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Classic headlineTyphoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
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OddlyTrue News Stand — March 19
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Weird history on March 19
1563 First everThe Edict of Amboise was signed, ending the first war in the French Wars of Religion and inaugurating a period of official peace that lasted until 1567.
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1831 First everFirst documented bank heist in U.S. history, when burglars steal $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (now Citibank) on Wall Street. Most of the money was recovered.
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1865 Oddly trueAmerican Civil War: The last battle of the Carolinas Campaign, the Battle of Bentonville, began, which contributed to the ultimate Union victory in the war.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1915
Camas Prairie chronicle (Cottonwood, Idaho), March 19, 1915
Page 4 · mentions "monster" · printed on this very day
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