1895 - THE BRIDEGROOM CAME NOT, And the Bride To Have Been Is Now Ill With Grief and Chagrin. A Church Wedding Which Failed to Come Off at Bridgewater, Mass.

Rochester, New York, USA

1847 - VIOLENT THUNDER STORM - THREE PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
This city was visited soon after midnight, Tuesday morning, with a thunder storm of unusual violence.

Several of the shocks were so heavy as to shake the houses like an earthquake. One bolt... Read MORE...

The Sandusky -  Clarion, Ohio -  June 29, 1847
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Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

1864 - June 29 - St-Hilaire Train Disaster
The St-Hilaire train disaster was a railroad disaster that occurred on June 29, 1864, near the present-day town of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. The train, which had been carrying many German and... Read MORE...

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1864  June 29, 1864 - The worst railway disaster in Canada's history killed 99 people and injured 100 more,

when a train, which had been carrying many German and Polish immigrants, failed to stop at an open bridge (the Beloeil Bridge) and plunged into the the Richelieu River near Quebec.

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Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

1865 - EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION IN JERSEY CITY - SEVERAL MANUFACTORIES BURNED DOWN - LOSS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon, a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the American Drug Mills, located on the corner of Washington and Morgan streets, Jersey City. The flames spread... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 29, 1865
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Smith & Alford,
Dry Good, Boots and Shoes

Hallowell, Maine, USA

1871 - ANOTHER HORROR! Collision on Maine Central. TWO TRAINS WRECKED. One Man Killed and Several Injured. Engines Smashed, Cars Overturned, &c.
Our Special Reporter on the Train.
(Special Despatch(sic) by Western Union Line.)

GARDINER, June 27. Misfortunes come not singly, but in batialions [sic], it has been said. This seems to be the... Read MORE...

Weekly Eastern Argus -  Portland, Maine -  June 29, 1871
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Freeport, Maine, USA

1871 - ACCIDENT ON MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Six Cars Thrown from the Track - Two Men Killed, Others Injured -Wonderful Escape. No Passengers Maimed.

About three o'clock Monday afternoon a despatch [sic] was received in this city that the... Read MORE...

Weekly Eastern Argus -  Portland, Maine -  June 29, 1871
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Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

1872 - WONDERFUL ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 28, 1872. One of the most wonderful escapes from death ever recorded in the history of railroads occurred near the ill-fated New Hamburg drawbridge, on the Hudson River... Read MORE...

The New York Herald -  New York, New York -  June 29, 1872
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Never eat every morsel that is upon your plate; and surely no lady will ever scrape her plate, or...Read MORE...



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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

1877 - THE ST. JOHN DISASTER. CITY IMPROVEMENTS UNDER CONSIDERATION - WIDER STREETS AND FIRE-PROOF BUILDINGS - RELIEF FOR THE DESTITUTE.
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.

ST. JOHN, N. B., June 28. - Business is now proceeding as usual, and there is little to record except the constant receipt of money and provisions and the... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 29, 1877
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Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA

1895 - THE BRIDEGROOM CAME NOT, And the Bride To Have Been Is Now Ill With Grief and Chagrin. A Church Wedding Which Failed to Come Off at Bridgewater, Mass.
Bridgewater, Mass., June 29. - Many invitations had been issued to the Perkins-Bevan wedding at Trinity-Episcopal church this forenoon, but the young man failed to put in an appearance and the young... Read MORE...

Lewiston Sunday Journal -  Lewiston, Maine -  June 29, 1895
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1896 - NINETY MINERS DEAD. THE ROOF FELL UPON THE MEN WHILE PROPPING IT UP. MANY LEAVE FAMILIES.
ABOUT FORTY OF THE MEN WERE ENGLISH SPEAKING AND THE REST FOREIGNERS - MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE VICTIMS WERE MARRIED - THE WATER BOY TELLS A THRILLING TALE - THINKS THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION OF GAS - ... Read MORE...

Titusville Herald -  Titusville, Pennsylvania -  June 29, 1896
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Danielson, Connecticut, USA

1897 - FINED FOR SELLING IMPURE MOLASSES.
NEW LONDON, Conn., June 28. - A grocer in Danielson, Conn., has been arrested and fined $3 for selling adulterated molasses. The fine and costs amounted to about $30. The grocers are protesting... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 29, 1897
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Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

1900 - David Hambly’s Fate at Tiverton. HIS BOAT CAPSIZED.
Fall River, Mass., June 28.— News reached here today of a drowning accident which occurred in Tiverton last evening. David Hambly, a prominent citizen of that town, while sailing in his catboat, was... Read MORE...

Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  June 29, 1900
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Glens Falls, New York, USA

1909 - LAKE GEORGE LOSES HOTEL. THE FORT WILLIAM HENRY, THE LARGEST RESORT IN ADIRONDACK REGION, TOTALLY DESTROYED.
(By United Press.)
Glens Falls, N. Y., June 24. - The Fort William Henry Hotel, the largest resort on Lake George and the Adirondack region, was destroyed by fire early this morning, with a loss of... Read MORE...

The Evening Observer -  Dunkirk, New York -  June 29, 1909
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA

1910 - FIND SAILBOAT DRIFTING. Believed Midshipman and Two Others Are Drowned.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 28 - Mrs. Nellie E. Bower, widow of Joseph Bower and daughter-in-law of John M. Bower, superintendent of the naval academy, and Midshipman Grisble Thomas of Union Point, Ga., and ... Read MORE...

The Nebraska State Journal -  Lincoln, Nebraska -  June 29, 1910
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Santa Barbara, California, USA

1925 - QUAKE LEVELS BIG COAST CITY. BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED IN SANTA BARBARA AND TOWN FLOODED WHEN BIG DAM AND WATER MAINS BREAK; HOTEL SPLITS AND COLLAPSES.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED IN FAMOUS WINTER RESORT; LARGE BUSINESS BLOCKS DESTROYED BY TEMBLORS THAT ROCK ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SHOCKS SWAY EDIFICES IN LOS ANGELES.

TEN MILLION LOSS.
Santa ... Read MORE...

The Bismarck Tribune -  Bismarck, North Dakota -  June 29, 1925
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Laredo, Texas, USA

1954  June 29 - Hurricane Alice dumped as much as 27 inches of rain on the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

The Rio Grande River at Laredo reached a level 12.6 feet above its previous highest mark, and the roadway of the U.S. 90 bridge was thirty feet below the high water.

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1863  June 29 - Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa

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1868  The city of Burlington, Vermont, has about doubled its population in eight years, and is now claimed to be the third lumber market in the United States.

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Cincinnati, Ohio

1928  June 29 - The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York both opened.

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Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

1825 - 700 Irish Arrive
Montreal, June 18. - On Thursday the Lady Sherbrook and Quebec steam boats brought from Quebec about 700 Irish emigrants, sent out by Government. Without being permitted to enter the town the... Read MORE...

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Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA

1869 - Strict Laws
At Dunstable, Mass., in 1651, dancing at weddings was forbidden, and in 1660 William Walker was imprisoned for a month for courting a maid without the leave of her parents. In 1675 the wearing of... Read MORE...

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German Puffs - One pint of milk, four eggs; five spoonful of flour; bake in cups fifteen or...Read MORE...



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Decatur, Michigan, USA

1893 - THEIR GREAT MATRIMONIAL SCORE.
Lysander Morse and Phoebe Macomber, of Decatur, Michigan, were married sixty-five years ago. It was a love match that won the envy of all their neighbors by its promise of happiness. The couple lived ... Read MORE...

The Allentown Democrat -  Allentown, Pennsylvania -  June 28, 1893
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5% Nickel Steel Tubing is found only in Columbia Bicycles
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April 1898

1893 - COWS MILKED BY FISH
A New Hope, Bucks county, dispatch says: The discovery that a German carp drinks milk, has averted what threatened to be wholesale suits for theft. Michael Tiernan for several months, or ever since... Read MORE...

The Allentown Democrat -  Allentown, Pennsylvania -  June 28, 1893
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA

1894 - AN ELECTRIC STORM
Does a Large Amount of Damage at Louisville.
MANY HOUSES UNROOFED AND RAZED.
Electricity Causes a Panic Among Two Hundred Sewing Girls – Men Shocked and Burned by Falling Electric Wires,... Read MORE...

Decatur Weekly Republican -  Decatur, Illinois -  June 28, 1894
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Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1897 - Steamship on the Rocks
Champlain, Que., June 27 - The steamship Turret Bay, Montreal for Sydney, C. B. is ashore at Point Aux Roches, near here. The vessel is in a dangerous position, resting on a rocky bottom. Attempts... Read MORE...

Boston Journal -  Boston, Massachusetts -  June 28, 1897
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

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Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam)

1898 - Open Air Courtship
With the coming of summer in New York the open air courtships begin. There is hardly the shadow of a friendly tree without a pair of lovers under it, and there is certainly not a bench in the park on ... Read MORE...

