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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, Penn. July 18, 1969 

* Apollo 11 moon mission
* Neil Armstrong - Buzz Aldrin - Michael Collins
* JFK's goal in progress - 50th anniversary this year

The top of the front page… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 18, 1934 

* 1934 West Coast waterfront strike (San Francisco)
* International Longshoremen's Association (ILA)

The front page has a banner headline: "UNIONS MAKE PEACE… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 18, 1994

* Brazil wins 1994 FIFA World Cup of Soccer
* vs. Italy - penalty shoot-out - Rose Bowl

The front page has a three column headline: "Brazil Beats Italy for… more

THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, July 18, 1768  

* King of England growing impatient 
* Tensions in the American Colonies 
* Pre Revolutionary War original 

All of pages 1, 2 & 3 are taken up with a detailed… more

THE FLORIDA DISPATCH, Jacksonville, July 18, 1887  Noted in the masthead: "Official Organ Of The Florida Fruit Growers' Assoc. & the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Growers' Protective Assoc." with the… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 18, 1989

* Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert ad
* Performance at the Meadowlands Arena
* "Strange Behavior" tour -
* "Full… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1981

* Bombing of Beirut, Lebanon
* Israeli warplanes bombardment 
* Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
* Lebanese Civil War - Palestinian insurgency

The… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 18, 1977

* Pink Floyd's "In the Flesh" "Animals" tour
* Madison Square Garden concerts review
* British psychedelic rock group… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 18, 1873

* Intercollegiate Regatta
* Connecticut River
* Springfield, Massachusetts
* Boat - rowing

The top of the front page has a four column map headed: "The… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 18, 1875

* Washington Harrison Donaldson
* Balloonist - ballooning flight
* Disappearance - missing

This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1945 

* Potsdam Conference (Germany) 
* World war II era original 
* Harry Truman - Joseph Stalin 

The front page has a five column headline: "TRUMAN IS SELECTED… more

(was $48) THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 18, 1974

* Jobriath - 1st openly gay rock musician
* The Bottom Line nightclub performance ad
* One of the 1st… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 18, 1963

* Camp Summerlane - Western North Carolina
* Pro integration ethical humanist Summer camp
* Rosman NC racist mountaineers… more

THE SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE, Salt Lake City, July 18, 1876  The front page has a letter signed by General: Geo. F. Crook to General Sherman concerning the situation with the Indians, with mention of… more

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, a trio of issues for May 16, July 17 and 18, 1941 

* Joe DiMaggio's famous hitting streak
* It begins - breaks record - and ending
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
*… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, July 18, 1795  

* President George Washington

Most of the front page is taken up with: "Candid Remarks on the Treaty of Amity & Commerce, Between Great Britain &… more

HARRISBURGER MORGENROTHE, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1833 

* Rare publication
* German language newspaper

A quite scarce newspaper for the German speaking community in the Harrisburg… more

DAILY ALTA CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, July 18, 1868  A wide variety of news reports both local and regional and a huge quantity of ads as well.
Among the articles: "A Man With Eight Wives Who Does… more

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 18, 1848 

* Early in Abraham Lincoln' political career
* Frontiersman Kit Carson false death report

This newspaper contains on page 3 reports… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 18, 1932

* Altona Bloody Sunday conflict
* Hamburg, Germany
* Sturmabteilung (SA) & Schutzstaffel (ss)
* Nazis Party vs. Communists

The top of the front page… more

* Cole Bros. Circus w/ animal trainer Clyde Beatty
* Great displayable item, some in color
* Gloversville, Fulton County, New York

This is an 8-page promotional piece for the "COLE BROS.… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 18, 2001

* Katherine Graham death
* The Washington Post publisher
* Watergate scandal fame

Near the bottom of the front page: "Publisher Katherine Graham Dies" with… more

THE DAILY DELTA, New Orleans, July 18, 1850 

* From the deep South
* Rare Antebellum publication

Newspapers from the pre-Civil War South are rather difficult to find. Here is one from… more

STARS & STRIPES, London Edition, July 18, 1945  This was the: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations" as noted in the masthead. Penciled at the top is "War… more

RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, July 18, 1864  

* From the capital of the Confederacy

This issue has: "The War News--General Franklin's Escape--Yankee Transports Sunk--Grant Reported Killed--From North… more

