Cherbourg, France liberated in 1944...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 2, 1944.



* Post D-Day France being occupied by U.S. Army

* World War II German defense falling apart

* Cherbourg France falls (Cotentin Peninsula)



The front page has a banner headline: "TAKE 5,000 TRAPPED NAZIS" with subheads. (see images) Related map on page 2.

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1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin death...

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, March 9, 1917



* Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin death w/ photo

* Inventor of the German Zeppelin rigid airships

* Luftschiffbau Zeppelin manufacturing Co. founder



The front page has a one column heading: "COUNT ZEPPELIN DIES IN BERLIN" with subhead and photo of Count Zeppelin. (see images)

Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the margins, irregular alo... See More  

Dwight Eisenhower Recieves Charter At Columbia University...

NEW YORK TIMES, October 13, 1948



* President Dwight D. Eisenhower

* Becomes Columbia University President



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "EISENHOWER TAKES OFFICE AT COLUMBIA; STRESSES FREEDOM" with subheads that include: "19,000 View Ceremonies" plus a two column photo of IKE receiving charter and keys of Columbia University. Much more, including pho... See More  

Death of Bruce Lee... martial artist...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1973



* Actor Bruce Lee death (1st report)

* Hong Kong-American martial artist

* Jeet Kune Do martial art founder



The top of page 28 has a one column heading: "Bruce Lee, 32, Star Of Kung-Fu Movies" (see images) I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.

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Jim Jones' People's Temple mass suicide...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 24, 1978



* John Jones & the Peoples Temple

* Jonestown - Guyana, South America

* Mass suicide & killings



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Mystery Over Cult Survivor Total Grows" with subhead and related photo. Also a three column heading near the bottom of the front page: "Jones--the Dark, Private Side Emerges" with l... See More  

HMHS Llandovery Castle sinking... German U-boat...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 1, 1918



* HMHS Llandovery Castle sinking

* Canadian hospital ship disaster

* SM U-86 German U-boat torpedo attack

* World War I - WWI submarine



The front page has a nice banner headline: "GERMANS SINK HOSPITAL SHIP" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era.... See More  

Great Train Wreck of 1918... Nashville...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 9, 1918



* Great Train Wreck of 1918

* Nashville, Tennessee disaster

* Worst rail accident in U.S. history



The front page has a nice banner headline: "TWENTY-FIVE KILLED" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally f... See More  

Simon Frith's early review of Elvis Costello... Mel Brooks going crazy?

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, December 26, 1977  The front page has: "Elvis Costello: Pleased to Aim", which shows the introduction to a review by the world renowned music critic Simon Frith, and includes a small image of Costello. The text of the review is found on page 55 and includes an additional photo.

The front page also includes: "Mel Brooks: Aim to Please", which d... See More  

Yom Kippur War begins in 1973...

THE NEW AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, Oct. 8, 1973



* Yom Kippur War beginning

* Valley  (Vale) of Tears battle

* Israel vs. Egypt - Syria & more

* Arab-Israeli conflict - Arab States 

* Sinai Peninsula - Golan Heights

* Jews - Jewish - Judaica



The front page has a five column headline: "Egyptians Trapped, In Sinai, Israel Says" with subheads and related... See More  

End of U.S. prohibition nears in 1932...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, August 12, 1932



* The United States prohibition to end ?

* President Herbert Hoover admits failure

* President nomination address



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "HOOVER URGES REFORM OF NATION'S DRY LAWS IN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH" with subheads. (see) Text of Hoover's acceptance address as well.