Plain Dealer -  Cleveland, Ohio -  June 28, 1898
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Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

1900 - CHURCH BURNED.
Franklin, Mass., June 27 - St. Mary's Catholic Church, one of the largest structures in town, was totally burned early last evening the vestments and service books alone being saved. The loss is... Read MORE...

Pawtucket Times -  Pawtucket, Rhode Island -  June 28, 1900
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1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal
February 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone...

June 28 - A small U.S. workforce arrives in Panama to survey, plan, and continue the excavation begun by... Read MORE...

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June 28, 1904
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1919 - June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, blaming Germany for World War I and creating a League of Nations
World War I (1914-1918) was finally over. This first global conflict had claimed from 9 million to 13 million lives and caused unprecedented damage. Germany had formally surrendered on November 11,... Read MORE...

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June 28, 1919
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Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

1936 - Hurricane Hits Coastline Near Corpus Christi - Refinery Is Badly Damaged At Ingleside
70-Mile Wind Blows
Surprise Storm Causes No Loss of Life

Corpus Christi, June 27 (AP) - A small but intense tropical disturbance struck the south Texas coast without warning Saturday, moving... Read MORE...

Port Arthur News -  Port Arthur, Texas -  June 28, 1936
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1770  June 28 - Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia

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1776  June 28 - Charleston, SC repulses British sea attack

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1832 June 28, 1832: Cholera epidemic began in N.Y.C.

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1924  June 28 – A tornado touches down in Lorain, Ohio and kills 78 people.

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1983  June 28 - Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3

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Scene near Echo Glen (Orange County), Salisbury Mills, N.Y.

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Fort Dodge, Iowa

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Robert J. MacConnell Dairy bottlecap

Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA

1868 - Interesting Marriage
The Salem (Mass.) Gazette says: "On Tuesday of last week Mr. Wm. Blodgett, a resident of Topsfield, who severed creditably in the army in the late war, and is looking for a pension for support,... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  June 27, 1868
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Bolton, Massachusetts, USA

1885  The fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Samuel Brown Hayes and Miss Rebecca Hosmer was celebrated at their residence in Bolton, Mass.,

lately, where they have lived fifty years. Mrs. Hayes was the fourth daughter of the late Nathan David Hosmer, of Acton, and is the fourth child in the family who has celebrated a golden wedding.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  June 27, 1885
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1889 - FRIGHTFUL WRECKS. Two Freight Trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad Reduced to Debris. A Large Number of Train-Hands and Passengers Killed and Wounded.
PITTSBURGH, PA., June 26. - At 2:20 a.m. today west-bound freight No. 1313 telescoped the extra west-bound freight No. 308 at Monastery Coke-works, near Latrobe station on the Pennsylvania railroad.... Read MORE...

Daily Republican -  Decatur, Illinois -  June 27, 1889
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Digestibility of Raisins - Yes, raisins are excellent,a nd quite digestible providing they...Read MORE...



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Spooner, Wisconsin, USA

1908 - FIRE AT SPOONER, WIS. Loss of Fifteen Thousand Dollars by Early Morning Blaze.
SPOONER, Wis., June 26. - Fire broke out in Tnen & Idean's saloon at 2 o'clock this morning, consuming the building and entire contents, as well as two adjoining buildings occupied by Charles Yep as... Read MORE...

The Duluth News-Tribune -  Duluth, Minnesota -  June 27, 1908
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1880s
Bradley's Super-Phosphate of Lime
Bradley Fertilzer Co.
Boston, Mass.

1833  June 27 - Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn

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1901  June 27 - There was a rain of fish from the sky at Tiller's Ferry, SC. Hundreds of fish were swimming between cotton rows after a heavy shower.

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1967  June 27 - Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)

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St. Louis, U.S.A.

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1925 - EXPLOSION AND FIRE WRECK KANSAS CITY PLAY HOUSE; NUMBER OF DEAD UNKNOWN. HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THEATER AT TIME OF DISASTER...

