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Verified RealSafety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted
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OddlyTrue News Stand — July 1
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Weird history on July 1
1819 First everJohann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819 (C/1819 N1). It is the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.
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1523 First everJan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.
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- 1770 Oddly true
Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000 km; 1,360,000 mi).
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Vintage clipping · 1919
Grants Pass daily courier (Grants Pass, Or.), July 1, 1919
Page 4 · mentions "bicycle horse" · printed on this very day
“PAGB FOUR GRANTS PASS DAILY COCKIER TUESDAY JVLY if IMsV Secure As Never Before We have been iu business for 00 veals but at no time have we felt so secure agaiust sudden calamity as since becoming members of the Fed era…”
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