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OddlyTrue News Stand — May 22

One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1906 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →

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Classic headline

Include Your Children When Baking Cookies

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Headline 9 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on May 22

1809 First ever
On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is defeated in a major battle for the first time in his career, and repelled by an enemy army for the first time in a decade.
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760 Oddly true
Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
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1958 Oddly true
Ethnic riots mostly targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils broke out in Ceylon, resulting in at least 158 deaths over the next few days.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1906

Las Vegas daily optic (Las Vegas, N.M.), May 22, 1906

Page 8 · mentions "strange" · printed on this very day

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Image and text from the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site.

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