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OddlyTrue News Stand — August 5
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Weird history on August 5
1888 First everBertha Benz made the first long-distance automobile trip, driving 106 km (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
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- 1888 First ever
Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
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1974 Oddly trueWatergate scandal: President Richard Nixon, under orders of the US Supreme Court, releases the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972, clearly revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1925
The Milwaukee leader (Milwaukee, Wis.), August 5, 1925, (Morning Edition)
Page 7 · mentions "mysterious" · printed on this very day
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