Today is the birthday of the late comedian Bob Newhart. He was born September 5, 1929, and passed away on July 18, 2024. His comedic timing [1] was great.
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On September 5, 1836, Sam Houston [2] was elected President of the Republic of Texas.
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And on this day in 1932, the French Upper Volta was broken up into Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
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Today’s feature article is a short piece by our friend Hub Moolman, of South Africa.
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We are in great need of entries for Round 120 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3]. Take note that the number of entries always drops during the busy summer months, so your statistical chance of being a prize winner is much higher. (There is simply less competition!)
More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 120 ends on September 30th, 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.