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Classic headlineIraqi Head Seeks Arms
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Weird history on May 23
1533 First everThomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife Catherine of Aragon, beginning events that would culminate in the English Reformation.
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1555 Oddly trueGian Pietro Carafa became Pope Paul IV, beginning a tumultuous four-year papacy during which the Papal States suffered a serious military defeat.
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1829 Oddly trueAccordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
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Vintage clipping · 1917
The Brattleboro daily reformer (Brattleboro, Vt.), May 18, 1917
Page 7 · mentions "anti-noise popcorn"
“THE mtATTLEliOltO DAILY UEFOllMElt FltlDAV JIAY IS 1017 I never tasted a Flakier Pie Crust Report No 9 By the manager Here is my first ex perience with Cotto lene pie crust One night early this month our Lancaster County…”
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