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OddlyTrue News Stand — January 14

One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1953 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →

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Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge

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Weird history on January 14

1724 First ever
Philip V (pictured), the first Bourbon king of Spain, abdicated in favour of his seventeen-year-old eldest son, who became Louis I.
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1858 Oddly true
Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.
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1797 First ever
The Battle of Rivoli is fought with a decisive French victory by Napoleon Bonaparte, marking the beginning of the end of the War of the First Coalition and the start of French hegemony over Italy for two decades.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1953

The Key West citizen (Key West, Fla.), April 6, 1953

Page 6 · mentions "bizarre"

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

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