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May 19, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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May 19, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegram, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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May 19, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Scores Injured, At Least 5 Killed, in California Quake" |
May 19, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan. |
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May 19, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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May 19, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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May 19, 1940: Front page of the San Antonio Sunday Light, San Antonio, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Snakes Alive - 300 Snakes Escape, Start Near Riot" |
(As the late, great Paul Harvey would say, Here is a strange.) |
May 19, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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May 19, 1940: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. |
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May 19, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Auch die Festung Antwerpen gefallen. |
(The fortress of Antwerp has fallen.) |
2. Verfolgungsstoß der deutschen Panzerkorps bis an die Ost. |
(German tank corps in pursuit to the east.) |
Page published May 19, 2021 |