File:Emily Brown, the Nonexistent Empress (simplified).jpg

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Description	English: in 1903, a hoax story appeared in American newspapers, saying that Emily Brown of Ohio had become the Empress of Korea. This had not happened, and Brown did not exist, but the story continued to be reported for several years.
Date	no later than December 21, 1903
Source	http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1903-12-21/ed-1/seq-3/ (Tacoma Times)
Author	Unknown authorUnknown author

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