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OddlyTrue News Stand — August 26

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Stolen Painting Found by Tree

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Weird history on August 26

1778 First ever
The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
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1648 First ever
The Fronde: First Fronde: In the wake of the successful Battle of Lens, Cardinal Mazarin, Chief Minister of France, suddenly orders the arrest of the leaders of the Parlement of Paris, provoking the rest of Paris to break into insurrection and barricade the streets the next day.
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1940 Weird
The 1940 New England hurricane formed over the Atlantic Ocean; it would go on to cause widespread damage despite never making landfall in the United States.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1917

Arizona republican (Phoenix, Ariz.), August 26, 1917

Page 21 · mentions "strange" · 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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