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One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1904 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →
The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)
Verified Real 1954Dallas, Tex. (AP)—A woman reported to police that her husband had disappeared with her Chihuahua puppy. 'I don't care if my husband ever comes back,' she explained. 'I just want to find my dog.'
Headline 8 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.
American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
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Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
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