The Battle of Rain was fought on April 15, 1632. Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated Count Tilly of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years’ War.
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Today is guitarist Roy Clark‘s birthday. He was born April 15, 1933.
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On April 15th, 1912, the “unsinkable” Titanic sank. 1,517 people lost their lives on that maiden voyage. As research into the incident has progressed over the last 100 years, it seems as if, one way or another, the ship was just going to sink. Impact with an iceberg, raging coal fires in the fuel supply, wrong turns, locked-up binoculars, weak rivets, too few lifeboats, and more. Perhaps this whole incident was really the result of man’s hubris.
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Today is the 22nd Blogiversary of Commander Zero’s Notes From The Bunker blog.
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Today, as many Americans are filing their 2024 income tax forms and the first of four 2025 Estimated Tax forms, it is apropos to post the following feature article. Note that it is running as a guest piece because it is too short for inclusion in the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest.
More than $950,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 118 ends on May 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.
Read the full article here