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OddlyTrue News Stand — July 29

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From the archives

Classic headline

Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim

Source: Classic headline (CJR 'Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim' collections)View clipping source

Headline 23 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on July 29

2015 First ever
The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.
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1899 First ever
The First Hague Convention is signed.
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1565 Oddly true
The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland, in a Catholic ceremony.
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