On June 16, 1487: Battle of Stoke Field, Nottinghamshire. English Tudor King Henry VII defeated the remaining Yorkists led by John de la Pole and Lord Lovell in the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. (Pictured is a print titled: “The Last Stand of Schwarz and His Germans, Stoke Field.”)
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Today is the birthday of pioneering economist Adam Smith, in 1723. He was born in Kirkaldy, County Fife, Scotland. He died July 17, 1790.
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The big Mauser sale ends tonight! We have been running a two-week-long sale on all of the pre-1899 Mauser rifles in our inventory at Elk Creek Company. There is no paperwork required to order these, in most States. They are mailed right to your door or your P.O. Box address. They are all in modern high-pressure chamberings like 7×57 Mauser and 6.5×55 Swedish Mauser. The sale ends at Midnight, Eastern Time tonight. (Monday, June 16, 2025.) Take a look! And, by the way, we are now offering an unprecedented 26.5 times face value for pre-1965 US silver coins, if you’d prefer to pay that way. (Take the total for your order and divide by 26.5, for the amount you’d pay in circulated 90% silver coins.)
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Today’s feature article is a product review from SurvivalBlog staff writer Tom Christianson.
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We need some more entries for Round 119 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 119 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail 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. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.
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