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Classic headlineAstronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
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Weird history on August 30
1535 WeirdWith the papal bull Eius qui immobilis, Pope Paul III excommunicates King Henry VIII of England from the Catholic Church for approving the Acts of Supremacy, although the bull is likely never published.
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1896 First everPhilippine Revolution: In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured a powder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison.
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1594 First everKing James VI of Scotland held a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry, his first child.
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Vintage clipping · 1914
The Birmingham age-herald (Birmingham, Ala.), September 6, 1914, (MAGAZINE SECTION)
Page 35 · mentions "bizarre"
“By Lady DuffGordon IT 4s desirable to be quaint in dress It is undesirable to be bizarre I will explain When we say She dresses quaintly we mean She dresses in an unusual way oddly neatly in singular fashion If this unus…”
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