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OddlyTrue News Stand — August 23
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Weird history on August 23
1923 First everCaptain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter perform the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
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1898 First everThe Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed London.
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The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
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Vintage clipping · 1912
Morris tribune (Morris, Minn.), November 15, 1912
Page 3 · mentions "bizarre"
“even anxious THE MORRIS TRIBUNE J C MORRISON EDITOR AND PUBLISHER SUBSCRIPTIONS150 per year in advance 75c for six months 40c for three months All papers are continued until an explicit order is received for discontinuan…”
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