Time magazine covers – in pictures
Meredith recently announced that it was selling Time magazine for $190m in cash to Marc Benioff, one of four co-founders of Salesforce, and his wife Lynne. Here’s a look back at some of the magazine’s most memorable covers
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The first cover of Time magazine, dated 3 March 1923, featuring a portrait of retiring Illinois congressman Joseph G Cannon
Photograph: Granger/Rex/Shutterstock
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Emperor Hirohito of Japan on the 21 May 1945 cover
Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
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Marilyn Monroe graces the 14 May 1953 cover
Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
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The 7 September 1953 cover featuring Audrey Hepburn
Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
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Actor Larry Hagman as his Dallas character JR Ewing on the 11 August 1980 cover
Photograph: Granger/Rex/Shutterstock
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Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton on the cover of Time’s 2 February 1998 issue
Photograph: AP
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Images of the Columbine school shooting victims surround suspects Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris on the 3 May 1999 cover
Photograph: AP
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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman on the 6 July 1999 cover
Photograph: HO/Reuters
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Time’s 13 September 2001 cover on the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Photograph: HO/Reuters
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U2 frontman Bono on the cover of the 4 March 2002 issue
Photograph: AP
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Time’s 1 December 2003 cover art portrays an illustration of then president George W Bush with a lipstick kiss and a bruised eye
Photograph: HO/Reuters
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Saddam Hussein following his capture by US forces in Tikrit on the 22 December 2003 cover
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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A 2 February 2009 commemorative issue marking Barack Obama’s inauguration
Photograph: Time
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A special issue dedicated to the death of Osama bin Laden dated 20 May 2011
Photograph: HO/Reuters
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Aisha, an 18-year-old Afghan woman whose nose and ears were cut off in 2009, under orders from a local Taliban commander acting as a judge as punishment for fleeing her husband’s home, on the 9 August 2010 cover
Photograph: Jodi Bieber/Associated Press
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Julian Assange on the 13 December 2010 cover
Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
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Prince Charles on the 24 October 2013 cover
Photograph: Time/PA
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The 23 March 2015 cover featuring Hillary Clinton’s silhouette
Photograph: Time inc
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Riz Ahmed graces the 1 May 2017 cover as one of the 100 most influential people
Photograph: Time
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Donald Trump is edited to stare down a toddler crying as border patrol searches her mother on the 2 July 2018 cover
Photograph: Time
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