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Weird history on June 21
2025 Oddly trueA hot air balloon catches fire mid-flight and crashes in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing 8 of the 21 on board.
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1575 Oddly trueFrench Wars of Religion: Catholic forces defeated an armed group of Huguenots attempting to capture Besançon, from which they had previously been expelled.
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1957 First everEllen Fairclough (pictured) became the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of Canada.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1923
The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), December 28, 1923
Page 8 · mentions "weird"
“Honorable Mention in Story Contest The Vengeance of the Moon By HELEN LOUISE VacLEOD IT Wa 1317 Girardst midnight when Hrinst tepped into the temple The pave ment rather absorbed than reechoec his tread In the ivory Thro…”
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