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Nolan Ryan's 1993 "headlock fight"... Item # 727315

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 5, 1993

* Hall of fame pitcher Nolan Ryan
* The famous Robin Ventura incident
* The "headlock fight" photo & report
* Texas Rangers - MLB baseball folklore

The front page of the… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1940

* Ze-ev Jabotinsky death (1st report)
* Jewish Revisionist Zionist - Zionism
* Odessa, Ukraine author poet orator 

The top of page 13 has a one column heading:… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1930

* Dornier Do X flying boat - airplane 
* Refitted with upgraded motors - engines 
* Flight over Lake Constance (success)

The top of page 12 has a one column heading:… more

Leopold - Loeb case... Bobby Franks murder... Item # 726117

THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 5, 1924

* Leopold & Loeb trial
* Bobby Franks murder
* Thrill Killing case

The top of the front page has a one column heading on the Leopold - Loeb case with: "LAYS SLAYING BLAMEmore

1986 Metallica concert NYC ad.... Item # 719158

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 5, 1986

* Metallica concert performance advertisement
* Heavy Metal band - Felt Forum (cancelled) 
* James Hetfield - Cliff Burton -more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 6-12, 1980

* "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" SE advertisement
* "Special Edition" opening day movie premiere in NYC
*
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Matthew McKeon... Ribbon Creek incident... Item # 715800

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 5, 1956

* Matthew McKeon sentenced
* Ribbon Creek incident - deaths
* United States Marine Corps
* Parris Island Recruit Depot
* Port Royal, South Carolina


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Hull's Proclamation to the Canadians... Item # 713807

THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, Aug. 5, 1812  All of the front page, much of page 2, & over half of page 4 are taken up with: "An Address Of Members...of Congress...on the Subject… more

Anti-Jewish riots in Britain.... Item # 709652

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1947

* Anti-Jewish riots in Britain (pogrom)
* re. The Sergeants affair
* Manchester & Liverpool
* Anti-semitism - Jews


The top of page 7 has a two column… more

R. J. Reynolds heir murder... Libby Holman... Item # 708904

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1932

* re. Zachary Smith Reynolds suicide ? death
* Heir of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
* Socialite & actress Libby Holman indictment


The front page has a… more

Tear gas bombs hit Wall Street... Item # 704437

NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1933  

* Gas Bombs hit Wall Street
* Post stock market crash


The top of the front page has a two column headline: "GAS BOMBS SHUT STOCK EXCHANGE; 4 SUSPECTS
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Jefferson and Aaron Burr... Item # 702778

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 5, 1807  The front page has a letter from the President to the King of Holland, signed in type: Th. Jefferson. Page 2 has a report noting: "The trial of Mr. Burr formore

Jefferson and Aaron Burr... Item # 702739

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 5, 1807  The front page has a letter from the President to the King of Holland, signed in type: Th. Jefferson. Page 2 has a report noting: "The trial of Mr. Burr formore

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1865  

* Atlantic cable route - U.S. map
* Southern Confederacy no more


Certainly the graphic appeal of this issue is the very large map showing the route of the… more

1943 Operation Kutuzov... Orel, Russia... Item # 701008

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1943

* Operation Kutuzov
* Oryol - Orel, Russia
* WWII Red Army


The front page has a nice 3-line, 5-column headline: "RUSSIANS ENTER OREL, NAZIS FLEE; RED ARMYmore

Not held by any American institution... Item # 700398

PUE'S OCCURRENCES, Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 5, 1758  

* Rare 18th century publication
* Not held by any American institution

An early Irish newspaper with pages 1 and 2 having various news reports while… more

Escaping from Brigham Young... Item # 700006

NEW YORK DAILY TIMES, August 5, 1857  

* Mormons Mormonism - emigration
* Escaping Brigham Young's tyranny
* Dr. Harvey Burdell murder case


The front page has an article headed: "THE… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 5, 1936 

* Jesse Owens shines in track & field
* Olympic games in Berlin Germany
* In front of 
Adolf Hitler & Third Reich


The front page of the sports section… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 1852  Page 3 has an entire column taken up with: "Gen. Scott On the Subject of Slavery" which is signed in type: Winfield Scott
Page 3 also… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1971

* Mawangdui - Western Han Dynasty
* Changsha Kingdom, China tomb discovery
* Chinese noblewoman Xin Zhui


Near the bottom of the front page has a four column… more

Charles Lindbergh's flight to the Orient... Item # 689043

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1931

* Aviator Charles Lindbergh & Anne Morrow
* Airplane flight to the Orient  Northern route


The front page has a five column heading: "Lindberghs Hop for Rim… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., August 5, 1938.
 
* Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan famous flight
* New York to Ireland - Unintentional ?
* Welcome home - New York Harbor


The front
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First of this title we have offered... Item # 682304

CANON CITY RECORD, Canon City, Colorado, Aug. 5, 1897  

* Very rare publication

A scarce title, the first we have offered. The format is typical of the day with a various of local and regional… more

The Battle of Winchester, Virginia... Item # 682084

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1864  

* 3rd and final Northern invasion

Among the front page reports on the Civil War are; "THE GREAT CONTEST" "From the Army of the Potomac" "The Battle of… more

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, August 5, 1910

* Blanche "Betty" Stuart Scott
* Automobile journey across U.S.


