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THE DAY, New London, Conn., October 26, 1927

• SS Principessa Mafalda sinking
• Italian transatlantic ocean liner

The top of the front page has a five column headline: "Italian Liner Sinks Off Brazil; 34

USA TODAY (Life Section (D) only), Oct. 26, 1984

• "The Terminator" film - movie review
• Arnold Schwarzenegger - science-fiction

Page 5 of this section has a same day premiere review of Arnold

Sunday CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 26, 1986

• Very early "Guns' N' Roses" & "Red Hot Chili Peppers"
• Hard "Sleaze-Rock & Alternative funk-punk music
• Axl Rose - Slash - Izzy

SUN-TIMES, Chicago, Oct. 26, 1983

• Invasion of Grenada - "Operation Urgent Fury"
• Grenadian and Cuban forces overwhelmed

The front page has a banner headline: "Yanks spearhead Grenada invasion" with

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, & DWASHINGTON ADVERITSER, D.C., Oct. 26, 1807

• President Thomas Jefferson proclamation
• Pardon for military deserters - soldiers

Page 3 has: "A Proclamation" by the President

SECTION 3 (SHOW) section only of the Sun-Times, Chicago, May 26, 1980 (Sunday)

• The Empire Strikes Back - Star Wars: Episode V

Page 7 of this section has a nice 12 x 9 inch advertisement for "THE

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 26, 1982

• A2W2 - Andy Warhol Robot construction
• Alvaro Villa - AVG - animatronic figures

The front page of section IV has a heading: "Andy Warhol Meets His Match" with lead-in:

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Oct. 26, 1960

• Martin Luther King Jr. sentenced to 4 months hard labor
• Would be released on this day with the help of JFK
• re. Atlanta sit-ins - re. John F. Kennedy

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 26, 1961

• Barbra Streisand - singer & actress 1st performance
• "Another Evening with Harry Stoones"  musical play review - Off-Broadway
• Very early

THE FRISCO WORLD, Hollandia, N. E. I., Oct. 26, 1945

• Post World War II U.S. military camp publication

The Netherlands Economic Institute (NEI) was a research and consultancy organization that

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 26, 1905

• President Theodore Roosevelt Southern tour
• On a New Orleans, Louisiana steamer

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "PRESIDENT'S TRIP

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 26, 1921

• Tampa Bay, Florida storm
• Major hurricane disaster

On October 25, 1921 Tampa Bay suffered the most destructive hurricane to hit the area since 1848.
The one column

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 26, 1972

• Yoko Ono - "Now Or Never" single release
• re. My Lai Massacre - political song ad
• Stand-up comedian George Carlin advertisement
• "Cla

AMERICAN MERCURY, Hartford, Oct. 26, 1813  Page 3 has nice reporting from the War of 1812, one report headed: "Glorious News" "Michigan Territory Re-occupied--Malden & Sandwich Taken--Proctor's Army

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 26, 1982

• "First Blood" & Halloween III" advertisements
• Grand Opening Day movie premieres
• Action & Science fiction horror films

Page 58 has

THE KNAPSACK, Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1865

• Rare fair publication
• Civil War reconstruction

This was a daily newspaper that existed for just eleven issues, beginning October 24 and ending November 4.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 26, 1919

• Ohio State vs. Michigan rivalry
• Very 1st Buckeyes victory in this game
• Ferry Field, Ann Arbor

Page 4 of the sport's section (near the back) has a one column heading:

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 26, 1859

• John Brown's Negro insurrection
• Harpers Ferry WV West Virginia

Among the first column heads on the front page are: "The Harper's Ferry Outbreak" "The Preliminary Legal

WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Oct. 26, 1870

• Women's suffrage advocate Mary Livermore address

The front page has column heads: "Woman Suffrage Bazaar" "What is proposed to be Done - The

LOS ANGLES TIMES, Oct. 26, 1999

• Payne Stewart - professional PGA golfer
• South Dakota Learjet airplane crash

The front page has a two column heading: "Golfer's Jet Flies to Its Doom in Eerie Voyage"

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, Oct. 26, 1964

• NFL Defensive end Jim Marshall
• Minnesota Vikings football game
• The wrong way run blooper

The top of page 5 has a six column heading: "Wrong Way Marshall Nearly

LOS ANGELES TIMES, October 26, 2002

• Richard Harris death (1st report)
• Irish actor and singer
• Best title to be had ?

