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THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., June 29, 1934

* Gangster John Dillinger
* On the run in Chicago ?
* Sighted at baseball game ?
* Less than a month of killing 

Near the bottom of the front page is a two… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 29, 1967

* Tiny Tim opens for Jimi Hendrix & The Doors
* Famous American guitarist makes New York debut
* American rock band - Jim Morrison
*… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 29, 1934  

* Zaro Agha Aga death (1st report)
* 160 years old ? - Instanbul, Turkey

The front page has a one-column head: "Zaro Agha, the 160 Year Old Turk, Is Dead". A… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1945

* Sun Gun - heliobeam - death ray - orbital weapon
* Realization of Nazis' scientists looking into it
* Continued World War II events vs. Japan

Beginning… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 29, 1997

* Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II
* Heavyweight boxing title fight
* "The Sound and the Fury" "The Bite Fight"
* MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas

The… more

THE BALANCE & COLUMBIAN REPOSITORY, Hudson, New York, June 29, 1802  

* re. death of George Washington

Fully half of page 5 is taken up with a detailed: "Tribute" to the: "Memory of Washington" which… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 29, 1961

* Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama
* Greyhound bus bombing - burning
* Civil Rights movement - freedom riders
*… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 29, 1978  

* Regents of the Univ. of California v. Bakke
* Landmark United States Supreme Court decision
* Affirmative action upheld - race in college admission

The… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1929 

* Golfer Bobby Jones at the U.S. Open
* Winged Foot Golf Club at Mamaroneck

The front page has a one column heading: "JONES LOSES LEAD AT GOLF IN STORM"… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 29, 2001 

* Jack Lemmon death (1st report)
* Hollywood Movie - film actor
* "The Odd Couple" - Felix Ungar
* "Grumpy Old Men" - Walter Matthau
* Best publication to be… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, June 29, 1972

* Grateful Dead concert in Jersey City NJ
* Roosevelt Stadium performance advertisement
* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen"… more

THE NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, England, June 29, 1767  

* Silk manufacturing in the Colonial South

Page 2 has reports headed: "America" one of which is from Charleston and the development of the… more

NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1935

* University of California Golden Bears crew
* Wins national championship in men's rowing
* Long Beach - California

Page 10 has a one column heading:… more

NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, June 29, 1864 

* Abraham Lincoln nomination
* 2nd term as president
* Civil War reporting

Page 4 has an historic report headed: "The Presidential Nomination" "Mr.… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, June 29, 1907  

* Robert H. Goddard article
* Gyroscopes for steering
* Very early at 24 years old

Inside has a nearly half-page article titled: "The… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, June 29, 1907  Inside has a nearly half-page article titled: "The Use Of The Gyroscope In The Balancing And Steering Of Aeroplanes, by Robert H. Goddard."
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RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, June 29, 1864  

* General William T. Sherman
* Now in Georgia - march to the sea
* Rare Confederate publication

Not only a nice newspaper from the Confederacy,… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1931

* Betty Robinson airplane crash - dead ?
* Winner of 1st Olympic 100-meter for Women
* Youngest athlete to win gold medal (16 yrs. old)

Page 3 has a one… more

SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, New York, June 29, 1850  The front page has a nice and commonly-requested report concerning Easterners traveling across the Plains to get to California.
Headed: "Emigration on… more

THE WOMAN'S TRIBUNE, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1901

* Turn of the 20th century
* Women's suffrage

Their motto in the masthead: "Equality Before The Law". This was the country's leading… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1894

* Grover Cleveland Establishes Labor Day
* National Holiday

The middle of the front page has the heading: "LABOR DAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY" and "President… more

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1850  Page 3 has half a column headed: "Fugitive Slave Case" "The Constitution & Laws Vindicated" which is concerning a suit: "...for the recovery… more

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, June 29, 1867 An  inside full page shows: "Branding Cattle On The Prairies Of Texas--Mirage In The Background." A halfpg: "Deluge at Canon Water, A.T.,… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1942

* Post Battle Of Midway results
* United States Navy vs. Imperial Japanese Navy
* Details of Japanese loss coming to light

The front page has a six column… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 29, 1923

* University of Washington
* Collegiate Rowing Crew
* First National Championship

