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* [[1866]] &mdash; Timothy O'Hea puts out a fire on a Grand Trunk train at Danville, Quebec, Canada, loaded with 95 barrels of [[gunpowder]]. He saves passengers and troops and receives first and only Victoria Cross awarded for valor inside Canada.
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* [[1903]] &mdash; The US military officially adopts the [[M1903 Springfield]] as its standard [[service rifle]]. It would not be replaced until [[1936]], by the faster-firing, [[semi-automatic]] [[M1 Garand]].
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* [[1918]] &mdash; [[Canadian]] air ace Billy Bishop shoots down five German planes in his last dogfight, bringing his total enemy kills to 72.
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* [[2000]] &mdash; The [[Violence Policy Center]] made headlines when it issued a press release stating that its website was the victim of a hacking attack that wiped out their data.
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* [[2006]] &mdash; [[Bill C-21]], an early attempt by the Conservative Party of Canada to put the [[Canadian gun registry]] out of everyone else's misery, received first reading in the House of Commons.
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File:F88 Austeyr Navy.jpg|[[2005]]: instruction on the F88 Austeyr Individual Weapon in Shoalwater Bay, Australia.
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What else happened today
  • 1866 — Timothy O'Hea puts out a fire on a Grand Trunk train at Danville, Quebec, Canada, loaded with 95 barrels of gunpowder. He saves passengers and troops and receives first and only Victoria Cross awarded for valor inside Canada.
  • 1903 — The US military officially adopts the M1903 Springfield as its standard service rifle. It would not be replaced until 1936, by the faster-firing, semi-automatic M1 Garand.
  • 1918 — Canadian air ace Billy Bishop shoots down five German planes in his last dogfight, bringing his total enemy kills to 72.
  • 1968 — The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 was enacted by the U.S. Congress.
  • 2000 — The Violence Policy Center made headlines when it issued a press release stating that its website was the victim of a hacking attack that wiped out their data.
  • 2006 — Bill C-21, an early attempt by the Conservative Party of Canada to put the long gun registry out of everyone else's misery, received first reading in the House of Commons.


Today in pictures

  • 2005: instruction on the F88 Austeyr Individual Weapon in Shoalwater Bay, Australia.

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F88 Austeyr Navy.jpg
2005: Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, Vice Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, receives instruction on the F88 Austeyr Individual Weapon from an Australian Solider from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in Shoalwater Bay, Australia.


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