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Who was "Time" magazine's first Man of the Year in 1927?

Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh won the title in honor of his historic solo flight across the Atlantic.

In 1930 an Asian was named "Time" Man of the Year for the first time, who was it?

Mohandas K. Gandhi. 'The rest of Bombay's population has transferred its allegiance to one of the British government's too numerous prisioners, Mahatma Gandhi.' An excerpt from a British journalist's account of the jailing of Gandhi for his protests.

The first "Time" Woman of the Year was Wallis Simpson, the woman who caused the abdication a British monarch. Which one?

Edward VIII. Edward abdicated the throne, and his brother George Duke of York became George VI.

This person was named on three separate occasions on the "Time" man of the year - in 1932, 1934 and 1941. Who was it?

Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR was the only person to be honored three times in the first seventy years.

In 1982 what became the first object to be given the title of "Time" Machine of the Year?

The computer. 'The greatest influence, for good or evil, is not a man at all. It is a machine, the computer.' By Otto Friedrich, January 3rd, 1983.

An entire generation won "Time" Persons of the Year in 1966. What was it called?

'25 and under'. There are several years in which large groups were given the title. 1966 was dedicated to the generation of 25 and under, as a result of the baby boom.

Two Popes have been given the title of "Time" Man of the Year. One was Pope John Paul II in 1994. Who was the other one?

Pope John XXIII. Pope John XXIII was given the title in 1962.

Who was the "Time" Man of the Year for 1979?

Ayatollah Khomeini. Margaret Thatcher has not been given the title. Jimmy Carter was 1976's Man of the Year and Ronald Reagan was 1980's Man of the Year.

Bill Clinton and who else were joint winners of "Time" magazine's Man of the Year in 1998?

Ken Starr. Ken Starr's relentless pursuit of the President's relentless pursuits no doubt won him the honor.

Environmental issues were upper most in the 1988 nomination for "Time" Person of the Year. What term won the title?

Endangered Earth. Concerns about the destruction of the rain forest and other environmental issues, led to this nomination.