On March 9, 1776, Adam Smith [1] published the influential economics book “The Wealth of Nations”.
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March 9, 1916: Pancho Villa [2]‘s men killed more than a dozen in a raid on Columbus, New Mexico.
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March 9, 1945, the U.S. Army Air Forces bombed Tokyo [3] with napalm, causing fires that destroyed a quarter of the city and killed some 80,000 civilians.
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Today’s feature is by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson.
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We still need entries for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [4]. 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 [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.