December 1, 1903: Release of “The Great Train Robbery” the first Western film, starring Justus D. Barnes and G. M. Anderson.
December 1, 1966: The radio time signal WWV was moved from Greenbelt, Maryland to Boulder, Colorado.
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Today is also the birthday of gun designer Charles Cashman Kelsey, Jr. of DEVEL [1]fame. He was born December 1,1935. He was murdered in Texas under mysterious circumstances in April, 2003.
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This is also the birthday of novelist Rex Stout (1886–1975). Rex Stout was the brother of Ruth Stout, the gardener who wrote about no till, year-round mulching, organic gardening in her book Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy, and the Indolent.
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Just One Day Left! We are running a Black Friday sale at Elk Creek Company [2]. Until December 2, 2024, all of our shotguns and all of our percussion revolvers are greatly reduced. Take a look!
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Today we present a short guest article from a familiar name. It is not an entry for Round 116 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3].
But first, the results of the judging for Round 115: