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NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 22, 1871

• Death of Charles Babbage - English polymath
• "The father of the Computer" inventor

Among the many front page reports is a very small, inconspicuous, and seemingly

Sunday CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 22, 1989

• The birth of West Coast "gangsta rap"
• Dre. Dre - Eazy-E & more - N.W.A.
• Rappers music - anti-police lyrics

Often revered as the

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 22, 1932

• Jewish boxer Barney Ross
• Lightweight boxing vs. Battling Battalino

Page 21 has a small and somewhat discrete one column heading: "Ross Defeats Battalino" with

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 22, 1945

• Atomic Bombs - bombing - weapons
• Post Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
• Manhattan Project scientists warning

Page 4 has three articles re. the future of atomic weapons

INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, Boston, Oct. 22, 1812

• War of 1812 deserters
• James Madison pardon

The first column is taken up with 3 Acts of Congress as well as: "A Proclamation" headed with an engraving of a

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 22, 1922

• Ohio Stadium "The Horseshoe" dedication
• Michigan-Ohio State college football rivalry
• First game played between rivals at stadium

The front page has a terrific

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Mass. Oct. 22, 1968

• NASA Apollo 7 spaceflight splashdown
• First crewed mission of the Apollo program
• Prelude to the Apollo 11 Moon landing
• First live television broadcast on U.S.

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 22, 1979

• "METEOR" Sean Connery & Natalie Wood
• Science fiction disaster film - movie
• Opening day premiere advertisement

The back page

THE BALTIMORE DAILY INTELLIGENCER, Maryland, Oct. 22, 1794

• Rare 18th century American publication

One of the less common American titles from the 18th century as it existed for just one year, from

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 22, 1859

• John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
• Harper's Ferry, West Virginia & slavery

Among the articles is most of a full page taken up with: "An Overland Journal -

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Oct. 22, 1817

• Former Woman slave Pamela Sparhawk
• Newton, Massachusetts petition for estate

In 1818 a woman named Pamela Sparhawk petitioned the Mass. General Court to be

NEW YORK TIMES, October 22, 1859

• John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
• Harpers Ferry WV West Virginia

The front page has an article headed: "The Virginia Rebellion" "...Arms Distributed through

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE, Maine (actually still part of Mass. at this point), Oct. 22, 1804  Over half of the front page is a very detailed; "Review of Mr. Jefferson's Administration" which is

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 22, 1855

• Activist Susan B. Anthony
• Women's rights petition

Page 6 has an article headed: "Woman's Rights" concerning the appeal--led by Susan B. Anthony--to the law-makers of

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Oct. 22, 1864  
There was much interest in England concerning the American Civil War, England favoring more for the South because of their need for cotton.

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 22, 1872

• Equine influenza A - horse flu
• 1872 North American outbreak
• The Great Epizootic of 1872

The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "THE HORSE DISEASE" with

ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Oct. 22, 1853  Formatted much like Harper's Weekly, but published 4 years previous to the more famous title. P.T. Barnum was a "Special Partner" in this publication as

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Oct. 22, 1898  For the model railroad hobbyist & car enthusiast  this issue has two significant advertisements.
First, an illustrated ad for the very first electric

LOS ANGELES TIMES, California, October 22, 1976  The front of the sports section has: "For $6 MILLION 76ers Are Able to Get a Doctor" which tells of the deal between the 76ers and the New York Nets,

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Dec. 3, 1898

• 1st electric toy train: ad for Carlisle and Finch
• 1st automobile advertisement - horseless carriage

For the model railroad hobbyist & car enthusiast  this

FEDERAL ORRERY, Boston, Oct. 22, 1795

• George Washington letter
• re. Jay's Treaty

Page 3 has a letter from the county of Westmoreland to the President complaining about the terms of the Jay Treaty,

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 22, 1881 (includes the Yorktown Supplement)  While there are multiple nice prints regarding the 100th anniversary celebration of Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown,

LOS ANGELES TIMES, California, October 22, 1976  The front of the sports section has: "For $6 MILLION 76ers Are Able to Get a Doctor" which tells of the deal between the 76ers and the New York Nets,

SAN DIEGO DAILY UNION, California, Oct. 22, 1871

• Rare & early from Southern California

Very early from San Diego--a volume 2 issue--when the population was just 2300, with a nice engraving of the

WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Oct. 22, 1859  It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage". 
All of pages 1 and 2 have columns

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Oct. 22, 1859  The front page has a print of: "The Old Salt House, Long Wharf, Boston".
Other prints within include: "View on the Chenango River, New York"; a montage of

NEW YORK TIMES, October 22, 1934

• Charles Pretty Boy Floyd
• Public enemy No. 1 shot (killed)

The top of page 16 has an article headed: "Posses Hunt Floyd In Dense Ohio Woods" "Outlaw Believed to Have

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 22, 1900

• Politician John Sherman death
• United States Senator from Ohio
• U.S. Secretary of State 1897-98

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "JOHN

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 22, 1931.

