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This Newspaper Article Was Hyping the 2017 Eclipse All the Way Back in 1932
http://mentalfloss.com/article/503672/newspaper-article-was-hyping-2017-eclipse-all-way-back-1932
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Brought to you by science in 1932 (Original Post)
HAB911
Aug 2017
OP
I still have my yellowed newspaper article from 1970 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
BigmanPigman
Aug 2017
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TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)1. Cool!
Imagine how far in the future 2017 seemed when that article was published.
HAB911
(8,914 posts)3. Almost unimaginably far
Nitram
(22,879 posts)2. Very cool!
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)4. Thanks, I love info like this.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)5. I still have my yellowed newspaper article from 1970 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
showing the eclipse. I was a kid and don't remember it much. It was in with other "souvenirs" like the one from Aug 9, 1974 which had 3" font announcing "Nixon Resigns; Ford Succeeds".
HAB911
(8,914 posts)6. "May the shadow of the moon fall on a world at peace."
brush
(53,862 posts)7. Didn't we have a partial eclipse about 4 years ago?