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Classic headlineAstronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
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OddlyTrue News Stand — May 14
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Weird history on May 14
1878 Oddly trueThe last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.
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- 1878 Oddly true
The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
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1804 First everLed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.
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Vintage clipping · 1923
Perth Amboy evening news (Perth Amboy, N.J.), May 14, 1923, (FINAL EDITION)
Page 6 · mentions "mysterious" · printed on this very day
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