December 1

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By the early 1990s, the brass at the Pentagon had made up their minds that the M60, which had been America's do-everything GPMG since 1957, was getting a little long in the tooth. The guys with the stars wanted the replacement to be a "machine gun for the 21st century," whatever that was supposed to mean. On December 1, 1995, the announcement was made. The new medium machine gun would be something the boys in armor had been tinkering about with since 1977: a slightly tweaked version of the FN MAG - the M240B. (Keep reading ... )

[more] What else happened today

1995 — The FN MAG is selected to be the U.S. Army’s new medium machine gun, replacing the M60 machine gun (it defeated the M60E4 during trials). 1998 — this is the cutoff date for being grandfathered to possess prohibited firearms in Canada. 2009 — MAIG mayor Sheila Dixon is found guilty on three counts of felony theft, three counts of misdemeanor embezzlement/misappropriation, and a single count of misconduct of office. After the verdict, Dixon was at risk of being removed from office and being stripped of her city retirement pension valued at over $80,000 per year for life. Boo hoo. Dixon still faces perjury charges, with a trial planned for 2010.