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Classic headlineLocal High School Dropouts Cut in Half
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OddlyTrue News Stand — January 3
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Weird history on January 3
1913 First everFirst Balkan War: Greece completes its capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender.
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1749 First everThe first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, was published.
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1521 Oddly truePope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, excommunicating Martin Luther for refusing to retract 41 alleged errors found in his 95 Theses and other writings.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1920
The Dallas express (Dallas, Tex.), January 3, 1920
Page 6 · mentions "strange" · printed on this very day
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