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March 23
1927
Marines in Shanghai, Labor Wars in Connecticut: America Stands Guard (and Defiant) on March 23, 1927
New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)
1926
1926: From Gas Company Clerk to Million-Dollar President—and a Hollywood Murder Mystery
Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.)
1906
1906: When Germans Ate Dogs, Rockefeller Had Bodyguards, and Oregon Towns Fought With $20K
The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)
1886
A Pistol Fight, A Gas Price War, and Cleveland's Patronage Shuffle: March 23, 1886
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
How a Lost Button and a 14-Year-Old Battle Story Reveal 1876 Maine
The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.)
1866
He Called Thaddeus Stevens the Devil's Agent: Inside the Speech That Split America (1866)
The Bedford gazette (Bedford, Pa.)
1865
📰 March 1865: 'Like opposing jaws of a terrible vice' - The final squeeze on Richmond
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1864
A Soldier's Brutal Truth From Florida: How the Union Lost at Olustee—and Why It Matters for Winning the War
The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)
1863
"Traitor! Put Him Out!" — How the North Turned on Its Own in 1863
Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1862
When Ohio Sold Stoves to the Army: Commerce & War on March 23, 1862
Daily Ohio statesman (Columbus, Ohio)
1861
Mysterious War Ships, Cotton Prices, and a City Still Planning Railroads: New Orleans on the Eve of War (March 23, 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1856
A Mystery of 1,746 Missing Paupers: How a New York Audit Exposed Chaos at Bellevue (1856)
The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])
1846
Should America Fight Britain Over Oregon? The Senate's Agonized Debate—March 1846
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1836
Cincinnati, 1836: When a Patent Medicine Promised to Cure Everything (And People Believed It)
The Daily Cincinnati Republican, and commercial register (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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