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OddlyTrue News Stand — January 11
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Weird history on January 11
1935 First everAmelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
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1693 Oddly trueThe most powerful earthquake recorded in Italy struck the island of Sicily, causing 60,000 deaths and prompting a period of architectural revival.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1923
The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), December 28, 1923
Page 8 · mentions "weird"
“Honorable Mention in Story Contest The Vengeance of the Moon By HELEN LOUISE MacLEOD 1347 Girardst r when midnight Hrinsu WU tepped into the temple The pave ment rather absorbed than reechoed his tread In the ivory Thron…”
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