Archive for September 6th, 2023

FIRST TANK PRODUCED ON THIS DAY IN 1915

Little Willie, the first experimental tank, built in September 1915 as the culmination of an ...

On September 6, 1915, a prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie
rolled off the assembly line in England. Little Willie was far
from an overnight success. It weighed 14 tons, got stuck in
trenches and crawled over rough terrain at only two miles per
hour. However, improvements were made to the original
prototype and tanks eventually transformed military
battlefields.

First tank produced – Bowie News

Little Willie - 1st Tank | Ww1 tanks, Tanks military, Army tanks
Little Willie as it looks today.

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KING’S GUN AUCTIONED FOR BIG MONEY

elvis revolver

An Elvis Presley firearm sold for a pretty penny on an Illinois
auction block recently.

The king of rock ‘n’ roll’s Smith & Wesson Model 53 revolver
fetched $199,750 at Rock Island Auction Company (RIAC)’s
August Premier Auction on Aug. 26 in Rock Island, Illinois.

The engraved revolver exceeded its pre-auction estimate of
$60,000 to $90,000 due to "competitive bidding from gun
enthusiasts" and Elvis fans around the world, according to
a press release from RIAC
.

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Some of Elvis’ gun collection.    
    
    
    
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Elvis Aaron Presley       
(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

Rock Island Auction Company: The Largest Auction of Rare Firearms | Virtual-Strategy Magazine

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TODAY’S POLITICAL HUMOR FROM THE BLOG

09.06.23
(FOX NEWS)

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PRESIDENT WAS SHOT ON THIS DAY IN 1901

Man seen from behind fires gun at President McKinley's abdomen at close range

On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shaking
hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo,
New York,
when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approached
him and fired two shots into his chest. The president rose slightly
on his toes before collapsing forward, saying “be careful how you
tell my wife.”

Czolgosz moved over the president with the intent of firing a third
shot, but was wrestled to the ground by McKinley’s bodyguards. McKinley, still conscious, told the guards not to hurt his assailant.

Other presidential attendants rushed McKinley to the hospital
where they found two bullet wounds: one bullet had superficially punctured his sternum and the other had dangerously entered
his abdomen. He was rushed into surgery and seemed to be on
the mend by September 12.

Later that day, however, the president’s condition worsened
rapidly and, on September 14, McKinley died from gangrene
that had gone undetected in the internal wound. Vice President
Theodore Roosevelt was immediately sworn in as president.

Czologz was executed in the electric chair (a fairly new means
of execution at the time) at New York’s Auburn Prison on Oct.
29th, 1901, just 54 days after he shot the president.

Who Killed William McKinley?? | HuffPost


Mug Shot of President William McKinley’s assassin,
Leon Czologz.

Who Killed William McKinley?? | HuffPost

September 14, 1901: Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President | The Nation
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

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