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Classic headlineLocal High School Dropouts Cut in Half
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OddlyTrue News Stand — September 29
One real weird headline, three odd happenings and a page from a 1918 newspaper. See the full Vintage News edition →
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Weird history on September 29
2008 WeirdThe stock market crashes with the Dow Jones dropping a then record 778 points after the United States House of Representatives vote on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act fails during the beginning stages of the Great Recession.
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1726 First everJohann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Es erhub sich ein Streit, a cantata for Michaelmas.
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- 1724 First ever
J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas, for the feast of archangel Michael.
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Vintage clipping
Vintage clipping · 1918
The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), September 29, 1918
Page 7 · mentions "weird" · printed on this very day
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