On September 2nd, 1666, the Great Fire of London [1] began accidentally in the house of the king’s baker; it burned for four days and destroyed a large part of the city [2], including Old St. Paul’s Cathedral [3] and about 13,000 houses.
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On September 2nd, 1945, World War II [4] came to an end as Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru [5] and General Umezu Yoshijiro signed Japan’s formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri [6].
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Today’s feature article was too short to qualify as an entry for Round 108 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [7].
More than $840,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. We recently polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [8]. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 108 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail [9] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.