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, July 18, 1898 

* Battle of Santiago de Cuba (capture)
* General William Rufus Shafter
* Spanish-American War

The front page has nice reporting on the… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1936

* Helen Clevenger murder
* American college student
* Asheville, North Carolina

The front page has a one column heading: "SUSPECT IS HUNTED IN CO-ED'S… more

THE WORLD, New York, July 18, 1864

* Siege of Petersburg, Virginia

 Formatted very much like its competitors, the Times, Tribune & Herald. Front page column heads on the Civil War include:… more

NEW YORK HERALD, July 18, 1864  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Late Invasion" "No Rebels to be Found Near Washington or Baltimore" "Grant" "Important from New Orleans"… more

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 18, 1905

* Aviator Daniel J. Maloney killed
* John J. Montgomery glider crash

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FRIGHTFUL FALL OF AN… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 18, 1948

* Did Adolph Hitler die in 1945 Berlin ?
* Captain Michael Musmanno investigation

The top of the front page has a banner headline: "At Last! Hitler Death… more

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, July 18, 1866  The conclusion of the Civil War brought with it an interest in expending west, so it would not seem unusual that articles that read like a 19th century… more

THE DETROIT NEWS, July 18, 1950

* Evangeline Booth death - British theologist
* 1st Woman General of Salvation Army

The top of page 7 has a two column heading: "Salvationists Mourn Chief"… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 18, 1870

* Franco-Prussian War beginning

The top of page 7 has one column headings: "THE WAR" "Rumors from the Front in Paris and Reports of a Battle" "The French… more

NEW YORK HERALD, July 18, 1875

* Croton water supply system for New York City

Page 10 has an article: "THE WATER WE DRINK" "Croton Lake a Summer Reservoir of Filth" "A Remedy Wanted" and… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 18 1937.
 
* Amelia Earhart famous disappearance
* Lost over the Pacific Ocean
* Search ending - dead ?

The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "NAVY HUNT FOR… more

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, July 18, 1885  Inside has a full page with 3 prints of: "Scenes & Incidents of the Strike of Iron-Workers in Cleveland" and other fullpg. has 4 prints of: "The… more

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 18, 1818  Of importance is the multi-page printing of former President James Madison's Address to the Agricultural Society of Albermarle.
The Wiley Online… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 18, 2008

* Best "The Dark Knight" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* Superhero - Christian Bale - Heath Ledger
* Also opening day advertisement for… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 18, 1935

* Nazis and sterilization program
* Jews - Jewish - Judaica

Near the bottom front page is a two column heading: "Nazis Continue Jew Baiting and Push… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1864  Among the ftpg. one column heads on the Civil War are: "Rebel News" "Affairs in Front of Petersburgh" "Rebel Jubilation Over the Maryland Raid" "The Prospect at… more

THE WORLD, New York, July 18, 1921  The top of the first column of pg. 8 has: "FIRST INNING OF BASEBALL TRIAL TO BEGIN TO-DAY" "Burns and Gedeun Refuse to Be Interviewed by Attorneys for indicated… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1966  The front page carries a four-page headline "Suspect in 8 Killings to Get Hearing Today" with subhead "Heavily Guarded in Jail Hospital After Wounding Himself".… more

NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1950  The sports section contains coverage of Whitey Ford's first Major League win: banner head on pg. 24: "Yankees Check White Sox at Stadium on Berra's Two run Double in… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 18, 1860

* Cape May, New Jersey ad 
* Pre-civil war era 
* Premier lodging at the Jersey Shore

The front page has an ad headed:… more

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, July 18, 1885  Inside has a full page with 3 prints of: "Scenes & Incidents of the Strike of Iron-Workers in Cleveland" and other fullpg. has 4 prints of: "The… more

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, July 18, 1936

* Spanish Civil War starts
* Second Spanish Republic coup

The front page has a two column headline: "SPAIN SENDS FLEET AND PLANES AGAINST REBELS"… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 18, 1879

* Spiritualism

The back page has an article headed: "Satan And Spiritualism" "One and the Same Thing, According to an Evangelist" "The Subject… more

WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, North Carolina, July 18, 1945  

* Potsdam Conference (Germany) 
* World war II era 
* Harry Truman - Joseph Stalin 

The front page has a three column headline:

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