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OddlyTrue News Stand — October 16

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Classic headline

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge

Source: Classic headline (CJR 'Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim' collections)View clipping source

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Weird history on October 16

1950 First ever
The first novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was published in the United Kingdom.
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1367 First ever
Pope Urban V enters Rome, the first pope to do so in more than fifty years since the begin of the Avignon Papacy.
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1311 First ever
The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1907

The Cairo bulletin (Cairo, Ill.), October 16, 1907

Page 6 · mentions "monster" · 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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