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SUNDAY SUN-TIMES, Aug. 8, 1982 

* Hall of Famer Jim Rice
* Boston Red Sox baseball
* Interaction w/ 4 year boy 

The back page has a photo showing Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame baseball player Jim Rice… more

1971 Apollo 15 space mission "Splashdown"... Item # 720494

THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, Indiana, Aug. 8, 1971

* Apollo 15 space mission to the Moon (splashdown)

The front page has a banner headline: "ENDEAVOUR CREW 'BACK HOME'; Faulty 'Chute Fails to Marmore

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 8, 1849 

* Wagon trains heading West
* California gold rush era


Page 3 has a terrific report headed: "From the Western Plains" which… more

The Niagara Scow gets stranded at the Falls... Item # 718822

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 8, 1918

* Niagara Scow - Old or Iron Scow
* Stranded at Niagara Falls


Page 9 has a one small column heading: "Saved From Niagara Falls" with subhead. (see image)
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THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 8, 1989

* "Elvis Costello" concert performance
* English singer - songwriter and more 
* "Palladium" nightclub advertisement 

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1968 The Bee Gees NYC concert advertisement... Item # 717663

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 8, 1968

* The BEE GEES concert advertisement
* Forest Hills Tennis Stadium - Queens NYC
* Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
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NATIONAL POST, Canada, Aug. 8, 2000  
 
* Joe Lieberman becomes 1st Jewish-American V.P. Candidate
* Becomes Al Gore's running mate
* Alec Guinness' obituary
* Tony, Academy,
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1977 AC/DC gigs ads... Item # 715753

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 8, 1977

* Very early C/DC rock band gig advertisements
* "Let There Be Rock" 1st American tour
* CBGB and Palladium nightclubs in
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Visiting the frigate Constellation... Item # 713630

FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Aug. 8, 1798  Page 3 has the: "Answer of  the President...to the Address of  the Young Men of Charleston, S.C." signed: John Adams. This is followed by… more

Spanish-American War comes to an end... Item # 712251

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 8, 1898

* Spanish-America War ending
* Independence of Cuba


The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SPAIN'S REPLY MADE" with subheads. And:… more

NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, Aug. 8, 1838  A wonderfully graphic issue on the coronation of Queen Victoria, as almost the entire front page is taken up with a large engraving--vertically… more

Counting the slaves... The infant Navy... Item # 709993

(2) COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 15 and 28, 1798  A notable pair of issues. The entire front page & a bit of pg. 2  of the Aug. 15 issue are taken up with: "An Act to provide for the Valuation… more

Mining town of Eureka, Nevada... Item # 707091

EUREKA DAILY LEADER, Nevada, Aug. 8, 1879  

* Rare mining town title - Wild Old West
* "Eureka" valuable resources found term

A very nice, folio-size newspaper from this small, remote
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1902 Outlaw Harry Tracy commits suicide... Item # 703399

ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, Aug. 8, 1902

* Old West outlaw Harry Tracy suicide
* Hole-in-the-Wall Gang member death


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

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 7 & 8, 1933

* New non-stop airplane flight distance record
* French aviators Paul Codos & Maurice Rossi


Here are a pair of issues on a aviation achievement. The… more

A Communist's oath from 1848... Item # 696508

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, August 8, 1848  The front page has an early Communist oath under the heading: "THE OATH OF THE COMMUNISTS." See image for details. Other news of the day with period… more

1974 World Trade Center tightrope walk... Item # 696475

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 8, 1974

* French high-wire artist Philippe Petit
* World Trade Center tightrope walk


The top of page 20 has a three column heading: "A Stuntman Takes Unheraldedmore

Large Civil War map on the front page... Item # 693814

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1862  

* General George B. McClellan
* Peninsula Campaign map
* Richmond, Virginia 


The front page is dominated by a very large Civil War map headed: "M'CLELLAN'Smore

1941 Siege of Odessa, Ukraine begins... Item # 688335

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Aug. 8, 1941

* Siege of Odessa begins - Ukraine
* Operation Barbarossa - WWII
* Axis invasion of the Soviet Union


The front page has a nice banner headline: "NEWmore

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1872

* David Livingstone found
* Henry Morton Stanley


Over two-thirds of page 8 are taken up with a very detailed account of the Livingston/Stanley expedition in… more

1869 Solar Eclipse... Item # 683147

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1869

* 1869 Solar Eclipse
* Moon - Sun - Earth


The top of page 5 has one column headings that include: "THE SOLAR ECLIPSE" "Magnificence of the Phenomenon in the… more

Rebels fail at mine exploding... Item # 682089

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1864  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "The Rebel Experiment in Mine Exploding" "Complete Failure of the Effort" "Rebel Forgeries" "The Attack… more

Sherman is before Atlanta... Item # 682088

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 8, 1864 

* Atlanta, Georgia campaign
* Battles before the city
* General William T. Sherman


Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "FROM SHERMAN'S… more

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Mass., Aug. 8, 1912

* Progressive Party is founded
* "Bull Moose Party"
* Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt


