On August 19, 1561, Mary Queen of Scots arrived in Leith, Scotland to assume the throne after spending 13 years in France.

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On August 19, 2020: Apple became the first US company to be valued at $2 trillion, just two years after it reached $1 trillion valuation.

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UPDATE:  SOLD OUT — We have sold out of a batch of 10 antique Swiss Schmidt-Rubin Model 1896/11 rifles. We had them here at the ranch for just a week. An importer kindly hand-picked all antique (1898 or earlier) ones for me. There were only 10 antique ones out of about 200 that they had on hand. The 1896/11 model can shoot the modern high-pressure 7.5 x 55 ammunition.  We will try to locate another batch. – JWR

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Today’s feature article was written by SurvivalBlog Filed Gear Editor Tom Christianson.

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