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OddlyTrue News Stand — November 2
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- 1957 Oddly true
A large number of people witnessed a fiery object in the sky near Levelland, Texas, which the United States Air Force said was ball lightning.
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1707 First everFour British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
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2000 First everAs members of Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured) became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station.
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The Key West citizen (Key West, Fla.), April 6, 1953
Page 6 · mentions "bizarre"
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