St Joseph, Missouri, USA

1869  At St. Joseph, Missouri, the other day, a young man employed in a saw mill had helped put a log on the carriage while the circular saws were yet in motion,

when he was caught by the log, thrown against the saws and instantly killed. His body was cut completely in two, the pieces falling on different sides of the saws.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  June 26, 1869
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The Genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills
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Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA

1877 - DESTRUCTION BY FIRE. MARBLEHEAD, MASS., DEVASTATED.
TEN ACRES OF BUSINESS AND DWELLING HOUSES SWEPT AWAY IN A FEW HOURS -ALL BUT THREE OF THE SHOE FACTORIES OF THE TOWN, THE PUBLIC HALL AND ARMORY, A CHURCH, AND OVER 70 SHOPS AND DWELLINGS DESTROYED - ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 26, 1877
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Stonington, Connecticut, USA

1880  Huge Estate

The estate of the late Charles P. Williams, of Stonington, Conn., is appraised at $2,250,000, probably as large a sum as has ever been presented for probate in that State.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  June 26, 1880
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Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

1886  Gingham was first manufactured in the United States by Erastus Bigelow, at Clinton, Mass., in 1846.

It was the first attempt to manufacture the fabric mentioned by machinery, and enabled the American manufacturers to compete successfully with those of England.

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  June 26, 1886
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Apple Omelet - Separate four eggs; beat the whites to a very stiff froth; then add the yolks ...Read MORE...



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666 Malarial Preparation
Made in Jacksonville, FL

Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida

1888 - June 26 - Residents of New York suffered through a record heat wave.
Daily average temperatures were above 80 degrees for fourteen straight days. The heat wave was a sharp contrast to the severe blizzard in March of that year, which buried the city under nearly two... Read MORE...

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Springfield, Illinois, USA

1896 - ACCIDENT AT A SOCIETY CIRCUS.
Springfield, Ill., June 25. - At a society circus, given last evening on the lawn of JAMES T. JONES, a section of the seats gave way and their occupants were thrown to the ground. MRS. J. L. HUDSON,... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 26, 1896
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North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

1899 - VACATION AT AN END. The President and Party Leave Adams, Mass., for the Nation's Capitol.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass., June 26. - The President [McKinley] was met at 2:30 o'clock on Church street, by Sanford Post G. A. R. and a band, and was taken to a reviewing stand in Monument square, and from... Read MORE...

Lewiston Evening Journal -  Lewiston, Maine -  June 26, 1899
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

If you expect a friend to meet you at the end of your journey, sit near the door of the steam-boat...Read MORE...



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Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

1907 - TORNADO STRIKES PARK
Kills Man and Three Valuable Race Horses.

Kalamazoo, Mich., June 25. - Three valuable race horses and a man were killed in a tornado which struck Recreation park early today. William Wiedmayer,... Read MORE...

Aberdeen Daily American -  Aberdeen, South Dakota -  June 26, 1907
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Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

1907 - FIVE DROWNED IN BLACK HILLS
Rapid City, June 25. - Five people are known to have been drowned in the terrible flood in the Black Hills last week, and it is greatly feared that others will be found when some of the ranches... Read MORE...

Aberdeen Daily American -  Aberdeen, South Dakota -  June 26, 1907
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Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

1913 - EIGHT DEAD IN WRECK
Spreading Rails Sends Two Immigrant Cars Into Ottawa River

OTTAWA, June 25, - Eight persons were killed and more than twenty injured this aternoon in a wreck of the westound Winnipeg Express on... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 26, 1913
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

1922 - Killed By Exploding Still.
Alexander Rutstein Victim In Boston-Fire Wrecks Building.

Cambridge, Mass., June 25. - Alexander Rutstein of the Dorchester District, Boston, died at a hospital today as a result of burns... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 26, 1922
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA

1925 - EXPLOSION AND FIRE WRECK KANSAS CITY PLAY HOUSE; NUMBER OF DEAD UNKNOWN. HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THEATER AT TIME OF DISASTER, BUT DEATH LIST CANNOT BE DETERMINED UNTIL SEARCH OF RUINS IS MADE; EXPLOSION BELIEVED DUE TO GAS LEAKAGE.
Kansas City, Mo. - (AP) - Firemen and an army of workers from the street department Friday began searching the smoldering ruins of the Gillis theater for bodies of persons believed to have lost their ... Read MORE...

LaCrosse Tribune -  La Crosse, Wisconsin -  June 26, 1925
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Staten Island, New York, USA

1946 - 2 DEAD IN FIRE ON STATEN ISLE, LOSS 2 MILLION. 34 PERSONS HURT, ST. GEORGE FERRY HOUSE DESTROYED.
New York, (AP) - Two persons burned to death and 34 were overcome or injured yesterday in a nine-alarm, $2,000,000 blaze which engulfed Staten Island's St. George ferry terminal shortly after it had... Read MORE...

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1870  June 26, 1870: The first boardwalk in the world was completed at the resort town of Atlantic City, NJ

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1886  A young man in Sacramento went into a saloon, sat down, read a paper a few minutes, and fell to the floor totally blind,
It was found that the blindness resulted from inflammation of a near leading to the eye, superinduced by impure blood. - San Francisco Chronicle.

