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Classic headlineDrunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
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OddlyTrue News Stand — May 18
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Weird history on May 18
1993 First everRiots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.
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1811 First everBattle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
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1794 First everBattle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
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Vintage clipping · 1925
The Seattle star (Seattle, Wash.), May 18, 1925
Page 10 · mentions "monster" · printed on this very day
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