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THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER, Philadelphia, August 17, 1776 This exceptional, content-rich issue was published just weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, capturing the frantic

SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Aug. 17, 1958 

* Social Security Bill - Act revisions 
* United States Senate 79-0 vote passes 

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Social Security… more

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 17, 1674

* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
* Unique gift idea for that history buff

This… more

THE BOSTON POST, August 17, 1944 

* Operation Dragoon
* Southern France invasion 
* Allies invade Nazis 
* Gen. George S. Patton 

The front page has a four column headline: "NAZIS ISOLATED… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, Aug. 17, 1935  A five column headline reports:  "BODIES OF WILL ROGERS, WILEY POST ARE TAKEN FROM PLANE WRECKAGE AFTER CRASH IN WILDS OF ALASKA" with subheads… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., August 17, 1934

* John Sackville Labatt kidnapping
* Labatt brwing company president
* London, Ontario, Canada - Beer

The top of the front page has a three column… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., August 17, 1949

* Margaret Mitchell killed
* 'Gone With the Wind' author
* Pulitzer Prize winner

Page 12 has a one column heading: "'Gone With Wind' Author… more

RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, Aug. 17, 1874

* re. Civil Rights Act of 1875 (Enforcement Act)
* Reconstruction era - Blacks

Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 17, 1979

* "Monty Python's Life of Brian" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* British religious satire comedy film

A nice issue on the premiere of… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 17, 1940

* The Hardest Day - Battle of Britain
* German Luftwaffe vs. British Royal Air Force
* World War II - WWII

The front page has a five column heading:… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 17, 1972

* Grateful Dead concerts in Jersey City NJ
* Stanley Theater performances advertisement
* Dick's Picks Volume 11 - live… more

THE PEOPLE'S HERALD & Aug. 17, 1893  As noted in Wikipedia: " Glenwood Springs was originally known as Defiance, Colorado. Defiance was established in 1883, a camp of tents, saloons and brothels… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 17, 1793  The front page has the Address presented to Citizen Genet upon his arrival at New York (French Ambassador to the U.S. during the French Revolution),… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 17, 1967

* Ravi Shankar concert advertisement
* Indian sitarist and music composer
* North Indian classical music performance
*… more

THE BATTERY, Washington, Aug. 17 1848  This was a campaign newspaper supporting Zachary Taylor for President and Millard Fillmore for Vice President.
In the era before radio, television, and the… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 17, 1941

* President Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
* United States not close to entering WWII
* Tensions with Japan re. American hostages ?

The top of the front page… more

THE AMERICAN SENTINEL AND ESSEX NORTH RECORD, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Aug. 17, 1854  

* Massachusetts Volunteer Militia camp

This is the volume 1, number 2 issue of a rare title that existed for… more

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, August 17, 1937

* Battle of Shanghai, China
* Imperial Japanese Army

The front page has a nice banner headline: "MURDEROUS MOBS RUN AMUCK IN SHANGHAI, FIGHT FOR FOOD"… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Aug. 17, 1953

* 1953 Iranian coup d'etat
* Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
* Shah of Iran - 28 Mordad
* Mohammad Mosaddegh

The front page has a one column  heading:… more

THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Pennsylvania, Aug. 17, 1898 The last column of the front page is headed: "THE WAR IS OVER" "Protocol Signed, and an Armistice Proclaimed" "Blockades Raised" 'Orders Sent to… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES (Orange County Edition), August 17, 1991

*  "Jesus Revolution" movie connection
*  Harvest Crusade - Pastor's Greg Laurie & Chuck Smith
*  Final night moved to Anaheim Stadium… more

BOSTON GAZETTE, Aug. 17, 1809 

* Franz Joseph Haydn death
* Classical music composer
* Vienna, Austria

The top of the front page has: "A Proclamation" signed in type: James Madison, and… more

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 17, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From Gen. Meade's Army" "Rumors of a Flank Movement by the Rebels on Our Left" "Our Forces Prepared" "The… more

NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, Aug. 17, 1935  

* Will Rogers & Wiley Post
* Airplane crash - deaths

The front page REPORTS: "Will Rogers and Wiley Post Die in Crash; Plane Falls at Alaskan Eskimo Vi… more

THE WORLD, New York, Aug. 17, 1861  

* Abraham Lincoln presidential proclamation (86)
* "Prohibiting Commercial Trade with States in Rebellion"

Among the first column heads on the Civil War… more

SECTION II (sports) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Aug. 17, 1930

