March 1, 1872: Yellowstone became the world’s first national park.
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Today is the birthday of actor and former WW2 commando David Niven. His full name was James David Graham Niven. (1910-1983.)
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Today is also the birthday of the late singer, songwriter, and cowboy poet Allen Wayne Damron. Damron was quite the Texan, through and through. (Born 1939, died August 13, 2005, in Terlingua, Texas.)
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All eyes are on the Middle East. The Iranian ex-pat news service Tousi TV [1] seems to have the most complete coverage. But note that they have a strong bias toward Shah-in-Exile Pahlavi.
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Today, we present a guest article by long-time friend and fellow blogger, Patrice Lewis.
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We still need entries for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [2]. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 123 ends on March 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.