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Verified Real 1970Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
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OddlyTrue News Stand — September 17
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Weird history on September 17
1849 First everAmerican abolitionist Harriet Tubman makes her first attempt to escape from slavery.
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Harriet Tubman (pictured) escaped from slavery in the U.S. state of Maryland, and later orchestrated the rescues of other slaves via the Underground Railroad.
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1793 Oddly trueWar of the Pyrenees: Forces from the French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees defeated two divisions of the Army of Catalonia, ending the furthest Spanish encroachment in their invasion of Roussillon.
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Vintage clipping · 1934
The Western news (Libby, Mont.), April 26, 1934
Page 7 · mentions "meteorite"
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