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    USA TODAY, April 28, 1983 * MLB baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan * Becomes all-time strikeouts leader...
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    HERALD EXPRESS, Los Angeles, 2nd WAR EXTRA, June 10, 1940 * Italy enters World War II - WWII (1s...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 16, 1930 * Hermann Gollancz death (1st report) * British Rabbi & Heb...
    THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., January 2, 1931 * Rose Bowl: Alabama Crimson Tide vs...
    THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., January 2, 1931 * Rose Bowl: Alabama Crimson Tide vs...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 4, 1923  * President Warren Harding death * Funeral train heads east ...
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    MAGAZINE SECTION only of the New York Times, April 20, 1947 * Princess Elizabeth turns 21 * Futu...
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    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 6, 1922 * Bert Williams death * Vaudeville era comedian The top ...
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    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 10, 1929  * John Ringling expands his empire * Ringling Brothe...
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    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, March 14, 1939 * Physicist Albert Einstein * Creation of the Universe *...
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, March 14, 1939 * Physicist Albert Einstein * Creation of the Universe *...
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    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec, 1, 1911 * Los Angeles Times bombing * James & John McNamar...
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    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Extra, December 2, 1943  * Cairo Conference in Egypt  * Franklin D...
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    LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 28, 1988 * Mike Tyson vs...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 22, 1928 * Nikola Tesla's helicopter-plane patent * Father of Radi...
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    LOS ANGELES TIMES, January 24, 1968  * USS Pueblo incident (1st report)  * North Korea  The f...
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    BERKELEY BARB, California, July 18, 1969  * Rare hippies newspaper from the late 60's * Publishe...
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    LOS ANGELES TIMES, January 24, 1973 * Vietnam War cease-fire accord * United States involvement ...
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    GENERAL AURORA ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, March 7, 1798 * Rare 18th century American title * Run...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, April 7, 1935 * Adolph Hitler * Hermann Goering *...
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    NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, November 8, 1938 * Herschel Grynszpan, Polish Jew assassin  * Ernst vom...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 20, 1934 * Shoeless Joe Jackson * Chicago Black Sox fame * Judge Ke...
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    CHICAGO TRIBUNE, October 9, 1984 * Walter Payton * Chicago Bears * NFL football The bottom o...
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    THE SENTINEL, Red Bluff, California, Dec...
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    KENTUCKY TIMES-STAR, December 29, 1947 * Chicago Cardinals (Arizona) vs...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 16, 1932 * Phar Lap arrives in America * Thoroughbred horse ra...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 6, 1930 * Sinclair Lewis - American novelist * Wins Nobel Prize in ...
    BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, October 17, 1939  * Superman B&W (comic strip) * 1st year of publicat...
    BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, October 17, 1939  * Superman B&W (comic strip) * 1st year of publicat...
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    THE SALINA JOURNAL, Kansas, Sept...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 15, 1932 * re...
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    LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, June 18, 1970 * Italy 4-3 over West Germany * FIFA World Cup soccer * Ga...
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    LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 28, 1980 * The Shah of Iran death * Mohammad Reza Pahlavi The top of ...
    THE SALINA JOURNAL, Kansas, Sept. 27, 1960  * John F. Kennedy vs...
    THE SALINA JOURNAL, Kansas, Sept. 27, 1960  * John F. Kennedy vs...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 19, 1942  * Dr. Allyn King Foster Jr...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 5, 1935 * Franklin D...
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    LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 6, 1941 * Battle of Greece begins * Operation Marita * Nazis invasion ...
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    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 7, 1943 * Zoot Suit Riots * Los Angeles CA * World War II Near the...
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Great Headlines Speak For Themselves… death of Marilyn Monroe…

February 12, 2018 by The Traveler · Leave a Comment 

The best headlines need no commentary. Such is the case with the LOS ANGELES TIMES, California, August 6, 1962: “MARILYN MONROE FOUND DEAD”

Filed under: Death Reports, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, The 20th & 21st Centuries
Tagged: actress, death, Great Headlines, Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean

Great Headlines Speak For Themselves… Jean Harlow dies…

September 3, 2015 by The Traveler · Leave a Comment 

The best headlines need no commentary. Such is the case with the HERALD EXPRESS–EXTRA, Los Angeles, June 7, 1937: “FILM STAR JEAN HARLOW  DIES; WM. POWELL, FAMILY AT SIDE“…

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Filed under: Death Reports, Great Headlines, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, The 20th & 21st Centuries
Tagged: actress, Great Headlines, Hollywood, Jean Harlow

Great Headlines Speak For Themselves… death of Carole Lombard…

October 24, 2014 by The Traveler · Leave a Comment 

The best headlines need no commentary. Such is the case with the LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, California, January 18, 1942: “CAROLE LOMBARD AND 21 OTHERS IN AIRLINER WRECK”Blog-10-10-2014-Carole-Lombard-death

Filed under: Death Reports, Great Headlines, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, The 20th & 21st Centuries
Tagged: actress, Carole Lombard, Great Headlines, Hollywood, tragedy

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