From the archives
Classic headlineTyphoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Source: Classic headline (CJR 'Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim' collections)View clipping source
Strange but true headlines of the day · Weird history · Vintage clipping
OddlyTrue News Stand — August 1
One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1912 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →
Headline 26 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.
Weird history on August 1
1892 First everJef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1842 Oddly trueThree days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1801 First everFirst Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya.
Read more →Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1912
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser (Newark, N.J.), August 1, 1912, (NIGHT EXTRA)
Page 15 · mentions "bicycle horse" · printed on this very day
Read the page at the Library of CongressImage and text from the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site.
Hall of Fame headlines are manually verified clippings (source linked); nothing is scraped from Newspapers.com. Facts from Wikipedia On This Day API (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia. Clippings from the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site.