uniting of East Germany and West Germany. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are born, 1995

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times March 9, 1995 special collector's edition, commemorating the awarding of two new baseball franchises by MLB, including the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

St. Petersburg Times A section, March 10, 1995. [EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN, Times] [ FOUNTAIN, EDMUND D. | St. Petersburg Times ]

The nation mourns after the September 11 attacks, 2001

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times September 11, 2001 [ St. Petersburg Times ]

Front page of a special section from the September 16, 2001 edition of the St. Petersburg Times, featuring coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The 2000 presidential election hinges on Florida, 2000

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times November 8, 2000. Features coverage of the 2000 presidential election battle between George Bush and Al Gore. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers win the Super Bowl, 2003

Front page of the January 27, 2003 edition of the St. Petersburg Times, featuring coverage of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48-21 victory over the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The Columbia shuttle disaster, 2003

Front page of the February 1, 2003 special edition of the St. Petersburg Times, featuring coverage of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

Saddam Hussein is captured, 2003

Front page of St. Petersburg Times December 15, 2003. Features coverage of the capture of Saddam Hussein. [ TIMES | St. Petersburg Times ]

The Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup, 2004

Front page of St. Petersburg Times June 8, 2004. Features coverage of the Tampa Bay Lightning's victory in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times on June 9, 2004, marking the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning. Hockeytown, Fla [ St. Petersburg Times ]

Terri Schiavo dies in Pinellas Park, 2005

Lane DeGregory publishes a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a feral child, 2008

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times August 3, 2008. Features Lane DeGregory's Pulitzer Prize-winning story, the Girl in the Window. [ St. Petersburg Times ]

The St. Petersburg Times runs a series investigating Scientology, 2009

Front page of the St. Petersburg Times June 21, 2009. Features the first installment of the series Inside Scientology. [ TIMES | St. Petersburg Times ]

The St. Petersburg Times becomes the Tampa Bay Times, 2012

Same-sex marriages becomes legal across the United States, 2015

Front page on June 27, 2015, the day after the Supreme Court's landmark ruling that same-sex marriage was a constitutional right.

A team of three reporters from the Tampa Bay Times and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune spent more than a year investigating Florida’s largest state mental hospitals, 2015

Front pages [ TAMPA BAY TIMES ]

The Tampa Bay Times purchases the Tampa Tribune, 2016

The Tampa Bay Times purchased the Tampa Tribune in May 2016.

The Women’s March is the biggest protest to hit the streets of St. Petersburg, 2017

The front page of the January 22, 2017 edition of the Tampa Bay Times, featuring coverage of the Women's March in St. Petersburg and the Women's March in D.C. [ Tampa Bay Times ]

A Tampa Bay Times investigation reveals serious problems at All Children’s Hospital, 2018

Front page of the Tampa Bay Times on December 2, 2018. [ TIMES ]

What other iconic front pages do you remember? Share them with us in the comments.