Bloody Sunday (1920)... Dublin, Ireland...

THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Penn., Nov. 23, 1920



* Bloody Sunday - Dublin, Ireland

* Irish War of Independence  - Cairo Gang

* Michael Collins - Irish Republican Army

* re. death of Father Michael Griffin (Irish priest)



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "A NIGHT OF QUIETUDE FOLLOWS BLOODSHED IN CITY OF DUBLIN, IRELAND" with subheads. (see images)

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General George Patton takes over in North Africa....

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, March 19, 1943



* General George S. Patton promoted

* Takes control in North Africa campaign

* World War II - WWII



The top of page 3 has a five column heading: "'Old Blood and Guts': Patton Takes Over in Tunisia" with two photos. (see images)

Complete with 26 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, small binding holes along th... See More  

Ukraine becomes independent... Soviet Union collapses...

LOS ANGLES TIMES, Aug. 25, 1991



* Declaration of Independence of Ukraine

* Resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev 

* Dissolution of the Soviet Union

* President Boris Yeltsin 



The front page has a banner headline: "Gorbachev Ends Party Rule; He Seizes Communist Assets, Disbands Cells" with subheads and two related photos. (see images)

Complete with all major sections (100+ ... See More  

1943 The assassination of Boris III of Bulgaria...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Aug. 29, 1943



* King Boris III of Bulgaria assassination ?

* Tsar - czar of Kingdom of Bulgaria poisoned ?



The front page has a one column heading: "BORIS III DIES; SON SIMEON, 6, BECOMES KING" with subhead. (see images) 

Complete with all 40 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, nice condition.



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1946 TWA Flight 400 airplane crash disaster...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 2, 1946



* TWA Flight 400 airplane crash 

* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania takeoff

* Martin 4-0-4 airliner - aircraft



The top of the front page has a banner heading: "21 Killed, 15 Survive Fiery Air Crash" with subheads. (see images) 

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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, Dec. 2, 1937 



* Japanese siege of Canton (Guangzhou), Southern China

* Post capture of Shanghai and Nanking (Nanjing)

* Second Sino-Japanese War - Chiang Kai-shek



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "REPORT JAPANESE HAVE HUGE FORCE IN CANTON REGION" with subheads. (see images) 

Complete with 18 pages, ligh... See More  

Wall Street Journal from the Great Depression...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, San Francisco, California, Dec. 4, 1931



* Original from the Great Depression



This newspaper has business news, charts, stock quotes and more throughout during a time in American history that was not so promising. Get a first hand look at what was going on in the business World during this dark time.

Complete with 8 pages, light even toning, a few tiny binding holes ... See More  

Albert Einstein becomes U.S. citizen...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, October 1, 1940



* Albert Einstein becomes United States Citizen

* Theory of Relativity fame - physics



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Judge, Making Einstein a Citizen, Welcomes Him as 'America's Gain'" (see images)

Complete with 30 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes and minor wear at t... See More  

Laurel & Hardy ad - Lou Gehrig 3 HRs.....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 27, 1934



* Laurel and Hardy cigarette ad

* Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs

* Early Adolph Hitler



The sport's section (page 19) has a five column headline: "Yankees Sweep Double-Header With White Sox" with subheads that include: "GEHRIG HITS THREE AS YANKS WIN TWO" and more. (see)

Other news of the day throughout with much on Adolph Hitler nea... See More  

1977 English rock band ""Genesis" concert ad

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Jan. 31, 1977



* "GENESIS" English rock band advertisement

* "Spot the Pigeon" album - "Wind & Wuthering Tour"

* Phil Collins - Mike Rutherford - Steve Hackett

* Very 1st appearance at Madison Square Garden



Page 46 has a advertisement for a "GENESIS" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see image)

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1979 Dith Pran and the "Killing Fields" of Cambodia...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 19, 1979



* Cambodian photojournalist Dith Pran editorial

* His ordeal escaping the "Killing Fields" of Cambodia



Starting on the front page is a editorial on Dith Pran and his escape from the "Killing Fields" of Cambodia with heading:  "Dith Pran's Ordeal in Cambodia; Report from the Killing ... See More  

1963 occultist Kennth Anger advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 7, 1963



* Underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger

* Occultist - believer in Aleister Crowley's "Thelema"

* "Scorpio Rising" short film movie advertisement



Page 15 has a 3 3/4 x 3 inch advertisement for a showing of the experimental films "Scorpio Rising" and "Fireworks" by Kenneth Anger. (... See More  

U.S. breaking relations w/ Germany in 1917...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 1, 1917



* United States close to World War I

* Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare

* U-Boats - World War I - WWI - America tensions

* President Woodrow Wilson



The front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "BREAK WITH GERMANY IS BELIEVED IMMINENT" with subheads. Also a four column heading: "FLEET ON MOVE" (see... See More  

Rams football moves to L.A....

