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THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Aug. 28, 1942

* USS Iowa battleship launching
* United States Navy - WWII 

The front page has a two column photo with heading: "Biggest Warship Is Launched" with brief… more

1980 Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing in Nevada... Item # 725949

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 28, 1980 

* Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing - dynamite 
* Booby tapped bomb - Stateline, Nevada
* Casino extortion scheme - John Birges Sr.

The front page has a two column… more

Eric Sevaraid rescued in 1943 Burma... Item # 720487

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 28, 1943

* Eric Sevareid - news journalist & author
* Saved in Burma jungle - Naga headhunters
* World War II - WWII - John Paton Davies Jr.


The top of page 5 has a… more

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1701... Item # 714128

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 28, 1701

* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* At the turn of the 18th century - unique gift idea


This is the world's oldest… more

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 28, 1937

* Battle of Shanghai, China
* Imperial Japanese Army
* "Bloody Saturday" bombings


The front page has a banner headline: "BULLETS STRIKE U. S. REFUGEEmore

1949 Peekskill New York riots... Item # 712606

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 28, 1949 (sections 1-4, 9-10)

* Peekskill New York riots
* Paul Robeson - activist
* anti-communist demonstration


The front page has a one column… more

Death of guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughan... Item # 710644

LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 28, 1990

* Stevie Ray Vaughan death (1st report)
* Guitarist - singer - musician - songwriter


The bottom of the ftpg. has a report headed: "Stevie Ray Vaughan,more

1963 Moab, Utah mine explosion disaster... Item # 710334

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 28, 1963

* Moab, Grand County, Utah mining explosion disaster
* Texas Gulf Sulphur's Cane Creek" Potash Mine


The front page has a banner headline: "MINE BLASTmore

SUPPLEMENT TO VOLUME THE SIXTEENTH OF THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, (1819).
Page 42 begins: "Province of Texas" which includes a "...brief history of an expedition in 1812 and 1813, from Louisianamore

NEW-YORK TIMES, Aug. 28, 1865 

* Edward B. Ketchum
* Wall street scandal 

Among front page column heads: "KETCHUM" "Story of His Last Fortnight" "His Whereabouts and Doings by Day" "His Arrest And… more

1948 death of Charles Evans Hughes... Item # 706567

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 28, 1948

* Charles Evans Hughes w/ photos
* Chief Justice of the United States
* 1916 Republican candidate for president


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

1978 "Meat Loaf" Central Park concert ad... Item # 705769

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 28, 1978

* MEAT LOAF American singer musician advertisement
* Dr. Pepper Summer Music Festival - Central Park


The back page… more

1984 "RUSH" MSG concert ad... Item # 705738

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 28, 1984

* RUSH - Canadian progressive rock band
* Geddy Lee - Neil Peart - Alex Lifeson
* "Grace Under Pressure" album tour
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THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 28, 1969

* Woodstock music festival on Max Yasgur's farm
* Letters to the editor with eyewitness accounts
* Early Led Zeppelin -
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From a small town in Northern Pennsylvania... Item # 702060

HUGHESVILLE ENTERPRISE, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28, 1879  Very uncommon title from a small town in Northern Penna. Various news reports and ads of the day. We believe this is the first of this title we… more

1967 Lake Erie skydiving disaster... Item # 701451

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, Aug. 28, 1967

* Lake Erie skydiving disaster
* North American B-25 Mitchell
* Drowning of 16 skydivers
* Off the coast of Huron, Ohio


The top of the front… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 28, 1862  

* First Battle of Rappahannock Station
* General Stonewall Jackson


The front page features a large Civil War map headed: "The Field Of Operations Inmore

1963 Civil Rights March on Washington... Item # 696932

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, Aug. 28, 1963  

* Martin Luther King Jr.
* March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
* "I Have A Dream" speech fame


Near the bottom of the front page is a… more

THE CONNECTICUT COURANT & WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, Hartford, August 28, 1781

* Siege of Nintey Six - South Carolina
* General Nathanael Greene defeat
* American Revolutionary War


 Half of page… more

THE CHRONICLE--EXTRA, Sunday, August 28, 1881  

* President James A. Garfield

A great, narrow slip of paper which is a broadside (printed on one side only) extra edition of this newspaper (no… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 28, 1863

* Second Battle of Fort Sumter
* Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
* Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard


 The front page has a nice print of: "THE REBELmore

Bobby Fischer to win World chess title.... Item # 689373

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 28 1972

* Bobby Fischer to win World title
* 1st American to achieve this
* Boris Vasilievich Spassky


Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading:… more

The work of Generals U.S. Grant and Sherman... Item # 682122

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 28, 1864  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "Assaults of rthe Rebels on Hancock's Lines..." "The Rebels Repulsed with Heavy Loss" "One of the Most… more

SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Aug. 28, 1852  The front page has a nice print captioned: "Rock Bluffs On The Mississippi" with some descriptive text beneath
Four pages, large folio size,… more

Americans arrive in Japan... Item # 678810

THE OREGONIAN, Portland, Aug. 28, 1945

* U.S. occupation of Japan begins
* USS Missouri (Big Mo) enters Tokyo Bay


A banner headline above the masthead announces: "YANKS LAND IN JAPAN". Most… more

