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THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Jan. 24, 1961
* Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria
* Operation Dulcineia hijacking - hijacked
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "VESSEL IN CARIBBEAN… more
SPORT'S SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Aug. 6, 1991
* Coach Paul Brown death - NFL football
* Cleveland Browns founder & 1st coach
The front page of this section has a two column heading: "Paul… more
THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 12, 1960
* Buffalo Bill play their very 1st ever football game
The front page of the sport's section (pg. 17) has a five column heading: "Fans Scarce in AFL Launching" with… more
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 26, 1935
* Persecution of Jews in Germany surging
* Jewish holocaust about to grasp Europe
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FIGHT ON JEWS BEING RENEWED BY… more
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 14, 1867
* L. Harris Hiscock assassination
* New York State Assembly - Albany
* General George W. Cole
Page 4 has a small one column heading: "The Albany Murder" (see… more
NEW YORK POST, February 22, 1942
* Internment of Japanese Americans
* FDR's Executive Order 9066
* Alien control order
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a one column heading: "FBI Pounces On Axis… more
Here is a handwritten document dated Nov. 19, 1831 from the "Commonwealth of Virginia" to a sheriff in Prince William County. Generally in good condition however, some margins are a bit irregular… more
CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, March 27, 1995
* The Notorious B.I.G. - Biggie Smalls
* East Coast hip-hop - gangsta rapper
* Just after debut album "Ready to Die"
Often revered as the… more
* H. G. Wells death (1st report)
* Science Fiction novalist
* "War of the Worlds" fame
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., July 15, 1958
* 1958 Lebanon crisis - Beirut
* Operation Blue Bat begins
* United States Marines
The front page has a nice six column headline: "1600 AIRBORNE TROOPS FLOWN… more
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. July 19, 1946
* Onset, Wareham, Massachusetts explosion
* Buzzards Bay Resort butane gas disaster
The front page has a two column heading: "Eight Killed, 38 Hurt When Gas… more
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1948
* United Nations UN inspection posts implemented
* Partition of Israel - Jerusalem siege - Peacekeeping
* Israeli-controlled West and Jordanian-controlled East
The top… more
THE DAY, New London, Conn., May 8, 1931
* Francis 'Two Gun' Crowley captured
* American murderer and career criminal
* New York City Police Department shootout
The top of the front page has a one column… more
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 21, 1954
* Creature from the Black Lagoon - Gill-man
* Opening day (2nd) advertisement for NYC
* 3D monster horror film - movie
Page 18 has an advertisement for the second day… more
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 21, 1898
* re. USS Maine explosion disaster
* Spanish-American War prelude
* Havana Harbor , Cuba
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE WRECKED… more
NEW YORK POST, Nov. 21, 1941
* Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann declaration
* Impending post world War II Jewish refugees
* Jews to have a future homeland in Palestine ?
The top of page 13 has a one… more
NEW YORK POST, Nov. 10, 1941
* Winston Churchill's Mansion House speech
* Declares England with fight against Japan
* If they attack U.S. - World War II - WWII
The front page has a nice banner… more
THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 11 only (Sunday edition), December 9, 1928
* George Bernard Shaw lecture
* Fabian Society - British socialist organization
* "The Future of Western Civilization"
The front… more
NEW YORK TIMES, July 17, 1865
* Post Abraham Lincoln assassination
* Owner of Ford's Theater letter signed
Page 5 has one-third of a column headed: "Ford's Theatre--Letter from the Proprietor to a… more
MASONIC MIRROR, Philadelphia & New York, Feb. 17, 1858
* Masonic - free masonry - Masons
* Pre American Civil War era
In the dateline is: "Devoted To The Diffusion Of Masonic Intelligence, Fine… more
THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1947
* Manolete gored & killed - bullfighter
* Manual Laureano Rodriguez Sanchez
* Miura bull Islero - bullfighting
* Funeral & burial
Page 12 has a one column heading: "Ma… more
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., March 13, 1956
* "Southern Manifesto"signing
* United States Congress presentation
* Defense of White Supremacy - racism
* "Jim Crow" era of the Southern Democrats
The top
* Social Security bill is passed
* Franklin D. Roosevelt signs
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "F. D. Jubilant As He Signs
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, February 26, 1948
* Communists take over Czechoslovakia
* Czechoslovak coup d'etat
* Soviet Union - Russia
The front page has a one column heading: "Czech Police Open Fire on… more
Sunday edition CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Dec. 30, 1990
* West Coast hip-hop gangsta rap music
* M.C. Hammer - Vanilla Ice and more
Often revered as the undisputed "bible" of… more
DAILY WORKER, New York, Feb. 22, 1956
* Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
