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OddlyTrue News Stand — March 7
One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1922 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →
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Weird history on March 7
1876 Oddly trueAlexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
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1277 Oddly trueThe University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses.
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1941 Oddly trueThe German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.
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Vintage clipping
![The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), March 7, 1922, (SPORTS FINAL)](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ndnp:dlc:batch_dlc_yorkie_ver01:data:sn84026749:00280764838:1922030701:0963/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=864&w=706)
Vintage clipping · 1922
The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), March 7, 1922, (SPORTS FINAL)
Page 3 · mentions "bizarre" · printed on this very day
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