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1907  June 26 – Tiflis bank robbery: Bolsheviks attack a cash-filled bank coach in the centre of Tiflis, Georgia, killing forty people.

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1945 June 26, 1945: United Nations charter signed, San Francisco, CA

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December 2, 1899 - U.S. acquires American Samoa by treaty with Great Britain and Germany.

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Herring & Leyden
Clothing House

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July 5, 1868

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Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) (Sainte-Hélène)

1843 - Fire
Le Journal de Quebec, of Tuesday last, states that the house of Mr. Pierre Chouinard at Kamouraska, was destroyed by fire on Saturday last occasioned by a child playing with lucifer matches in a room ... Read MORE...

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West Haven, Connecticut, USA

1869 - Mr and Mrs Tom Thumb
Commodore Nutt and Minne Warren were married on Thursday, at the residence of Tom Thumb's mother, (Mrs. Stratton,) at West Haven, Conn. Tom Thumb and his pretty little wife, once Miss Lavina Warren,... Read MORE...

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Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

1875 - Burning of French Catholic Church
The sad disaster caused by the burning of the French Catholic church at Holyoke, Massachusetts, still causes great gloom in that part of the country. The deaths number about 80. A considerable number ... Read MORE...

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Preston, Connecticut, USA

1880 - Rats
A farmer in Preston, Conn., who was troubled with rats, purchased a cat with a reputation as a mouser, and rats were soon among the things that were. But on going into the cellar, one day, he saw... Read MORE...

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Jackson Citizen -  Michigan -  June 22, 1880
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Richford, Vermont, USA

1892 - Disastrous Flood in Vermont.
RICHFORD, Vt., June 21. - The most disastrous flood since 1869 has visited this section. The booms in the Mississquoi River broke early this morning and thousands of logs belonging to the Richford... Read MORE...

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Washing and Drying the Hair

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February 1, 1900

Adams, Massachusetts, USA

1895 - The Biggest in America - A Mill to Be Erected in Adams, Mass., to Employ 1000 People.
North Adams, Mass., June 22. - The biggest cotton mill in America is to be built at once in Adams. This was decided at a meeting of capitalists last night.

The mill will employ over 1000 people,... Read MORE...

Lewiston Sunday Journal -  Lewiston, Maine -  June 22, 1895
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA

1898 - SERIOUS ACCIDENT. William Fernald Felled by a Falling Electric Light Pole
The North end was the scene of another terrible accident this morning when William Fernald of Eliot, received injuries that will likely prove fatal.

He was employed on the bridge gang of the... Read MORE...

Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  June 22, 1898
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Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

1910 - 2 DIE IN FIRE AT BEVERLY.
Three Other Men in Cottage Severely Injured

Beverly, Mass., June 21. - Two men were burned to death and three others received severe injuries in a fire which destroyed the Century Club cottage and ... Read MORE...

The Washington Post -  Washington, D.C. -  June 22, 1910
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1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies

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Richmond, Virginia, USA

1910 - KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.
Richmond Lineman Touched 3,000-Voltage Current With Ungloved Hand.

Special to The Washington Post.
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San Bernadino, California, USA

1914 - MILLIONAIRE CRUSHED BY BOULDER IS DEAD
San Bernadino June 22. - George A. Ralphs, millionaire grocer of Los Angeles, died here several hours after a three-ton boulder had crushed his leg. The accident occurred in the San Bernadino... Read MORE...

The Evening News -  San Jose, California -  June 22, 1914
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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

1932 - CORONER'S JURY PROBES FATAL DAM EXPLOSION
LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 23 - (UP) - A dynamite explosion which claimed the lives of two men and injured three others late Saturday night, near the site of Boulder dam, was scheduled for investigation... Read MORE...

Ogden Standard Examiner -  Ogden, Utah -  June 22, 1931
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York, Maine, USA

1933 - BOY DROWNED IN POOL AT YORK
William Mackie, 11, Loses His Life While At Play
William Mackie, aged 11, of York Village, was drowned yesterday afternoon at the private swimming pool of Andrew Murray Williams at Highland Farm,... Read MORE...

Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  June 22, 1933
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Lubbock, Texas, USA

1981 - June 22 - A young woman from Lubbock, TX, was struck by lightning.
The bolt of lightning struck just above her right shoulder near her neck, and passed right to left through her body, tearing her warm-ups, causing her tennis shoes to explode, and lifting her two... Read MORE...

