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Classic headlineEnraged Cow Injures Farmer With Ax
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OddlyTrue News Stand — May 19
One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1912 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →
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Weird history on May 19
715 Oddly trueGregory II began his pontificate; his conflict with Byzantine emperor Leo III eventually led to the establishment of the temporal power of the pope.
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1883 First everBuffalo Bill's first Buffalo Bill's Wild West opens in Omaha, Nebraska.
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1780 WeirdNew England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, is observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1912
The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), May 19, 1912
Page 24 · mentions "mysterious" · printed on this very day
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