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, January 13, 1946 



* Cleveland Rams - NFL Football

* 1st move to Los Angeles, California



The front page of the sport's section has a two column heading: "Rams Quit Cleveland, Move to Los Angeles" with subhead. (see images) 

Thirty + pages, light toning and very minor wear at the margins, nice condition.



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Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish captured in 1934...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, December 14, 1934



* Albert Fish captured - arrested

* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal

* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"

* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "HOUSE PAINTER NAMES SLAYER OF GRACE BUDD" with subhead. (see images)&nbs... See More  

THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 3, 1949



* University of Oklahoma fire disaster

* Men's wooden "Navy Barracks Dormitory" 



The front page has a banner headline announcing: "HUNDREDS ROUTED BY FIRE" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with 20 pages, rag edition, some small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.



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Touro Synagogue honored in 1946....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1946



* Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island

* Oldest surviving building in United States 

* Declared a National Historic Site



Page 15 has one column headings that include: "NATION SETS APART TOURO SYNAGOGUE" "Shrine of Judaism at Newport, Oldest in Country, Designated as a Historic Site" "Relic Of Colonial Beauty" "Cl... See More  

Gangster Ralph Capone goes to prison in 1931...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, November 3, 1931



* Ralph Capone receives 3 year prison term

* Chicago gangland gangster - mobster

* Brother of Al "Scarface" Capone



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Ralph Capone Jailed in High Court Appeal" with subhead. (see images) 

Complete with 26 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally... See More  

NYC Collyer brothers death (Homer)......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 1947



* Collyer Brothers (Homer) death

* Bizarre & compulsive hoarding



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "HOMER COLLYER, HARLEM RECLUSE, FOUND DEAD AT 70" with subheads. Two related photos on page 3. (see) First report coverage on the death of Homer Lusk Collyer, famous New York City hoarder. Nice to have in this famous NYC ... See More  

Cuban missile crisis in it's infancy...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 4, 1962 



* Cuban missile crisis beginning

* Cold War - Soviet Union

* Warning of Soviet troops



The front page has a banner headline: "5,000 Soviet Troops in Cuba, Senator Charges" with subheads. (see) This was during the initial landings by Soviet troops and their equipment. 

Complete with 40+ pages, small binding holes along the spine, small li... See More  

Winter War begins in 1939... Soviets invade Finland...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Nov. 30, 1939



* Winter War begins

* Soviet Union - Soviets

* Finland invasion

* World War II



The front page has a nice banner headline: "RUSSIA INVADES FINLAND--WAR IS ON; Helsinki Air-Bombed---Hundreds Killed" with subheads, related map and two photos. (see images) Nice for display. More inside.

Complete with 40+ pages, light toning at the margins, sma... See More  

Ofuna POW camp liberated... Doolittle executions...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 7, 1945



* U.S. prisoners freed from Ofuna Camp

* Executions of Doolittle raiders told



The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "8,000 MEN FREED OF 32,500 IN JAPAN" with subhead and 2 related photos showing a few liberated Yankees freed from Ofuna prisoner-of-war camp. This was the POW camp that held Louis Zamperini and Pappy Boyington.

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Killer Charles Starkweather death sentence in 1958...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., May 24, 1958 



* Charles Starkweather sentencing

* Death by electric chair w/ photo

* Girlfriend Caril Fugate 



The front page has a two column heading: "Seek New Trial For Killer" with lead-in: "Starkweather Sentenced To Die In Chair" and photo of Starkweather in court. (see images)

Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the margin... See More  

1929 Bethany, Oklahoma tornado disaster...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Nov. 20, 1929



* Bethany, Oklahoma County

* F4 tornado storm disaster 



The front page has a one column heading: "17 KILLED, 100 INJURED BY TORNADO" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with all 28 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice.



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THE KANSAS CITY STAR, May 18, 1948



* 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Palestine War

* The Fall of Palestinian port city Acre 

* Just 4 days after the State of Israel creation



The top of the front has a one column heading: "CLAIM ARAB CITY" with subheads. (see images) 

Complete with 28 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, a few small binding holes along the spine, ... See More