May 1, 1328: The Wars of Scottish Independence ended with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton – the Kingdom of England recognized the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
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On May 1, 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded the secret society of the Illuminati.
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May 1st was the birthday of Pastor Archie Mitchell [1] — a man whose civilian life was torn by both World War 2 and the Vietnam War.
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May 1st is the birthday of the late Joel Rosenberg [2], a Canadian-born novelist and gun rights advocate (born 1954, died June 2, 2011). He is not to be confused with Joel C. Rosenberg [3] (born 1967), who is another great novelist and the author of The Last Jihad novel series.
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Today’s guest article is partly self-promotional, so it is not an entry for Round 118 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [4]. More than $950,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running the writing contest. Round 118 ends on May 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. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [6]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.