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Verified RealSomething Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
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OddlyTrue News Stand — February 6
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Weird history on February 6
1579 First everDomingo de Salazar, a Spanish Dominican friar, was appointed the first bishop of Manila.
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1959 First everJack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
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1862 First everUnion forces earned one of their first important victories in the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Henry in western Tennessee.
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Vintage clipping · 1912
Evening capital and Maryland gazette (Annapolis, Md.), February 6, 1912
Page 3 · mentions "dog rides horse" · printed on this very day
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