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Classic headlineSquad Helps Dog Bite Victim
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OddlyTrue News Stand — July 2
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Weird history on July 2
1937 First everAmelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean and disappear while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
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1724 First everOn the Feast of the Visitation, Bach led the first performance of his Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, based on the German Magnificat.
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1644 First everFirst English Civil War: The combined forces of Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians defeated Royalist troops at the Battle of Marston Moor.
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