1948 Battle of Haifa... Jews victorious...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 22, 1948



* Battle of Haifa - Mandatory Palestine

* Operation Bi'ur Hametz - Haganah

* Jewish - Jews - Judaica - Arabs



The front page has a two column heading: "25,000 Arabs Flee City As Haifa Battle Begins" with subhead. (see images)

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Sigmund Freud escapes Nazi Germany in 1938...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 6, 1938



* Austrian Jew Sigmund Freud escapes Nazism

* Escaping Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany

* Founder of psychoanalysis - neurologist

* Flies from Vienna to Paris to London



The top of page 10 has a two column heading: "Freud Consoled by U. S. Envoy on Flight to Exile in London" (see images)

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Siege of Budapest ends w/ capture... General Patton...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 14, 1945



* Siege - Battle of Budapest ends w/ capture - Hungary

* Post-Battle of the Bulge - General George S. Patton



The front page has a nice banner headlines: "BUDAPEST IS TAKEN AT COST OF 159,000 TO FOE"& "BRITISH CLEAR REICHSWALD, PATTON PUSHES ON" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More inside.

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1944 Battle of Kwajalein Atoll....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 2, 1944



* Battle of Kwajalein Atoll

* World War II Pacific Campaign vs. Japan

* Marhsall Island - Roi-Namur



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. FORCE WINS BEACHES ON MARSHALLS ATOLL; BATTLES RAGE ON FIRST JAPANESE SOIL INVADED" with subheads and related photo. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World fam... See More  

Actor Frank Morgan death... Wizard of Oz...

THE DETROIT NEWS, September 19, 1949



* Actor Frank Morgan death

* "Wizard of Oz" title character



The top of page 32 has a one column heading: "Morgan Dies in Sleep at 59" with subhead and photo. (see image) Morgan was best known for playing 5 roles in the "Wizard of Oz" including the wizard himself.

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1935 China Clipper trans-pacific flight...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, November 25, 1935



* China Clipper airplane in flight (2nd stage landing)

* 1st Trans-Pacific airmail commercial service flight



The top of the front has a seven column headline: "CLIPPER LANDS AT MIDWAY ISLAND" with subheads. (see images) Coverage on the maiden flight of the first commercial flight across the Pacific Ocean.

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LSU Tigers win 2003 college football title...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 5, 2004



* LSU - Louisiana State University

* Wins Sugar Bowel vs. Oklahoma

* Wins National Championship

* Nick Saban's first college football title



Near the bottom of the front page is a three column color photo of Nick Saban celebrating his first national championship with his players. Also a heading: "LSU Defeats Oklahoma; USC Beats BCS" (see)

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1997 Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 29, 1997



* Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II

* Heavyweight boxing title fight

* "The Sound and the Fury" "The Bite Fight"

* MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas



The top of the front page has a three column photo showing Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield's ear with heading: "A Lobe Blow"

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Battle of Shanghai beginning in 1937...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Sept. 6, 1937



* Battle of Shanghai, China

* Imperial Japanese Army

* Second Sino-Japanese War



The front page has a banner headline: "BIG PUSH OPENED BY JAPAN" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

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1945 Battle of Iwo Jima w/ photo....

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, February 21, 1945.



* Battle of Iwo Jima w/ photo

* Fighting on Mount Suribachi

* United States Flag planting close



The front page has a somewhat brief report with small heading: "Marines Take Iwo Airfield..." and more. (see image) The iconic flag raising on Mount Suribachi would occur two days later. Given the small report here, it is somewhat surprising... See More  

1922 Ohio Stadium "The Shoe" dedication (day of)...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 21, 1922



* Ohio Stadium "The Horseshoe" dedication

* Michigan-Ohio State college football rivalry

* Day of 1st game between rivals at stadium



The sport's section (page 11) has a one column heading: "OHIO FIELD DEDICATED TODAY WITH MICHIGAN" with lineups and more. (see images) This would also be the day of the very first game between th... See More  

1967 Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 disaster...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. July 20, 1967



* Piedmont Airlines Flight 22

* Hendersonville, North Carolina

* Airplanes mid-air collision disaster

* Boeing 727-22 and Cessna 10 aircrafts



Near the bottom of the front page has a four column heading: "10 Children Among 82 Killed" with related photo. (see images)

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1939 World War II beginning....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 11, 1939 



* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw

* World War II WWII beginning

* Nazis invasion of Poland



The front page has a nice banner headline: "POLES REPORT WARSAW GAINS" with subheads and 2 related photos. (see images) Nice for display.