* Negroes hold meeting to continue
* Ralph Abernathy & other key figures
This publication, The Worker, represents the official
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, August 31, 1942
* Battle of Milne Bay
* World War II - WWII
* Pacific theater campaign
The front page has a nice headline: "M'ARTHUR TRAPS JAPS IN MILNE BAY AMBUSH" with… more
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 26, 1933
* Jewish persecution beginning
* Nazi Germany gaining power
The front page has a one column heading: "GERMAN JEWS FEAR RETURN OF OLD BONDAGE" with subhead. (see… more
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Feb. 16, 1865 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "LATE SOUTHERN NEWS" "Rapid Progress Of Sherman" "South Carolina Under His Heel" "He Seizes All The… more
CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Dec. 17, 2010
* Best "Tron: Legacy" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* Walt Disney science fiction action
A terrific issue on the… more
LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 12, 1981
* Young Eve Marie Shahoian w/ photo
* Child classical vocalist prodigy
* Opera & jazz singer and songwriter
The bottom of page has a heading: "10-Year-Old Must Be… more
PARADE magazine section only of the Detroit Free Press, Jan. 29, 1956
* Actress Lauren Bacall color cover photo
* Hollywood marriage with Humphrey Bogart
The front page of this section has a nice… more
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Mass., June 6, 1921
* Pueblo, Colorado flood disaster
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "TWO MORE FLOODS VISIT PUEBLO--100 BODIES FOUND PESTILENCE WORST… more
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Aug. 3, 1946
* Battle of Athens, Tennessee
* McMinn County War
* Corrupt local government
* World War II veterans - voting
The front page has a two column heading: "GI's… more
* Mob Boss Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter Execution
* Sing Sing Prison (day of) - appeal & SCOTUS
The bottom of the front page has a heading: "Supreme Court Meets On Lepke's
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 25, 1671
* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* Hold something from the 17th century in your hands
* Great gift idea for that history buff
This… more
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 30, 1936
* Zoltán Böszörmény’s May Day Coup Plan foiled
The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "FOIL NAZI PLOT IN HUNGARY" with subheads. (see images) See… more
BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Nov. 29, 1933
* End of prohibition (final week) - beer & liquor returning
* Repeal of 18th Amendment with applied 21st Amendment
The front page has two reports regarding… more
NATIONAL ADVOCATE, New York, July 3, 1820
* Jewish newspaper publisher Naphtali Phillips
"Daring Outrage" on pg. 2 describes the capture of a ship off Cape Henry by a "piratical brig". Another… more
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 6, 1939
* 1939 Morehead Flood - Rowan County
* Frozen Creek Flood - Breathitt Co., Kentucky
* The Flash Flood Disaster of 1939
The top of the front page has a three column… more
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 22, 1759 Page 5 has reports headed: "America" containing an: "Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia".
It begins; "General Forbes has left a garrison within the… more
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, April 9, 1763 Page 3 contains a very lengthy report headed: "Extract from the Journal of an Officer at the Havana, containing some interesting Particulars of the… more
THE DAILY DELTA, New Orleans, Sept. 28, 1850 Newspapers from the pre-Civil War South are rather difficult to find. Here is one from Louisiana.
Among the many ads is one on the front page headed:… more
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 22, 1932
* Jewish boxer Barney Ross
* Lightweight boxing vs. Battling Battalino
Page 21 has a small and somewhat discrete one column heading: "Ross Defeats Battalino" with… more
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 6, 1675
* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
* Unique gift idea for that history buff
This… more
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Feb. 17, 1876
* Evangelist Dwight L. Moody's sermon
* Preaches at P.T. Barnum's Hippodrome
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "THE REVIVAL" with subheads. Text takes up about… more
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 24, 1947
* British ship SS Empire Lifeguard sinking
* Haifa Harbour - Israel - Haganah attack
* Jewish refugees - Jews - Palestine
The front page has a two column heading:… more
THE DETROIT NEWS, June 2, 1955
* Eight year old Jennie Singleton
* Kalamazoo Michigan murder victim
* Unsolved case mystery till this day
The front page has a three column heading: "2 Clues Spur Search… more
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 23, 1870
* The tenth Intercollegiate rowing Regatta (1870)
* Famous Yale foul giving Harvard the win
* Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts
The top of page 5 has a… more
DAILY WORKER, New York, Feb. 20, 1956
* Dr. Thomas H. Brewer assassination
* Columbus, Georgia NAACP chapter leader
* Martin Luther King Jr.'s lawyer indicted
* Southern civil rights movement events
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