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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
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 Mar… more
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 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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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… more
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… more
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
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
(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
* Rare mining town title - Wild Old West
* "Eureka" valuable resources found term
A very nice, folio-size newspaper from this small, remote
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
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
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 Unheralded… more
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'S… more
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: "NEW… more
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
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
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
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: "New… more
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 BURIED… more
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
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
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
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
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
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 Mississippi… more
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
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 Without… more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: "STANISLAVSKY… more
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 Mollie… more
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 Mollie… more
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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