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OddlyTrue News Stand — May 7
One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1921 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →
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Weird history on May 7
1999 First everPope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
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1954 Oddly trueA convoy of circus wagons carrying lions, horses, ponies and an ass lost control and overturned into some shop fronts in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.
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1798 First everWar of the First Coalition: A British garrison repelled a French attack on the Îles Saint-Marcouf off the Normandy coast, inflicting heavy losses.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1921
The Laramie Republican (Laramie, Wyo.), May 7, 1921, (Semi-Weekly Edition)
Page 3 · mentions "UFO" · printed on this very day
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