On July 5, 1687, Isaac Newton [1]‘s great work Principia was published by the Royal Society in England, outlining his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
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July 5, 1715: Ottoman troops storm citadel of Acrocorinth in the Peloponnese, massacring a large part of the population and selling the rest into slavery. Inspires Lord Byron [2]‘s poem “The Siege of Corinth”.
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Joly 5, 1950: US forces entered combat in the Korean War for the first time, in the Battle of Osan.
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We are seeking entries for Round 113 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3]. More than $900,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [4]. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 113 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [5] 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.
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Today’s feature article is an essay by JWR.