On January 27, 1649: The English High Court of Justice found King Charles I “…guilty of the crimes of which he had been accused, did judge him tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy to the good people of the nation, to be put to death by the severing of his head from his body.”
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January 27th 1880: Patent No. 223,898 was granted to Thomas A. Edison for “an electric lamp for giving light by incandescence.”
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In honor of the birthday of John Moses Browning (January 23rd, 1855), we are running a 10-day sale at Elk Creek Company. This January sale is always our biggest sale of the year. These discounts range from 10% to 40%. All of our gun and knife inventory has been deeply reduced until Friday, January 31st, 2025. Don’t miss out on these Birthday Week sale prices! By the way, if you’d like to pay in pre-1965 U.S. junk silver coins, just select “cash or check” in our automated ordering system but then divide the total for your order by 22.5 and mail us that face value in silver coins. (Triple-wrapped in plastic in a well-padded sturdy box, insured.) You can round down to the nearest 10 cents. For example, a $395 rifle would cost just $17.50 face value in pre-1965 quarters.
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Today’s feature article is a review penned by SurvivalBlog staffer Tom Christianson.
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We are in need of entries for Round 116 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $935,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 116 ends on January 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail 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.