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Classic headlineMan Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge
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OddlyTrue News Stand — August 17
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Weird history on August 17
1958 WeirdPioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
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1896 First everBridget Driscoll becomes the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
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1978 First everDouble Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1915
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram (Richmond, Ind.), August 17, 1915
Page 1 · mentions "corpse" · printed on this very day
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