This Week in History:
On September 27, AD 70, the walls of upper city of Jerusalem were battered down by the Roman army.
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September 28, 1066: William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, lands at Pevensey Bay in Sussex. Thus began the Norman Conquest of England.
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September 28,1542: Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was the first European to sail into San Diego Bay, naming it San Miguel and claiming it for Spain.
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September 28, 1781: 9,000 American and 7,000 French troops began the Siege of Yorktown.
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September 29, 1567: the War of Religion broke out in France as Huguenots tried to kidnap King Charles IX.
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September 30, 1867 the Midway Islands were formally declared a US possession.
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And on September 30, 1880 American amateur astronomer Henry Draper took the first photograph of the Orion Nebula.
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A reminder: SurvivalBlog is now posted Fresh Every Tuesday, with just a few other sporadic posts, prompted by current events.
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Take note that I’ve recently added more than 250 rifle and pistol magazines to the Elk Creek Company inventory. Many of these were dusted off from Jim’s Amazing Secret Bunker of Redundant Redundancy (JASBORR). And today we begin a one-week sale on all of our shotguns. Many of these have fluid steel barrels and therefore can shoot modern smokeless shotshells. The special sale pricing will end on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, so place your order soon! – JWR