The top of the front has one column headings that include: "Newmore

1905 Albany department store collapse... Item # 679118

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 8, 1905

* John C. Myers Company
* Department store collapse
* Albany NY New York


The top of the front page has a three column headline: "SCORES BURIEDmore

Early for color newspaper pages... Item # 677243

LE PETIT JOURNAL [The Little Newspaper]--Supplement, Paris, France, August 8, 1891  This was a quite successful conservative, daily newspaper published from 1863 to 1944. Beginning in 1884 they did… more

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Aug. 8, 1866  The conclusion of the Civil War brought with it an interest in expending west, so it would not seem unusual that articles that read like a 19th century… more

Harvard Mark I computer introduced.... Item # 675360

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 8, 1944

* Harvard Mark I introduced for 1st time
* 1st universal calculator - IBM digital computer
* Howard H. Aiken - pioneer in computing


Page 16 has an… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 8, 1885  The prime feature of this issue is the front page illustration: "RIVERSIDE PARK, NEW YORK - THE BURIAL PLACE OF GENERAL GRANT". Inside illustrations… more

Richard Nixon resigns as President... Item # 671339

EVENING TRIBUNE, EXTRA, San Diego, August 8, 1974 

* President Richard Nixon
* Great headline for display


The front page has a terrific headline above the masthead: "NIXON QUITS" with "Cites… more

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, August 8, 1936 

* Archie Williams wins gold medal
* African American 400m victory
* Olympics games in Berlin Germany


The front page of the sport's section has a nice… more

Graf Zeppelin begins World flight in 1929... Item # 662465

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., August 8, 1929

* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* 1st to fly around the World begins
* Commander Hugo Eckener


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

Barry Bonds hits 756 Homerun.... Item # 660570

YORK DAILY RECORD, Pennsylvania, Aug. 8, 2007  A notable heading, "A new king", with subheading: "No denying Bonds is a special player", is found on the front page of the sports section. 
The… more

Aviator Howard Hughes... Pan Am trials... Item # 658905

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 8, 1947

* Aviator Howard Hughes
* Pan Am airlines - TWA


The front page has a six column heading: "End Hughes-Brewster Feud; Quiz to Go On" with subheads. Related… more

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 8, 1818  Page 6 has: "General Jackson's Campaign" which lists the number of: "...The Indians inhabiting the country lying between Georgia & the Mississippimore

Ku Klux Klan rally in Washington D.C.... Item # 656605

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 8, 1925

* KKK Ku Klux Klan
* Washington D.C. rally


The top of the front page has a one column heading: "20,000 KLANSMEN REACH WASHINGTON; 50,000 EXPECTED" with… more

Nixon quits... in a California newspaper... Item # 655981

EVENING TRIBUNE--EXTRA, San Diego, California, Aug. 8, 1974 

* President Richard Nixon

The huge banner headline announces: "NIXON QUITS" with subhead: "Cites Losses sin Congress, Goes Withoutmore

Rebels fail at mine exploding... Item # 650964

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1864  Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "The Rebel Experiment in Mine Exploding" "Complete Failure of the Effort" "Rebel Forgeries" "The Attack on… more

Retrospective on the South in the Civil War... Item # 623064

NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Aug. 8, 1865  The best content is the back page article: "The Decline and Fall of The Southern Confederacy" "An Inside View" "Richmond A Year Ago" which takes close to… more

The Confederates are invincible... Item # 618262

DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, Aug. 8, 1862

* Very rare Confederate publication

Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on… more

1857 Basilicata earthquake... Item # 616988

THE NEW YORK HERALD, January 7, 1858

* 1857 Basilicata earthquake
* Naples, Italy - Province of Potenza
* Filibuster William Walker letter


The front page has a heading: "Frightful… more

Early Summer resorts in America... Item # 616937

THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 8, 1859

* Long Branch, New Jersey
* Caskill Mountains & much more
* Summer resorts


Page 3 has an article headed: "Where We Spend The Summer" "Mountain Dew,… more

Rebels fail at mine exploding... Item # 604940

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1864  Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "The Rebel Experiment in Mine Exploding" "Complete Failure of the Effort" "Rebel Forgeries" "The Attack on… more

Rebels fail at mine exploding... Item # 604939

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1864  Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "The Rebel Experiment in Mine Exploding" "Complete Failure of the Effort" "Rebel Forgeries" "The Attack on… more

Joe Louis 1935 knock out..... Item # 601078

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 8, 1935

* Joe Louis vs. King Levinsky
* Heavyweight boxing fight
* 1st round "freezing" knock out


The front page has a nice banner… more

Battle of Spicheren... Item # 599300

WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, August 8, 1870 

* Battle of Spicheren 
* Franco-Prussian War 
* Metz
 

This newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 8, 1938 

* Constantin Stanislavski death 
* Russian actor, theater director
 

This 30 page newspaper has one column headings on page 13 that include: "STANISLAVSKYmore

The Molly Maguires... Item # 596053

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 8, 1877 

* Molly Maguires 
* Central Pennsylvania 
* Coal mining
 

Page 2 has a very small and discrete one column heading at the bottom of the page: "The Molliemore

The Molly Maguires... Item # 596009

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 8, 1877

* Molly Maguires
* Central Pennsylvania
* Coal mining


Page 2 has a very small and discrete one column heading at the bottom of the page: "The Molliemore

Popular for the colorful political cartoons... Item # 593513

PUCK, New York, Aug. 8, 1894 

* Color political prints

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

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