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OddlyTrue News Stand — October 22
One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1901 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →
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Weird history on October 22
1797 First everAndré-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris.
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1879 First everUsing a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb; the bulb lasted 131⁄2 hours before burning out.
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2137 BC Oddly trueA solar eclipse occurs over China, one of the earliest recorded in human history, reportedly resulting in the executions of two astronomers who failed to predict it.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1901
The Calhoun chronicle (Grantsville, W. Va.), October 22, 1901
Page 2 · mentions "flirt" · printed on this very day
“London lias hart an automobile fu Tirral It is feared that the good old city let Its desire to strike the modern j pace run away with Its seuse of pro priety The Monroe doetrlne is solely re sponsible for the keen desire…”
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