On July 6, 1415, following his trial (pictured), Bohemian proto-reformer Jan Hus was burned at the stake in Constance, Germany. The later Hussite revolution, led by Jan Ziska, used Hus’s name as a rallying cry.
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On July 6, 1699, pirate Captain William Kidd [1] was captured in Boston.
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On July 6, 1917, Arab forces led T. E. Lawrence [2] captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks. This was later dramatized in the movie Lawrence of Arabia [3].
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And July 6th is also the anniversary of the 1994 Storm King Mountain wildfire that took the lives of 14 firefighters.
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Today’s feature article is a review penned by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson.
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We still need some entries for Round 119 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [4]. 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 [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.