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OddlyTrue News Stand — December 11

One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1909 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →

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Classic headline

Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim

Source: Classic headline (CJR 'Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim' collections)View clipping source

Headline 23 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on December 11

1886 First ever
The London-based football club Arsenal, then known as Dial Square, played their first match on the Isle of Dogs.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1941 First ever
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1282 Oddly true
Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri near Builth Wells in mid-Wales.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1909

Bryan daily eagle and pilot (Bryan, Tex.), December 11, 1909

Page 3 · mentions "meteorite" · printed on this very day

Read the page at the Library of Congress

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

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