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- 1537 — The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
- 1609 — Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. Without Galileo's ingenuity, there would be no rifle scopes.
- 1868 — Birth date of Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter in the 1896 1912 Summer Olympics.
- 1921 — The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
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