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You're under the influence with Terry O'Reilly. Time magazine began the tradition of selecting a man of the year in 1927.

The idea was to identify the person who had done the most to influence the events of the past 12 months.

That year, the editors of Time had neglected to feature aviator Charles Lindbergh on the cover.

It was an editorial embarrassment, as Lindberg was a global sensation by becoming the first person

to fly solo across the Atlantic.

To remedy that oversight, Time decided to feature Lindbergh as the Man of the Year on the cover of the Year-end issue. And the tradition thus began.

According to Time's editor-in-chief, the man-of-the-year cover sprung from the great man-the-man theory of history,

a belief that individuals have the power to transform society, for better or for worse.

The recipient was usually a politician or a titan of industry.

Fourteen U.S. presidents, five leaders of Russia, and three popes have been recognized.

There have been controversial choices, too, like Hitler and Ayatollah Khomeini.

Sometimes it has been an object, like the computer, in 1982, and the endangered Earth was named Planet of the Year in 1988.

Occasionally, Time recognized a group. The first time it did so was in 1950, when it chose the American soldier as men of the year as they marched off to fight in Korea.

And time named American women as people of the year in 1975.

In 1999, the title man of the year was officially changed to the gender-neutral person of the year,

although the winner that year would be Jeff Bezos.

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