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Rose Pastor Stokes sentenced for espionage...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 1, 1918



* Rose Pastor Stokes prison sentence

* Espionage Act of 1917 violation - WWI

* American socialist activist - writer

* Communist Party of America co-founder



The front page has a six column headline: "SENTENCE MRS. STOKES" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very... See More  

1918 Split Rock, New York expolsion disaster...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 3, 1918



* Split Rock quarry disaster

* Munitions factory explosion

* Onondaga County, New York



The front page has a one column heading: "SIXTY-FIVE KILLED IN TERRIFIC BLAST" (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in pa... See More  

1918 Battle of Le Hamel, Somme, France...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 4, 1918



* Capture - Battle of Hamel - France

* Australian & United States Army victory



The front page has a two column heading: "HAMEL RECAPTURED: BIG GAINS ARE MADE AT SEVERAL POINTS" (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from t... See More  

1916 Capture of Combles... Battle of the Somme...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 26, 1916



* Capture of Combles

* Battle of Morval

* River Somme

* World War I



The front page has a nice banner headline: "BRITISH TROOPS ENTERS COMBLES" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from thi... See More  

1916 Olathe, Kansas lynching... Bert Dudley...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 21, 1916



* Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas

* Bert Dudley lynching mob - hanging

* Revolution on Island of  Crete - Greece



The front page has a one column heading: "Mob In Kansas Invades Jail And Lynches Prisoner" (see image)

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1916 Brooklyn Dodgers baseball pennant race...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 30, 1916



* Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers)

* National League pennant race

* MLB - Major League Baseball



The front page has a six column headline: "DODGERS ARE AGAIN IN LEAD" with subhead, score and lineups. (see images) Inning by inning description continues inside.

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1916 NYC streetcar strike riots...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 8, 1916



* Quebec Bridge construction disaster

* St. Saint Lawrence River collapse



The front page has a nice banner headline: "RIOTING IN NEW YORK STIKE" with subhead. (see images)

Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era. Rare as suc... See More  

Three Century Birthday Set (3 issues from any month/day)...

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1903 Iroquois Theatte fire... Chicago...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 31, 1093



* Iroquois Theatre fire - Chicago (1st report)

* Deadliest in United States history



The top of the front page has a banner headline: "GREATER AND GREATER GROWS THE ESTIMATED LOSS OF LIFE" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Lengthy text. This was the deadliest single-building fire in U.S. history with over 600 deaths. (see) Su... See More  

George Washington Carver death in 1943...

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Minn., January 6, 1943



* Dr. George Washington Carver death

* Black scientist & educator

* Born into slavery



The front page has a one column photo of Carver headed: "Dr. Carver Dies" (see image) Page 2 has a biography of Carver under the heading: "Dr. Carver: He Gave All the Credit to God" First report coverage on the death of George Was... See More  

1908 Henri Farman airplane flight...

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, June 8, 1908



* French aviator Henri Farman

* Early powered aviation airplane



The top of page 2 has a three column heading: "FARMAN AEROPLANE CARRIES TWO MEN A DISTANCE OF 1241 METRES" with subhead and 2 related photos. (see images)

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The fall of Bataan by an eye-witness...

MARION EVENING POST, Illinois, April 11, 1942 



* Battle of Bataan ends

* Allies surrender to Japanese

* Philippines Campaign

* World War II - WWII



The front page features a banner headline announcing: "U.P. EYE WITNESS TELLS OF BATAAN'S FALL" with the related report taking two full columns.

Many other war-related front page reports.

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South Pole explorer Roald Amundsen...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 16, 1913



* Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen

* South Pole - Antarctica discoverer

* Carnegie Hall public lecture - NYC



The top of the front page has a two column photo headed: "South Pole Discoverer Guest Of Geographical Society In New York" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp&q... See More  

Nazi sterilization program to begin in 1934..

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, December 21, 1933



* Holocaust in Germany at it's beginning

* Nazis sterilization program approved



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "400,000 Face Sterilization in Nazified Reich" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 26 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small library stamp within the masthead, generally nice.... See More  

Prelude to Pearl Harbor ?...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 31, 1941



* Prelude to Pearl Harbor attack ?

* Japan bombs USS Tutluila



The top of page 6 has a one column heading: "U. S. PROTESTS JAP BOMBING OF RIVER GUNBOAT" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 3 with photo. This event happened more than 4 months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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