Some magazines have been around so long , we tend to forget there was a time when they were just fledgling start - ups . Check out who come along on the first natural covering of these 10 democratic magazine still go strong today – some of them are rather surprising .

, whose movie

The Great Gatsby

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was coming out soon . Also mentioned in this March , 1974 issue : The Exorcist , Solzhenitsyn , Jim Croce and the Hearsts .

, the retired Speaker of the House of Representatives . It was March 2 , 1923 .

Time

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did n’t set off select their Person of the Year until 1927 , though – the twelvemonth it went to Charles Lindbergh .

Also name ( this will take you back ) – Stryper , Frankie Goes to Hollywood and the Replacements . Hey , it

was

1985 .

4.TV Guide : Desi Arnaz Jr. It was 1953 , and the U.S. was perfectly gaga for Lucy and Desi ’s baby , partially due to the fact that T.V. Lucy was give birth at almost the accurate same clock time tangible - life Lucy was .

5.Sports illustrate : Eddie Matthews of the Milwaukee Braves . This was his first and only cover , unlike Michael Jordan , who holds the phonograph record of gracing the blanket 56 time so far . The clip was started byTimepatriarch Henry Luce in 1954 . “ intellectual ” atTimeliked to refer toSIasJockstrap .

His movie

How I Won the War

was coming out . At the time ( that would be 1967 ) , the magazine cover was styled to depend like a paper .

The first man to ever appear on the cover , however , was Peter Sellers .

who was newly - elected but not - yet inaugurated ( it was 1933 ) .

I bet you’re able to guess the year based on those choice … go on , I ’ll give you a 2nd … Give up ? 1965 .

It was February 16 , 1990 , and she share the cover song with small pictures of Nenah Cherry and Zorro .

On the cover of our first issue ? Einstein , of course .