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THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 1969 

* Woodstock music festival
* Arriving at Bethel, New York
* Prime of the hippie generation
* Sex, Drugs and rock & roll

If there were a collection of newspapers which… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Aug. 15, 1968 

* Disneyland Resort theme park excursion trip disaster 
* Los Angeles Airways (LAA) helicopter crash in Compton

The front page has a four column headline:… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 15, 1985 

* Richard Ramirez murders (early)
* The "Night Stalker" valley intruder - killer

This issue has reporting on the "Night Stalker" murder case of Richard Ramirez with a… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES., Aug. 15, 1980 

* Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles 
* Ace Hi Liquor Store gangs hangout 

The front page has a two column heading: "Bottle Gangs in Watts: Wine 'Kills All Problems'"… more

CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Aug. 15, 1980

* Best "Prom Night" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* American mystery slasher horror film
* Jamie Lee Curtis - Leslie… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 15, 1973

* Elmer Wayne Henley & David Brooks arrested
* Houston Mass "Candy Man" Murders - Dean Corll
* Escape of 20 yr. old victim Billy Ridinger testifies 
* Dead teenage boys… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 15, 1984

* Best "Woman in Red" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* Romantic comedy - Stevie Wonder song fame 
* Actor & director Gene Wilder 

A… more

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Aug. 15, 1874   Formatted very much like Harper's Weekly with many nice prints, the prime feature of this issue is the very nice full page print titled: "The… more

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, Aug. 15, 1920

* Battle of Warsaw (1920)
* Miracle of the Vistula
* Polish-Soviet War - Poland

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MASSES… more

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 15, 1846  

* Mormons Battalion - Mormonism
* Only U.S. military religious unit ever
* Mexican-American War

The top of the back page has a very… more

CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, Ohio, Aug., 15, 1945  The triple banner headline announces: "WAR IS OVER, TRUMAN ANNOUNCES; M'ARTHUR PICKED TO RULE JAPAN" with various subheads including: "President Calls 2… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, Aug. 15, 1945  

* Japanese surrenders
* World War II ends
* Great for display

The banner headline announces: "WAR ENDS, JAPAN ACCEPTS" "Gen. MacArthur to Give Orders… more

THE OWENSBORO MESSENGER, Kentucky, Aug. 15, 1945  

* World War II ends
* Japanese surrenders

The banner headline announces: "JAPAN SURRENDERS !  WAR ENDS ! " with various related subheads. Front page… more

Los Angeles Times, August 15, 2010

* Abbey Lincoln's obituary
* American Jazz vocalist, songwriter & actress
* Civil Rights Activist 

The top half of pg. A39 has an obituary and death report… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 15, 1974

* Jayne (Wayne) County w/ the Backstreet Boys
* First openly transgender rock music singer
* Glam proto-punk foul… more

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Aug. 15, 1874   Formatted very much like Harper's Weekly with many nice prints, the prime feature of this issue is the very nice full page print titled: "The… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 15, 1963

* Canadian actress Madeleine Sherwood arrest
* Civil rights movement in Gadsden, Alabama
* Freedom walk with Martin Luther… more

RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, Aug. 15, 1874

* 2nd great Chicago fire disaster (1st report)

Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 15, 1874

* Famous Winslow Homer print

The front page features a print: "Scandal" with a related article.
The prime print in this issue is certainly the very… more

ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, New York, Aug. 15, 1902 (1st section)

* Colonel Wiliam F Cody (aka, "Buffalo Bill)
* Charles "Buffalo" Jones
* Raising "cattalo" (a cross between bison and cattle)

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CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, Ohio, Aug., 15, 1945  

* World War II ends - V-J
* Japanese surrenders

The triple banner headline announces: "WAR IS OVER, TRUMAN ANNOUNCES; M'AETHU PICKED TO RULE… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 15, 1849  Page 3 has an interesting article: "Population Of California" noting that the entire "country" has about 60,000 people, broken down by… more

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Aug. 15, 1767  A short report on page 6 is headed: "From the Virginia Gazette, Williamsburgh, Virginia" mentioning that John Randolph was appointed Attorney General,… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 15, 1989