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June 22, 1981
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1870  June 22 - The U.S. Congress creates the United States Department of Justice.

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1918  June 22 – Suspects in the Chicago Restaurant Poisonings are arrested, and more than 100 waiters are taken into custody, for poisoning restaurant customers with a lethal powder called Mickey Finn.

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1870 - The postmaster at San Antonio, Texas, was not long since puzzled by the receipt of a letter from New Orleans...

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Washington, DC, USA

1870 - 4th of July, Christmas, New Year's and Thanksgiving Federal Holidays
WASHINGTON, June 24. - SENATE. - The bill making the 4th of July, Christmas, New Year's and Thanksgiving Days legal holidays in the District of Columbia passed, and goes to the President for his... Read MORE...

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San Antonio, Texas, USA

1870 - The postmaster at San Antonio, Texas, was not long since puzzled by the receipt of a letter from New Orleans,
directed to "My Mammy, living in the City of San Antonio." One day, however, a small, fierce looking old woman appeared at the post office window, saying, "Mister, have you got any letters there from ... Read MORE...

St Joseph Herald -  Saint Joseph, Michigan -  June 25, 1870
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New London, Connecticut, USA

1872 - ANOTHER STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION. FEARFUL DISASTER AT NEW LONDON, CONN.
A GOVERNMENT LIGHTER BLOWN UP.

THREE MEN KILLED AND THE OFFICERS ALL INJURED.

New London, Conn., June 24, 1872.
A fearful catastrophe occurred here today, which shades every other calamity at... Read MORE...

New York Herald -  New York, New York -  June 25, 1872
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1876  June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn:

300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped out by 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

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Mobile, Alabama, USA

1885 - FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Mobile, Ala., June 24. - There was a terrific explosion of the boiler of Mountain & Son's grist mill, on St. Louis, near Water street, this afternoon, caused by defective iron and over pressure. The... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 25, 1885
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Laconia, New Hampshire, USA

1900 - GUTTED BY FIRE.
Laconia, N. H., June 24. - The Central block on Main street, occupied by a number of firms, was gutted by fire tonight, causing a loss fully $56,000. The insurance on building and contents is about... Read MORE...

Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  June 25, 1900
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Red Bank, New Jersey, USA

1905 - BOSTON IDEALS BURNED OUT. COMPANY LOSES COSTUMES AND PROPERTIES IN RED BANK THEATRE.
Special to The New York Times.
Red Bank, N. J., June 24. - The Red Bank Opera House was destroyed by fire early this morning. Two hours after the alarm was given nothing was left of the structure... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 25, 1905
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North Attleborough, Massachusetts, USA (North Attleboro)

1907 - EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. ONE KILLED AND NINE INJURED. Two Trollies Crash in Collision at North Attleboro
One person was fatally and nine others more or less seriously injured at North Attleboro yesterday in a collision between two large open cars, one of them filled with passengers on the Interstate... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  June 25, 1907
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Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA

1907 - Patrick Cooney Killed by Train.
WINDSOR LOCKS.

Patrick K. Cooney, 34, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cooney of Spring street, was killed early Sunday morning on the railroad track south of the passenger depot, and the body was badly... Read MORE...

Springfield Republican -  Springfield, Massachusetts -  June 25, 1907
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Randolph, Vermont, USA

1908 - Master Henry Baldwin Suffers Injuries.
The following news item will be of interest to St. Albans people as Henry Baldwin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Baldwin, of Mexico City, who formerly resided here: “Master Henry Baldwin, who is... Read MORE...

St. Albans Daily Messenger -  St. Albans, Vermont -  June 25, 1908
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St Albans, Vermont, USA

1908 - Badly Scalded by Steam.
C. R. Smith, of Messenger st., who is employed by the Central Vermont railway as an engineer, was badly scalded about the head and face Friday. While working under the engine, at Randolph, he opened... Read MORE...

St. Albans Daily Messenger -  St. Albans, Vermont -  June 25, 1908
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Norton, Kansas, USA

1909 - 8 Tornadoes
Norton, Kas., June 25 - Northwestern Norton county was devastated Thursday afternoon by eight tornadoes, which destroyed farm buildings, injured men working in the fields, killed and carried away... Read MORE...