The front page has a small photo with tiny heading: "Richard Harris Dies" Page 18 of

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 26, 1884

• Rudger Clawson polygamy trial
• Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
• Mormons - Mormonism

Page 4 has: "The Mormon Trial" being a report on the famous case of Rudger

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 26, 1863  Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "Rebel Raid In Kentucky" "Towns Sacked and Robbed within Thirty Miles of the Captial" "MEADE'S ARMY" "Brisk

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, Oct. 26, 1889  The full front page shows: "Dangers of Electric Wires in New York--Western Union Lineman burned to Death in Mid-Air."
A rarity is to find period prints of

NATIONAL AEGIS, Worcester, Massachusetts, Oct. 26, 1814  Among the War of 1812 reports within: "Destruction of the Pirates of Barataria" near New Orleans; "Copy of a Letter from John K. Smith to the

FITCHBURG DAILY SENTINEL, Massachusetts, a set of all six games of the 1911 Major League Baseball World Series during which the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Giants.

• Philadelphia

INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, Boston, Oct. 26, 1812

• Battle of Queenston Heights
• War of 1812 - 1st major battle

The front page has: "An Act To authorise the granting of Patents for Land, according to the

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWS, Oct. 26, 1861 (single print only)

This is a single-page print. The print contains a single woodcut engraving captioned: "Capture of the Propeller Fanny in Pamlico

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 26, 1939

• Michael I of Romania - 18th birthday
• Becomes member of the Senate of Romania
• Last King of Romania

The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Michael of Romania

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 26, 1897

• Garrison train crash - wreck - disaster
• New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE TRAIN HORROR"

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., October 26, 1957

• Mob boss Albert Anastasia assassination
• Murder Inc. head

The front page has a two column heading: "Gang Rule Fight Seen In Anastasia Murder" with

INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, Boston, Oct. 26, 1812

• Battle of Queenston Heights
• American War of 1812

The front page has: "An Act To authorise the granting of Patents for Land, according to the surveys...

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, October 26, 1931.

• Al 'Scarface' Capone gets 11 years
• End of his criminal career

The front page has a one column heading: "Capone Sentenced To 11 Year Term In

THE WORLD, New York, Oct. 26, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Gen. Banks's Advance at Bayou Teche" "Interesting News from Texas & Mexico" "Strength of the Rebel Army

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 26, 1934

• Frank J. Sprague death
• "Father of Electric Traction"

The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "F. J. SPRAGUE DIES; TRACTION PIONEER" with subhead and photo.

THE WORLD, Oct. 26, 1890

• Dialogue between "the beloved" Walt Whitman and "the brilliant" Robert Ingersoll

Page 10 has the account of a wonderful discussion between Walt Whitman and Robert Ingersoll.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 26, 1940

• Cabin in the Sky 1st review
• Broadway musical w/ Ethel Waters

This 36 page newspaper has the very 1st review of the all black cast Broadway musical "Cabin in the

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, section 2 (sports) only, October 26, 1947

• Columbia University's greatest football game
• Army Cadets - NCAA college football
• 1 of the greatest upsets

The front page of this

THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 1852

• Daniel Webster death

All columns on pages 2 and 3 are black-bordered for the death of Daniel Webster.
Page 3 has an article headed: "Death of Daniel

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 26, 1937

• Hermann Goering - Adolf Hitler
• "Four Year Plan" - economic measures
• Rearmament of Germany

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Reich to Rally

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 26, 1932

• Rogers Hornsby signs contract
• St. Louis Cardinals 2nd baseman
• MLB baseball

The sport's section (page 23) has a three column heading: "Hornsby Back With Cardinals"

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 26, 1928

• Monoplane airplane "Yankee Doodle"
• Transcontinental non-stop flight record
• Captain Charles B.D. Collyer

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "NEW

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, October 26, 1945

• Robert Ley suicide death
• German Labour Front leader

The front page has two column heading: "Ley, Nazi Labor Boss, Hangs Self With Towel In

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, October 26, 1928

• Monoplane airplane "Yankee Doodle"
• Transcontinental non-stop flight record
• Captain Charles B.D. Collyer

The front page has a one column heading: "NEW

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, October 26, 1947

• Columbia University's greatest football game
• Army Cadets - NCAA college football
• 1 of the greatest upsets

The front page of the sport's section

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 1848  The top of page 3 has an article: "Important Slave Case Decision" which begins: "The Case of Lewis Pierrie, alleged to be the slave of Robert

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, October 26, 1861

• Battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia
• Battle of Santa Rosa Island

Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE REBELLION" "Additional

THE FRISCO WORLD, Hollandia, N.E.I., which was in Dutch New Guinea. Oct. 26, 1945  This was a single sheet, mimeographed "camp" newspaper put out by American military personnel stationed there.

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, October 26, 1957

• Mob boss Albert Anastasia assassination
• Murder Inc. head

This 6 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "Query Costello IN Gang