Downanael
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Times has put archive up which has all their newspapers scanned beginning from 1789,It's pretty intresting to read stuff from 200 years earlier.
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Oldest news there is from March 27, 1789
Here began the war which caused the death of 72 million people.
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Oldest news there is from March 27, 1789
THE two ships of war, named the Sirius and Supply, with the transports, under the command of Commodore Phillips, have made good their Voyage to Botany Bay,by the intelligence brought by the Prince of Wales, one of the transports which carried out the convicts - The dispatches for Government are - not, however, yet arrived, as the Borrowdale Transport, by which Commodore Phillips sent them, as well as a third transport in company, have not yet reached England.
Here began the war which caused the death of 72 million people.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.-German invades Poland. Herr Hitler thanks Italy for her aid, but declared that Germany would accomplish her task alone. The Polish Government informed Great Britain and France that they regard the German invasion as a case of direct aggres- sion, and asked for aid. General mobilization was decrced in both Great Britain and France.