On June 16, 1487: Battle of Stoke Field, Nottinghamshire. English Tudor King Henry VII [1] defeated the remaining Yorkists led by John de la Pole and Lord Lovell in the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. (Pictured is a print titled: “The Last Stand of Schwarz and His Germans, Stoke Field.”)
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Today is the birthday of pioneering economist Adam Smith, in 1723. He was born in Kirkaldy, County Fife, Scotland. He died July 17, 1790.
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The big Mauser sale ends tonight! We have been running a two-week-long sale on all of the pre-1899 Mauser rifles in our inventory at Elk Creek Company [2]. There is no paperwork required to order these, in most States. They are mailed right to your door or your P.O. Box address. They are all in modern high-pressure chamberings like 7×57 Mauser and 6.5×55 Swedish Mauser. The sale ends at Midnight, Eastern Time tonight. (Monday, June 16, 2025.) Take a look! And, by the way, we are now offering an unprecedented 26.5 times face value for pre-1965 US silver coins, if you’d prefer to pay that way. (Take the total for your order and divide by 26.5, for the amount you’d pay in circulated 90% silver coins.)
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Today’s feature article is a product review from SurvivalBlog staff writer Tom Christianson.
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We need some more entries for Round 119 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3]. More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 119 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [4] 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 [5]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.