* Juror Phyllis Yvonne Singletary killed
* Serial killer & rapist Richard Ramirez
* Los Angeles area home invasion predator
* "Night Stalker" on trial for… more

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, August 15, 1761  The front beings with a brief item headed: "America" noting a British ship arrived with: "...four Dutch and one French sloop, which are all condemn'd:… more

THE STARS & STRIPES, London Edition, August 15, 1945  Interesting that virtually every other newspaper of this date reports the surrender of Japan, but not mentioned here. They published an "Extra"… more

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 15, 1908

* Springfield, Illinois
* Race riots - Negroes

The front page has a banner headline: "Illinois Capital in Hands of Mob" with subheads and related… more

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 15, 1899

* Actress Lily Langtry marries
 
Near the bottom of the front page is a one column heading: "Lily Langtry Weds" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 15, 2005  The Calendar section includes several popular movie advertisements for the month. These include: release week ad for "SKELETON KEY" and follow up ads for "WEDDING… more

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug.15, 1903

* James J. Jeffries vs. James J. Corbett
* Heavyweight boxing title fight (1st report)

The top of page 2 has a two column heading: "CORBETT HAD… more

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, August 15, 1951  

* William Randolph Hearst Death
* Newspaper and Magazine Guru
* Best title to be had - rare as such

Outside of the masthead the only ink on the… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 15, 1871

* Mount Ruang volcano eruption - Sangihi Islands
* Island of Tagulandang tidal wave disaster - Indonesia

The top of page 5 has one column headings:… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 15, 1870

* David Farragut death (1st report)
* United States Navy flag officer
* 1st rear admiral, vice admiral & admiral
* Battle of Mobile Bay - Civil War fame

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THE ALLENTOWN LEADER, Allentown, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1911  Page 4 has a column-wide report "Mob Leaders Face Arrest" with subheads "Authorities learn Names of Many Lynchers" "State Police At… more

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, August 15, 1829  This 16 page newspaper has interesting news of the day throughout. A lot of the news is political from different regions of America, however, the… more

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Aug. 15, 1914 

* Panama Canal Inaugural - opening
* Atlantic Ocean connects Pacific

Page 2 includes a one column headline announcing a very historic event: the… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 1938

* Landon Ronald death (1st report)
* English conductor - composer - teacher
* Guildhall School of Music principal

Page 15 has a one column heading:… more

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Aug. 15, 1862 

* Rare rebel publication

A nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy, with war reports from the Confederate perspective. The front… more

THE WORLD, New York, Aug. 15, 1864  Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "General Sheridan's Army" "A Rapid Advance Upon the Enemy" "Admiral Farragut's Operations" "Brilliant… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 1931

* Gitanillo de Triana death (1st report)
* Gypsy bullfighting matador- bullfighter

Page 13 has a one column heading: "Gitanillo Is Dead; Gypsy… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, August 15, 1958

* KLM Flight 607-E crash disaster
* Lockheed Super Constellation airplane

The front page has a banner headline above the masthead: "All… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 15, 1880

* Red Hill, Colorado becomes a ghost town
* Powder explosion disaster

This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many… more

SEMI-WEEKLY GAZETTE AND BULLETIN, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1899  This newspaper has a column-wide headline on the second page: "Appalling Life Loss At Ponce" with subheads "Three… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 1871

* Ku Klux Klan - KKK
* Missouri train robbery

Page 5 has: "The KuKlux" "Arrest of a Gang with their Disguises in North Carolina..."

Also: "An Express… more

PUCK, New York, Aug. 15, 1894 

* Color political prints

Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 15, 1949 

* Syrian president assassination 
* Husni al-Za'im 

This 34 page newspaper has a two column heading on the front page: "President, Premier of Syria Are… more

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, August 15, 1919

* Henry Ford lawsuit
* Chicago Tribune

This 18 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include:… more

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Massachusetts, August 24, 1911

* Harry Nelson Atwood
* Early aviation feat
* Airplanes in it's infancy

This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 15, 1937

* Detroit Tigers break record
* Most runs in doubleheader

This 80+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5 of the sport's section… more