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OddlyTrue News Stand — September 19
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Weird history on September 19
1893 First everNew Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage following the women's suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard.
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1692 Oddly trueSalem witch trials: Giles Corey was crushed to death for refusing to enter a plea to charges of witchcraft, reportedly asking the sheriff for "more weight" during his execution.
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1863 First everAmerican Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
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Vintage clipping · 1908
The Fargo forum and daily republican (Fargo, N.D.), September 19, 1908
Page 16 · mentions "flirt" · printed on this very day
“I i i I I i i k i n ti V3 T e THE From Our New York Dramatic Corre spondent tmints metropolitan dramatic Ma son of 19089 has opened earlier than almost any other season of recent years Just rhat the reason is it is diffi…”
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