October 9th, 2021
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Newspaper Carrier Day is celebrated in the United States and pays homage to Barney Flaherty. Flaherty was the first newspaper carrier (or paperboy) hired in 1833. Newspaper Carrier day also celebrates current newspaper carriers. It is celebrated on September 4, the anniversary of Flaherty's hiring by Benjamin Day, publisher of the New York Sun. Newspaper carriers were once mainly youngsters, but now it is largely a job carried out by adults.