• Inventor Thomas Edison death
• Funeral - burial ceremony

The front page has a one column heading: "DARKEN NATION AS TRIBUTE TO THOMAS EDISON" with subhead. Four

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 22, 1836  Inside includes "General Order" signed by President Andrew Jackson, concerning the assignment of various military officers. Among the list are

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 22, 1836  Inside includes "General Order" signed by President Andrew Jackson, concerning the assignment of various military officers. Among the list are

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 22, 1836  Inside includes "General Order" signed by President Andrew Jackson, concerning the assignment of various military officers. Among the list are

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 22, 1910

• Philadelphia Athletics vs. Chicago Cubs
• World Series of baseball (GAME 4)

The front page has a nice banner headline: "CHICAGO WINS 4TH GAME; 10 INNINGS"

THE BULLETIN, San Francisco, October 22, 1900

• John Sherman - soldier and statesman
• Senator... Secretary of State... Secretary of  the Treasury

The front page has three column headlines: "JOHN

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 22, 1915

• Edith Cavell - firing squad execution
• World War I British nurse

The front page has four column heading: "FACES FIRING SQUAD LIKE HEROINE" with subhead. (see)

THE LONDON GAZETTE--EXTRAORDINARY, England, Oct. 22, 1801

• Capitulation of Alexandria
• French expedition of Egypt

This "extra" edition--published outside the regular printing schedule to get historic

NEW YORK HERALD, EXTRA - Arrival of the Steamship COLUMBIA ! at Boston, Sixteen Days Later...", October 22, 1841  An unusual broadside "Extra" issue filled with news from Europe as arrived on boat

Here is an original ticket stub for the 1927 football game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Army Cadets at the Yale Bowl. Yale won this game 10-6. The front side of this ticket stub is generally

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 22, 1944

• Battle of Aachen, Germany ends
• Battle of Leyte beginning
• World War II - WWII

The front page has a two column heading: "All Aachen Resistance Ends as 1,000 More

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Oct. 22, 1791  The front page has the "Letter From Dr. Priestley, To M. Condorcet... at Paris." Page 2 has: "The United States" which begins: "Perhaps no country ever

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 22, 1825  The front page has an early report regarding General Andrew Jackson's visit to Jackson, Tennessee, noting: "Gen. Jackson, with his lady...was

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, 22, 1904

• The Vanderbilt International Car Race

• The Tasmanian Dasure

This issue contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day accompanied by text, which

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 22, 1994

• Burt Lancaster death (1st report)
• Hollywood movie - film actor
• Best title to be had ?

The middle of the front page has a heading: "Oscar-Winning Actor Burt Lancaster

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 22, 1930

• George "Bugs" Moran arrested
• Al 'Scarface' Capone rival in jail
• Chicago gangster - gangland war

Page 5 has a one column heading: "'Bugs' Moran Seized As Chicago

Brummbar (the week's-supplement of the Berliner Morgenpost), October 22, 1938  A 4-page colorful supplement to the Berliner Morgenpost, with various illustrated cartoons - from just prior to World

DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, October 22, 1890  Just what we hope to find on the front page of a newspaper from the Old West is in this issue: "Daring Robbery" "The Watchman

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 22, 1876  Page 2 has a nice report of a baseball game (see for portions). Also inside: "Drugs That Intoxicate" "Fashionable Stimulants & Their Insinuating Effects"

NEW YORK HERALD -- EXTRA, Oct. 22, 1841  An uncommon single sheet issue with a much different masthead, which includes: "Arrival Of The Columbia At Boston. Sixteen Days Later From Europe." Obviously

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, October 22, 1901

• Waco Texas street duel
• Gunfight - revolver

This 4 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page that include: "STREET DUEL IN TEXAS",

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, October 22, 1929

• Thomas Edison 50th year anniversary
• Dearborn MI celebration
• Henry Ford

This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "THOMAS