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December 26
1927
Missing Over the Atlantic: How One Woman's Bold Flight Became Aviation's Greatest Mystery (Dec. 26, 1927)
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1926
🥊 Tunney Nearly Drowns, Marines Land in Nicaragua & A Christmas Murder
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1906
Pitchfork duels, banking shake-ups, and Roosevelt's pistol problem—Dec 26, 1906
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1896
When Management Broke the Strike: The Day After Christmas, 1896 Brought Chaos to Boston's Rails and Beyond
Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
1876
Day After Christmas 1876: When Department Stores Were Tourist Attractions & Horse Liniment Won Gold Medals
The daily gazette (Wilmington, Del.)
1866
1866: Seward's Secret Mexico Ultimatum Leaks in Paris—And Napoleon's Furious
The evening telegraph (Philadelphia [Pa.])
1864
Hood's Army Routed: The Collapse of the Last Confederate Offensive (Worcester Daily Spy, Dec. 26, 1864)
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1863
Just 8 Months After Lee Surrendered, Washington Was Already Selling Paris Fashion and Treasury Bonds
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1862
A War Democrat's Fury: When Congress Openly Attacked Lincoln Over Emancipation (Dec. 1862)
The Bedford gazette (Bedford, Pa.)
1861
While the Civil War raged, Iowa's newspaper editor fought to teach German in schools—and won (for now)
Charles City Republican intelligencer (Charles City, Iowa)
1856
This Maine Farmer's 400-Pound Hog (and Why His Neighbors Can't Replicate It)
Oxford Democrat (Paris, Me.)
1846
A Maui Farmer's Cry for Justice: Hawaii's 1846 Labor Crisis—Before the Great Mahele Changed Everything
Polynesian (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii)
1836
December 1836: Inside D.C.'s Steamships, Slave Markets, and Barbershop Libraries
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
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