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Classic headlineIraqi Head Seeks Arms
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OddlyTrue News Stand — April 26
One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1918 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →
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Weird history on April 26
1803 Oddly trueThousands of meteor fragments fell over L'Aigle, France, becoming a milestone in the understanding of meteorites.
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1478 Oddly trueIn a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Republic of Florence, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de' Medici (pictured) and killed his brother Giuliano at Florence Cathedral.
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1805 First everFirst Barbary War: United States Marines capture Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1918
The Circle banner (Circle, Mont.), April 26, 1918
Page 6 · mentions "strange" · printed on this very day
“I Long Live tine King a By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Ospyright Ult oy the Kldgway Oamymmj All KlgkU taeml Copyright MIT by Kory Kobort Uaohart HEDWIG IS OFFERED AS A SACRIFICE TO SAVE THE TOT TERING KINGDOM OF LIVONIA Synops…”
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