1904 San Diego city lots for sale map... Item # 678551

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, Section 2 only, San Diego, Aug. 28, 1907

* San Diego property lots for sale

Page 2 of this section has a full page advertisement for property in the San Diego area. (see)
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The international boat race of 1872... Item # 671972

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 28, 1869

* The international boat race
* Atalanta vs. London boat club crew
* The River Thames - London w/ map


Page 3 has a four column map with headline: "THE… more

Samuek Baker military expedition to Africa... Item # 671810

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 28, 1873 

* British explorer Sir Samuel Baker
* Military expedition to Nile region - Africa


The top of page 3 has one column headings: "SIR SAMUEL BAKER" "The White Nile… more

Schenectady NY Little League champions.... Item # 670713

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., August 28, 1954

* Schenectady NY New York
* Little League baseball
* World Series champions


Near the bottom of page 26 is a one column heading: "Schenectadymore

Great Revere train wreck of 1871... Item # 669217

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 28, 1871

* Great Revere train wreck of 1871 - Massachusetts
* Eastern Railroad's Portland Express accident


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

The great international boat race of 1869... Item # 669048

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 28, 1869

* The great international boat race
* Harvard vs. Oxford University
* The River Thames - London w/ map


Page 3 has a four column map with headline: "THE… more

Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter... Item # 661723

CHRONICLE SPORTING GREEN sport's section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 1938

* Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* Joe DiMaggio 3 triples in a
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Much reporting on the Mexican War... Item # 657824

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 1847  Page 2 has over a full column headed: "The Annexation - A Letter From Gen. Sam. Houston" signed by him in type: Sam. Houston.
Page 3… more

Kellogg-Briand Treaty sigining... Item # 653077

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, August 28, 1928

* Kellogg-Briand Pact signed - Pact of Paris
* Frank B. Kellogg & Aristide Briand
 
The front page has a seven column headline:
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Constitutions of Ohio and Louisiana... Item # 649444

THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 28, 1813  Pages 1-4 contains five letters under the heading: "Further Executive Proceedings" signed in type by either James Monroe of  James Madison, concerning… more

Much on the Indians of the West... Item # 648247

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Aug. 28, 1867  Page 3 has nice Indian content with heads & subheads: "The Indian War" "Desperate Fight Between Pawnees and Cheyennes--Full Particulars--Attempt to Throw a… more

Constitutions of Ohio and Louisiana... Item # 647690

THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 28, 1813  Pages 1-4 contains five letters under the heading: "Further Executive Proceedings" signed in type by either James Monroe of  James Madison, concerning… more

Childe Hassam death... Impressionist painter... Item # 640383

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 28, 1935

* Artist Childe Hassam death
* American Impressionist painter


The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "CHILDE HASSAM, 75, NOTED ARTIST, DIES" with… more

Hammonton NJ Little League champions.... Item # 636784

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, August 28, 1949

* Hammonton NJ New Jersey
* Little League baseball
* World Series champions


Page 3 of this section has a small and discrete one… more

Bucknell University "Old Main" fire disaster... Item # 632266

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 28, 1932

* Bucknell University - Lewisburg
* "Old Main" building fire disaster


Page 8 has a one column heading: "FIRE AT BUCKNELL DESTROYS 'OLD MAIN'" with… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, August 28, 1938

* Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* Joe DiMaggio 3 triples in a row


The front page of the sport's section (inside)… more

Early report of a boxing match... Item # 619937

THE MORNING POST & DAILY ADVERTISER, London, Aug. 28, 1789 

* 18th century boxing

Page 3 has an early item on a boxing match, noting: "A boxing match is to be fought...between Bullard andmore

Ketchum forgery fraud arrest... Item # 616792

NEW-YORK TIMES, Aug. 28, 1865 Among front page column heads: "KETCHUM" "Story of His Last Fortnight" "His Whereabouts and Doings by Day" "His Arrest And Imprisonment" "Story Of Ketchum The… more

Ray Ouimet wins golf tournament.... Item # 610432

THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, Missouri, August 28, 1921

* Ray Ouimet wins golf tournament
* Famous golfer Francis Ouimet's brother


The sport's section (page 5) has a five column headline: "Raymore

Popular for the colorful political cartoons... Item # 599783

PUCK, New York, Aug. 28, 1889 

* Color political prints

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

A gentile converts to Judaism to marry... Item # 595800

ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, August 28, 1890 

* Judaica - Jews

The front page has: "Embraced The Jewish Faith" "An Event Almost Unprecedented in the History of the Church"… more

Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes... Item # 584966

THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 28, 1861 

* Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes 

Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "THE REBELLION", "Important From the Upper Potomac",… more

Holding to the non-importation agreement... Item # 581942

THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER, Scotland, Aug. 28, 1770  Inside under: "AMERICA, Philadelphia" is a report of: "...English goods arrived here...which were purchased by two shopkeepers...contrary to themore

The death of comedienne Gracie Allen... Item # 581126

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, August 28, 1964
 
* Gracie Allen death
* Comedienne duo and wife of George Burns


This 20 page newspaper has a three column headline near the… more

Lumbering in New Brunswick... Ottawa, Canada... Item # 579843

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, London, England, August 28, 1858  The front cover features a nearly halfpage illustration "The Wellington Tomb in the Crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral". A nearly half-page… more

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