The top of page 14 has a two column heading: "WASHINGTON TAKES VARSITY… more

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1844  Page 3 has a brief & inconspicuous report announcing that: "The President of the United States, with the lady to whom he has just been united… more

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, June 29, 1878  The front page has; "The Indian War" "Later From Oregon--The Klamath Indians Growing Restless" mentioning in part: "...from Oregon is that the Klamath… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, June 29, 1793  Page 2 has: "The Address of the Baltimore Mechanical Society to George Washington, President of the United States" with his reply, signed in type: George… more

THE POLYNESIAN, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, June 29, 1844 

* Very rare 19th century Hawaiian publication

One of the earliest newspapers we have offered from Hawaii, and fifteen years… more

NEW YORK HERALD, June 29, 1811  Most of page 2 is taken up with various letters concerning Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy in Jefferson's administration, then becoming Secretary of State for… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, June 29, 1930

* Gallant Fox wins Dwyer Stakes
* Thoroughbred horse race - Long Island, New York
* Year of the triple crown

The front page of this… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, June 29, 1967 

* Reunification of Jerusalem
* East Jerusalem

The front page has three column headline: "Divided Jerusalem Made Single City; U. S. Won't… more

HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Northampton, Mass., June 29, 1831 

* Sea serpent - monster
* Boothbay Harbor, Maine

The bottom of page 3 has a brief item headed: "Sea Serpent" reading: "The Sea Serpent… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 29, 1984

* Best "Conan the Destroyer" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Fantasy adventure - Arnold Schwarzenegger

A terrific issue on… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 29, 1939

* Joe Louis (Brown Bomber)
* Tony Galento (Two Ton)
* Heavyweight boxing title fight

The front page has a five column heading: "Louis Stops Galento in… more

BOSTON TRAVELER, June 29, 1944

* Battle of Caen - France
* Post D-Day invasion
* World War II - WWII

The front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "NAZIS HURL 2 ARMIES IN CAEN… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1937

* Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation founded
* Abstract art - paintings - future museum 

The front page has a one column heading: "GUGGENHEIM FUND FOR ART IS… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, June 29, 1950 

* Korean war beginning
* U.S. involvement starting

The front page has a five column headline: "MACARTHUR AT KOREA FRONT AS REDS SLASH… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 29, 1939

* Joe Louis (Brown Bomber)
* Tony Galento (Two Ton)
* Heavyweight boxing title fight

Page 9 has two column heading: "GALENTO PUTS… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, June 29, 1912, New York  The front cover is a photo of "George Westinghouse, Engineer and Inventor" with an accompanying article inside the issue. Inside the issue is: "A… more

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1847  Front page Mexican War content with: "The Proposed Treaty with Mexico" "From Gen. Taylor's Army" "Interesting News From Vera Cruz" and more.
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THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, June 29, 1967

* Jayne Mansfield killed in car crash
* Hollywood actress and Playboy Playmate

The front page has a three column heading "Road Crash Kills Jayne" with… more

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1942

* FBI Agents Grab Several Accomplices of Eight Nazi Saboteurs; Others Sought
* German Agents, Landed to Blast U.S. Plants

The front page… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, 1st section only, June 29, 1930

* Jesse Harding Pomeroy
* "The Boston Boy Fiend"
* Bridgewater State Hospital

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

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 29, 1933

* Primo Carnera
* Jack Sharkey
* Heavyweight boxing title fight (pre-fight news)
* From the city where it happened

This 42 page newspaper has a… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, June 29, 1934

 * Zaro Agha Aga death (1st report)
* Instanbul, Turkey
* John Dillinger alive?

The front page has a one column heading: "Zaro Agha… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1962

* Mickey Cochrane death
* Philadelphia Athletics
* MLB baseball

Page 27 has a two column heading: "Mickey Cochrane Is Dead at 59; Star Catcher for A's and… more

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, June 29, 1773 

* New York-Massachusetts boundary dispute

Inside has a report headed: "America" which includes a report of a planned meeting between the governors of New… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 29, 1959

* Meldrim, Georgia
* Train gas tanker explosion
* Trestle disaster
* Hawaii votes

The front page has a five column… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 29, 1941

* Joe DiMaggio
* New York Yankees

the front page of the sport's section (page 21) has two column headlines: "DiMaggio Connects… more