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OddlyTrue News Stand — August 28

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Classic headline

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

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Headline 26 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on August 28

1909 Oddly true
The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.
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1830 First ever
Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.
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1789 First ever
With the first use of his 1.2-metre (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of Saturn, later named Enceladus (pictured).
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1920

The evening herald (Klamath Falls, Or.), August 28, 1920

Page 8 · mentions "mysterious" · 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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