80 years ago today, August 15th, 1945 was Victory In Japan (“V-J”) Day.
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On August 15, 1620 the Mayflower set sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims aboard.
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August 15, 1914: The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the SS Ancon making the first official steamship passage through the canal. The canal was completed under budget, and ahead of schedule. It was extended in 1916.
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Today is the birthday of British folk-rock singer Maddy Prior, the lead singer of Steeleye Span. She was born August 14th, 1947.
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The last day to order! As part of the 20th Anniversary celebration for SurvivalBlog, we are running our biggest sale ever on all of our percussion gun inventory at Elk Creek Company. (Elk Creek Company is a spin-off venture that helps pay the bills for SurvivalBlog.) Take note that most of our percussion revolver inventory is hand-selected for the availability of cartridge conversion cylinders. This is particularly important for folks who live in any of the 23 states that have de facto registration on the sales of private party modern (post-1898) cartridge guns. The sale pricing on our percussion guns ends tonight (Friday, August 15, 2025) at 9 PM Pacific Time. Oh, and by the way, if you’d like to pay in pre-1965 “junk” U.S. 90% coins, you can divide your order total by a very generous 29.7.
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Today’s feature piece is an update to an article that I wrote for SurvivalBlog back in 2007.
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We are in need of entries for Round 120 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 120 ends on September 30th, 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.
Read the full article here