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Classic headline

Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim

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Headline 23 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on August 25

1835 Weird
The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
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1989 Weird
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after takeoff from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.
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1875 First ever
Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1907

The Salt Lake herald (Salt Lake City [Utah]), August 25, 1907, (News Section)

Page 7 · mentions "weird" · printed on this very day

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Image and text from the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site.

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