On May 25th, 1720, the ship “Le Grand St. Antoine” reached Marseille, France, bringing Europe’s last major plague outbreak. The Plague of Marseille killed around 100,000 people.
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May 25, 1787: The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia with George Washington presiding. The task of the peaceful overthrow of the new American government as it had been defined by the Articles of Confederation eventually led to the United States Constitution that is so abused today.
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May 25th, 2012: A SpaceX [1] Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to dock at the International Space Station.
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Today’s feature article is an essay by SurvivalBlog’s founder and Senior Editor, James Wesley, Rawles (JWR).
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We are in need of entries for Round 118 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [2]. More than $950,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 118 ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [3] 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 [4]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.