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Classic headlineJuvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
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OddlyTrue News Stand — May 25
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Weird history on May 25
240 BC First everFirst recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
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1979 First everSix-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on his way to school in New York City, and later became one of the first missing children to have his picture featured on milk cartons.
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1810 First everThe Primera Junta, the first independent government in Argentina, was established in an open cabildo in Buenos Aires, marking the end of the May Revolution.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1948
Evening star (Washington, D.C.), September 30, 1948
Page 25 · mentions "anti-noise popcorn"
“5 DAY HOME TRIAL Come in select the Trutone radio you want Try it at our risk Com pare its tone clarity beauty of styling and fine performance with other radios costing much more TRUETOnE RADIOPHONO console with StaticFr…”
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