The Chillicothe Constitution -  Chillicothe, Missouri -  June 25, 1909
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Lake George, New York, USA (Caldwell)

1909 - LAKE GEORGE RESORT BURNS. Fort William Henry Hotel Is Destroyed with $250,000 Loss.
LAKE GEORGE, N. Y., June 24. - The main building of the Fort William Henry Hotel at Lake George, owned by the Delaware and Hudson Company, was destroyed by fire early this morning, entailing a loss... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 25, 1909
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Michigan City, Indiana, USA

1910 - BOAT HITS BRIDGE. LAKE STEAMER'S UPPER WORKS ARE BADLY DAMAGED. UNITED STATES OF MICHIGAN CITY IN AN ACCIDENT THERE YESTERDAY.
Michigan City, June 25. - The big excursion steamer United States with 1,000 persons, mostly women and children, aboard, crashed into the bascule bridge over the river here yesterday just as the... Read MORE...

The News-Palladium -  Benton Harbor, Michigan -  June 25, 1910
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1915 - HAVOC WROUGHT IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS BY HIGH WINDS AND LIGHTNING. Heavy Fall of Rain Turns Many Streams Into Raging Torrents - Homes Demolished and Bridges Washed Out.
Kansas City, Mo. - Nineteen deaths and many persons injured was the result of the terrific windstorm in Missouri and Kansas on Friday.

A list of deaths from the storm follows:

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Stockton, California, USA

1935 - WAREHOUSE BURNS.
Stockton, Calif., June 25. - Damages estimated in excess of $400,000 was done when flames destroyed the TAYLOR Milling Company plant at Stockton.

Portions of the walls fell during the height of... Read MORE...

The Modesto Bee And News - Herald -  Modesto, California -  June 25, 1935
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1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea
Armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea, setting off the Korean War. The United States, acting under the auspices of the United Nations, quickly sprang to the defense of South... Read MORE...

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1672  June 25 - 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass

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1749  June 25 - A general fast was called on account of drought in Massachusetts. It was the year of the famous dry spring in which fields and villages burned.

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1866  A Bridgeport (Ct.) man has invented a horse-car for hot weather, in which the seats run crosswise, and which has doors at the sides. It will carry sixty passengers.

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Lowell, Massachusetts

1870  Nellie Grant, the President's daughter, is attending school at Farmington, Conn.


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1899  June 25 – Three Denver, Colorado newspapers publish a story (later proved to be a fabrication) that the Chinese government under the Guangxu Emperor is going to demolish the Great Wall of China.

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1925  June 25 - The mercury hit 101 degrees at Portland, OR, their earliest 100 degree reading of record.

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1953  June 25 - The temperature at Anchorage soared to 86 degrees, their hottest reading of record.

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Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

1853 - Destructive Fires in Lowell-Merrimack Mill Burnt.
A slip from the office of the Lowell Vox Populi states that a destructive fire occurred at Mechanics' Mills, in that city on Wednesday night, which destroyed property to the amount of from $12,000 to ... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 18, 1853
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Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) (Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1866 - A Noble Act of Heroism
One night last week while a train on the Grand Trunk line was passing through St. Hyacinthe, C. W., a young gentleman, Mr. Bachand, noticed that a house was on fire, while the people seemed not to be ... Read MORE...

Bangor Daily Whig and Courier -  Bangor, Maine -  June 18, 1866
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Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

1868 - Walking Match at Bedford, Mass.
Boston, Wednesday, June 17.
A walking match of 100 miles, for a purse of $1,000 and the championship of New-England, between a young man named McEtterick and T. A. Scott, commenced yesterday at... Read MORE...

The New York Times  -  New York, New York -  June 18, 1868
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Groton, Massachusetts, USA

1868 - 17 Pound Tumor
Mr. Luther Shattuck, of Groton, Mass., had a tumor removed from his neck, on the 11th inst., 16 inches long, 11 inches wide, 7 inches thick, weighing 17 pounds. The operation was skillfully performed ... Read MORE...

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Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

1868 - Sinking of an American Barge Near Batiscan - The Captain Impaled on an Anchor Fluke
The steamship Hibernian, when outward bound, near Batiscan, ran into an American barge loaded with sugar ans sunk her yesterday. The loss will be $12,000. The fluke of the anchor penetrated the... Read MORE...

The New York Herald -  New York, New York -  June 18, 1868
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA

1882 - Tornado
KANSAS CITY, June 17. - This city was visited last night by a terrific tornado, which unroofed and overturned houses, blew down trees and fences and worked general havoc. Fowler Brother's cooper were ... Read MORE...

The Macon Telegraph and Messenger -  Macon, Georgia -  June 18, 1882
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Rutland, Vermont, USA

1900 - RUTLAND RAILROAD TRAINS COLLIDE. Freight Wreck on Rutland Railroad.
Owing to a mix-up in train orders two freight trains collided near Gassetts on the Rutland railroad about noon Saturday. No one was injured, but the front ends of both engines were smashed in and... Read MORE...