The top of page 8 has a two column headline: "FAMOUS WOMAN AUTOIST ARRIVES INmore

1908 Zeppelin LZ 4 fire disaster... Item # 676158

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 5, 1908

* Zeppelin LZ 4 fire disaster
* German experimental airship
* Echterdingen, Germany


The front page has a nice banner headline: "ZEPPELIN'S AIRSHIPmore

NEW YORK POST, August 5, 2010  The back page has: "FINALLY! A-Rod "treasures' historic No. 600", which includes a large color photo. Inside pages show coverage from A-Rod's 600th home run "A 'T'… more

Graf Zeppelin to begin World flight... Item # 675370

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 5, 1929

* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* 1st to fly around the World (pre-start)
* Hugo Eckener


The front page has a nice banner headline: "ZEP DOCKS; CUTSmore

Tear gas bombs hit Wall Street.... Item # 670415

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1933  The top of the front page has a two column headline: "GAS BOMBS SHUT STOCK EXCHANGE; 4 SUSPECTS HELD" with subheads that include: "2,000 Driven To Street" "Gasping… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1931

* Georgetown County South Carolina
* Sampit river drawbridge bus tragedy


Page 7 has a one column heading: "22 DROWN IN PLUNGE OF BUS INTO RIVER" with… more

1867 Omar Pasha fighting in Crete... Item # 667399

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 5, 1867

* Ottoman field marshal Omar Pasha
* Fighting rebels in Kingdom of Candia (Crete)


Page 4 has a heading: "Omar Pasha's Report of His Work in Candia" with the… more

DAILY OHIO STATESMAN, Columbus, Aug. 5, 1853  Page 2 has  a nice article: "Conventions At New York" which concerns the women's rights convention to be held there next month. Mention of Lucy Stone… more

Rowing on the Hudson... Item # 661506

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 5, 1865   A full page has two large prints: "Paul Falk's Lion Park, 8th Avenue and 110th Street, New York -- View Of The Hotel" and "View Of Lion Park and… more

1933 Thomas G. W. Settle balloon flight flop... Item # 657487

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 5, 1933

* Officer Thomas G. W. Settle
* Century of Progress balloon
* Soldier Field flight failure


The front page has a great banner headline: "BALLOON RISES A more

Joseph Goebbels & the holocaust beginning... Item # 650976

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1935

* The Jewish Holocaust
* Joseph Goebbels


The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GOEBBELS WARNS OF GREATER DRIVE ON FOES ON NAZIS" with… more

Adolph Hitler as Führer... Europe trembles... Item # 649504

THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, August 5, 1934

* Adolph Hitler becomes Führer of Germany
* Europe braces itself for possible war


The top of the front page of this section has two column… more

1928 Fritz Von Opel.... Rocket propulsion.... Item # 648274

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1928

* Fritz von Opel
* Rocket car automobile


The top of page 25 has one column headings: "CAR IS BLOWN TO BITS IN NEW ROCKET TEST" "Von Opel, Undaunted bymore

July Putsch in Austria... Adolph Hitler... Item # 643475

ROTOGRAVURE SECTION of the New York Times, August 5, 1934

* Failed coup d'etat against Austrofascist
* Adolph Hitler & Vienna, Austria
* Federal State of Austria - Nazis


The front page of… more

1st Italian to win a gold medal in running.... Item # 632372

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1932

* Luigi Becalli wins gold medal
* 1932 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles
* First ever Italian to win gold in running


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

Columbian Exposition... Edison law suit... Item # 632036

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 5, 1893  The front cover has "The World's Columbian Exposition - The French Locomotive Exhibit - The Bethlehem Iron Co.'s Exhibit" (Pennsylvania) with an… more

Byron Nelson 18th victory record.... Item # 628238

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, August 5, 1945  

* Byron Nelson wins his 18th of the year 
* Famous record - PGA golf 


The front page of this sport's section only has a one column… more

EVERY SATURDAY, Boston, Aug. 5, 1871  Among the prints inside is once captioned: "Among The Mormons--A Dangerous Gentile" with a related article: "Among the Mormons". Other prints within include a… more

Morgan's raid into Kentucky, in his own words... Item # 618243

DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, Aug. 5, 1862 

* Very rare Confederate publication
* General John H Morgan's Kentucky raid


Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil… more

"Wrongway" Corrigan flight to Ireland... Item # 616987

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, July 18, 1938

* Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan
* Bizarre flight - on purpose ?


The front page has banner headline: "Corrigan Solos Atlantic in 9-Yr.-Old Plane" with… more

Macomb, Illinois tornado disaster... Item # 608261

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 5, 1875

* Macomb, Illinois tornado
* Washington Harrison Donaldson
* Balloonist - ballooning


This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day… more

Warsaw Poland captured... Item # 598780

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1915 

* Warsaw Poland siege 

The front page has a three column headline: "DECISIVE BATTLE FOR WARSAW IS ON; BAVARIANS ATTACK CITY'S DEFENSES; IVANGOROD'S WESTERNmore

Huge Civil War map of Charleston harbor... Item # 597282

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 5, 1863 

* Charleston, South Carolina Harbor map

The front page features a huge Civil War map headed: "THE IMPORTANT OPERATIONS AT CHARLESTON." Plus there are some… more

Reflecting upon the Civil War... Item # 596781

ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, Aug. 5, 1865  Obviously a military-themed publication so a nice title for Civil War content, even for reports from shortly after the end of the war.
The front page… more

STOCKTON DAILY INDEPENDENT, Stockton, California, Aug. 5, 1861

* Battle of Bull Run
* Civil War


Page 2 has a lengthy editorial: "The Late Battle--It's Moral Effects" which is nearly a column.… more

Civil Rights Workers found dead ... Item # 595157

THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, August 5, 1964 

* Mississippi civil rights workers bodies found 
* James Chaney 
* Philadelphia, Mississippi
 

This 16 page newspaper has a one column
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