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The Daily Telegraph was first published on the 29th of June 1855 by Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh. Sleigh launched the newspaper as a vehicle for personal vengeance against Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, after being passed over for a military promotion.
Clare Hollingworth broke the story that Germany was about to invade Poland in 1939. She was a novice reporter for The Daily Telegraph who provided an eyewitness account that changed the course of history.
The Daily Telegraph launched Europe's first daily web-based newspaper on the 15th of November 1994. The site was initially named electronic telegraph and was launched from the headquarters at Canary Wharf in London Docklands.
In May 2009, The Daily Telegraph obtained a full copy of all the expenses claims of British Members of Parliament and began publishing them in instalments from the 8th of May 2009. The publication led to high-profile resignations and earned the paper the title of British Newspaper of the Year in 2009.
Canadian businessman Conrad Black took control of the Telegraph Group in 1986. Black was dismissed as chairman of the Hollinger International board on the 18th of January 2004 over allegations of financial wrongdoing.
The UK government banned RedBird IMI from taking over The Daily Telegraph in April 2024 because the firm was a joint venture with a United Arab Emirates-based entity owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. New laws were introduced to prevent foreign governments from owning British newspapers due to national security concerns.