St. Albans Daily Messenger -  St. Albans, Vermont -  June 18, 1900
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Schenectady, New York, USA

1900 - MRS. ROGERS'S DEATH.
She Lived But Twenty Minutes After the Accident.

Providence, June 27 - Details have been received of the tragic death in Schenectady Monday evening of Mrs. H. T. Rogers, wife of a well-known... Read MORE...

Pawtucket Times -  Pawtucket, Rhode Island -  June 18, 1900
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Columbus, Ohio, USA

1907 - BIG FOUR TRAIN WRECK. ONE OF THE FASTEST TRAINS ON NEW YORK CENTRAL WENT THRU OPEN SWITCH AT COLUMBUS, O. MANY PASSENGERS ARE INJURED.
Columbus, O., June 18 - Big Four passenger train No. 19, one of the fastest trains on the New York Central lines, went thru an open switch today in the northern part of the city and is now lying on... Read MORE...

Winona Republican Herald -  Minnesota -  June 18, 1907
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Springfield, Illinois, USA

1912 - WOMAN AVIATOR KILLED. MISS JULIA CLARK OF CHICAGO FALLS AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
Springfield, Ill., June 17. - MISS JULIA CLARK was killed while making her first flight in an aeroplane at the fair grounds tonight. She fell into a tree.

MISS CLARK was a Chicago girl who became... Read MORE...

The New York Times -  New York, New York -  June 18, 1912
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Gardiner, Maine, USA

1912 - FIRE DESTROYS MILL
Gardiner, Me., June 18 - Fire today destroyed the mill of the Oakland Manufacturing Co. Woodworkers and dealers in Southern lumber, and two adjoining dwellings. The loss was $20,000. The mill was... Read MORE...

Fitchburg Daily Sentinel -  Fitchburg, Massachusetts -  June 18, 1912
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North Hampton, New Hampshire, USA

1912 - BOARDING HOUSE DESTROYED AT NORTH HAMPTON
Shortly after 2 o'clock this Tuesday morning fire destroyed the meadow Brook Inn at Little River, North Hampton.

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Portsmouth Herald -  Portsmouth, New Hampshire -  June 18, 1912
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Casper, Wyoming, USA

1921 - OIL SET AFIRE BY LIGHTNING. SEVERAL LARGE TANKS BURNING AT CASPER; ONE MAN IS INJURED.
Casper, Wyo., June 18. - Several large tanks containing about 445,000 barrels of crude and fuel oil were burning here this afternoon after being struck by lightning. The fire is centered in the... Read MORE...

Ogden Standard-Examiner -  Ogden, Utah -  June 18, 1921
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Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

1922 - ATTACKED BY FISH, YOUNG LADY DIES
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 17. — Supposedly attacked by barracuda, a species of carnivorous fish, while swimming near the municipal pier today, Miss Dorothy MacLatchie, a high school student,... Read MORE...

Gazette-Telegraph -  Colorado Springs, Colorado -  June 18, 1922
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Davenport, Iowa, USA

1923 - 9 HURT WHEN ROLLER COASTER CARS CRASH AT DAVENPORT PARK.
Davenport, Ia., June 18. - One person was seriously injured and eight others received minor injuries in a roller coaster accident at Forrest Park, a local amusement resort Sunday night.
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Waterloo Evening Courier -  Iowa -  June 18, 1923
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1958 - 18 BELIEVED KILLED IN COLLAPSE OF SPAN.
Vancouver, B. C. (AP) - Skindivers worked in bright sunlight Wednesday to recover the last of 18 men killed or believed buried in the twisted wreckage of the collapsed Second Narrows... Read MORE...

The Daily Chronicle -  Centralia, Washington -  June 18, 1958
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Anaheim, California, USA

1966 - MONORAIL KILLS YOUTH CLIMBING ON TRACK.
Anaheim, Calif. - The Disneyland monorail train Friday night slammed into and killed a 19-year-old youth who had climbed 20 feet to a trestle in an apparent effort to gain free entrance into the... Read MORE...

Press-Telegram -  Long Beach, California -  June 18, 1966
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1682  June 18 - Philadelphia is founded by William Penn

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1948  June 18 – LP record – Columbia Records introduced its long playing 33 1/3 rpm phonograph format.

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1963  June 18 - 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school

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March 30, 1870 - U.S. acquires Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million.

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1890s
Peek, Frean & Co., Biscuit Manufacturers
London, England

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