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OddlyTrue News Stand — September 14

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Classic headline

Milk Drinkers Are Turning to Powder

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

Headline 16 of 27 in the Hall of Fame rotation.

Weird history on September 14

1226 First ever
The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.
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1984 First ever
Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
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1975 First ever
The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
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Vintage clipping

Vintage clipping · 1900

The Seattle post-intelligencer (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]), November 11, 1900

Page 25 · mentions "meteorite"

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