On January 30, 1648, Spain and the Netherlands signed the Peace of Munster, ending the Thirty Years’ War.
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The late Actor Eugene “Gene” Allen Hackman was born January 30, 1930. He and his wife both sadly passed away in February, 2025.
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January 30th is also the birthday of historian Barbara Tuchman (born 1912, died February 6, 1989). She wrote some very engaging history books.
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Jase Medical [1] just updated their affiliate agreement with SurvivalBlog. All SurvivalBlog readers now get an automatic $10 discount at checkout. Just click on their ad in the SurvivalBlog ad stack, or use this link [1], to be sure that you get that discount.
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Today, we present a guest article from a SurvivalBlog reader. Because it is partially promotional for a published book, it is not part of the judging for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [2]. More than $978,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running the contest. Round 123 of the writing contest begins on February 1st, 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.