The Washington Daily News was a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., USA. Its predecessor was The Daily Evening Star, founded on December 16, 1852. It was once one of the most renowned and influential newspapers in the United States, with its influence and circulation reaching their peak in the mid-1950s. Between 1944 and 1981, authors, journalists, and cartoonists of The Washington Star won a total of 10 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism. The newspaper ceased publication on August 7, 1981. It ...