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2nd 1965 march... Selma to Montgomery, Alabama...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, New York, March 10, 1965



* Selma to Montgomery, Alabama

* Martin Luther King Jr.

* 2nd march try - failure



The front page has a very small heading: "Civil Rights Marchers..." (see images) Of course a small heading here as it's the Wall Street Journal, still a first report though and on the front page.

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"Forrest Gump" wins 6 oscars in 1995...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 20, 1979



* 51st academy awards - movies of 1978

* "The Deer Hunter" "Heaven Can Wait"

* Robert De Niro - Vietnam War soldiers

* 9 nominations for each of these films

* Best publication to be had (rare as such)



The front page has a banner heading: "Oscar Derby Tie" with lead-in: "18 Nominations For 2 Films" and subhead. (see ... See More  

1956 John Hope Franklin... Brooklyn College...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 15, 1956



* John Hope Franklin - African American historian

* 1st to head department of history at Brooklyn College



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Negro Educator Chosen to Head Department in Brooklyn College" with subhead and photo. (see image)

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On the death of Malcolm X...

SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Mass., Feb. 28, 1965 



* Malcolm X assassination - funeral

* Fiery Negro extremist - activist

* Elijah Muhammad - Muslims



The front page has a one column heading: "FUNERAL RITES OF MALCOLM X ARE PEACEFUL" with subhead. Two related photo on page 17.

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Tuskegee Airmen graduates... Lucy Parsons...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 8, 1942



* Tuskegee Airmen graduate from University

* World War II African Americans military pilots

* First in the United States Army Air Forces

* Lucy Parsons burned to death - anarchist



The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "U. S. GRADUATES FIRST SQUADRON OF NEGRO FLYERS" with subheads. (see images) These first African American military pil... See More  

California capital punishment abolished in 1972...

THE RALEIGH TIMES, N.C. Feb. 19, 1972



* Capital punishment - death row executions banned

* California Supreme Court decision (1st report)

* Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan mention



The top of page 4-B has a 4 column heading: "107 Men, Women Spared" (see images) Mention of a few notable death row inmates that benefited by this decision that includes cult killings mastermind Charl... See More  

5 Missionaries feared slaughtered by Auca Indians in Ecuador...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Jan 13, 1956



* 5 American missionaries kidnapped & killed

* Nate Saint & Jim Elliot murdered with 3 others

* Operation Auca - Waorani people - Ecuador

* Evangelical Christian missionaries



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Bodies of 4 Missionaries Sighted in Ecuador Jungle" (see images) This group of missionaries we... See More  

Spanky McFarland death... Little Rascals...

LOS ANGLES TIMES, July 1, 1993



* Death of Spanky McFarland

* Short comedy Comedies child star

* Hal Roach's "Our Gang" actor

* "The Little Rascals" TV series

* Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno death

* Los Angeles Crime Family mob boss



The top of page 22 has a two column photo with heading: "Spanky' McFarland; Star of 'Our Gang' Films" ... See More  

1938 Howard Hughes' Around the World flight...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn. July 15, 1938.



* Aviator Howard Hughes

* Airplane flight around World

* Ends in success (1st report)



The front page has a three column heading: "HUGHES CLAIMS POST'S SOLO HOP SURPASSES HIS AIR ACHIEVEMENT" with subheads and photo showing Hughes and his crew exiting the airplane. (see images) More on page 4 with 7 related photos and map showing... See More  

1954 First Taiwan Strait (Formosa) Crisis begins...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 4, 1954



* First Taiwan Strait Crisis begins - Formosa

* People's Republic of China vs. (ROC)

* Bombardment of Kinmen, Quemoy Islands



The front page has a nice banner headline: "2 U.S. OFFICERS KILLED BY CHINESE RED SHELLS" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on the start of the "First Taiwan strait Crisis".

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On the coming Louisiana Purchase... Thomas Jefferson...

SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Windsor, April 26, 1803



* Rare early 19th century publication



 With considerations for the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France then much in focus, it is not surprising that over three-quarters of the front page is taken up with the 4th in a series of 7 essays titled: "The Mississippi", dealing with this controversial topic of the day.... See More  

Bishop (near Virginia and West Virginia border) coal mine explosion....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 5, 1957



* King Saud of Saudi Arabia photo

* Bishop at Virginia & West Virginia border

* Coal mine explosion disaster



The front page has a two column heading: "37 Dead in Gas Explosion At a Coal Mine in Virginia". First report coverage on the coal mine explosion at Bishop near the Virginia & West Virginia border.

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