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OddlyTrue News Stand — August 13
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Weird history on August 13
1876 First everA performance of Das Rheingold (scene pictured) opened the first performance of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle at the inaugural Bayreuth Festival, attended by emperors and other composers.
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1724 First everBach led the Thomanerchor in Leipzig in the first performance of the chorale cantata, Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101.
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1898 First everCarl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer (Brattleboro, Vt.), May 18, 1917
Page 7 · mentions "anti-noise popcorn"
“THE mtATTLEliOltO DAILY UEFOllMElt FltlDAV JIAY IS 1017 I never tasted a Flakier Pie Crust Report No 9 By the manager Here is my first ex perience with Cotto lene pie crust One night early this month our Lancaster County…”
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