* Jim Dandy thoroughbred race horse
* Beats Gallant Fox at 100 to 1 odds
* Same year of the triple crown
* Travers Stakes… more

RIVINGTON'S NEW-YORK GAZETTEER; or, the CONNECTICUT, HUDSON'S RIVER, NEW-JERSEY, and QUEBEC WEEKLY ADVERTISER, New York, Aug. 17, 1775

* American Revolutionary War
* Extremely rare publication
… more

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 17, 1868 

* Lynching of Samuel Bierfield
* First Jew lynched in United States
* Jews - Jewish - Judaica item
* Ku Klux Klan - KKK members

The front page has: "Murderous… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 17, 1864  

* William T. Sherman
* Ulysses S. Grant

Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "SHERMAN" "Additional Details of the Contest of the 6th… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 17, 1863  Among the front page column heads relating to the Civil War are: "THE DRAFT" "The Drawing of Names in this City to Begin on Wednesday Next" "Official Notice of the… more

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 17, 1898

* Fall of Manila, Philippines
* Spanish-American War

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TAKING OF MANILA" with subheads. (see)… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 17, 1872  

* One of Winslow Homer's most popular

The full front page is a Thomas Nast political cartoon: "Will the Senator From Massachusetts Do This to Make… more

LOS ANGELES HERALD EXPRESS, August 17, 1945

* Takijirō Ōnishi suicide death
* "Father of the kamikaze attacks"

In a rather rare war-related headline some 3 days after the surrender of Japan… more

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 17, 1911

* Harry Atwood - early aviation pioneer
* St. Louis to New York City airplane flight (stages)

The front page has a two column heading: "AVIATOR… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 17, 1870

* Siege of Metz, France
* Franco-Prussian War - Germans

Page 3 has one column headings that include: "THE WAR" "A Desperate Battle Fought Near Metz"… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 17, 1936 

* Black-American star athlete Jesse Owens suspended
* Berlin Olympic games come to an end

The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a one column heading:… more

THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 17, 1864  Among the articles on the ftpg. are: "Monstrous Impudence" "Another Account--A Letter to General Lee" "Horrible Crimes of Negro Soldiers" "The American… more

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, August 17, 1929

* Graf Zeppelin's "around the world" flight - passes over Taunton, Massachusetts
* Reported in a Taunton newspaper - with aerial photo
*… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 17, 1943

* Discovery of Penicillin - making progress

This 36 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 19: "Tell Penicillin 'Marvels'" and "Johns Hopkins… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Aug. 17, 1885 

* Old West stage coach robbery
* University of Notre Dame

The ftpg. has some interesting articles including; "Battling With A Burglar" "Midnight… more

THE DENVER POST, Denver, Colorado, August 17, 1978

* 1st successful Trans-Atlantic Balloon flight
* Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, & Larry Newman land near Paris

The front page has a near-full… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 17, 1918  The color cover page has "Forwarding Freight by Motor Truck Express to Relieve our Over-burdened Railroads" with an accompanying article. Inside the… more

ALAMEDA NEWS, California, August 17, 1881  This is a small broadside "supplement" (printed on one side only) that has a report about a meeting of the "Town Trustees", plus the weekly "Police Report"… more

DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH, Arizona, August 17, 1927

* 1st Dole Air Race
* Early aviation - airplanes
* Woolaroc - Art Goebel
* Front leaf only

This front leaf only has a banner headline: "4 OF… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 17, 1940

* Adolph Hitler orders blockade on Great Britain
* London bombed by Germans

The front page has a two column heading: "HITLER CLAIMS… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 17, 1862 

* Tazewell TN Tennessee
* Baton Rouge LA Louisiana

Among the ftpg. Civil War heads are: "Interesting From New Orleans' "The Negro Brigade Controversy… more

ILLUSTRATED CURRENT NEWS, New Haven, Connecticut, August 17, 1934  This is a nice example of this early news service photo poster published 3 times a week, taken up almost entirely with one or more… more

KANSAS CITY DAILY JOURNAL, August 17, 1880

* Adelaide Neilson death
* English stage actress

The front page has one column headings: "NEILSON DEAD" "The Celebrated Juliet Suddenly Expires… more

THE NEWS SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tennessee, August 17, 1911 

* Early airplane flights
* Powered aviation at it's beginning

The front page has one column headlines: "ATWOOD PLANS TO LAND ONLY ONCE… more