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

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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)
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