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| − | |content= * [[2006]]: [[Olin Corporation]], owner of the [[Winchester]] trademarks, announced that it had entered into a new license agreement with [[Browning]] to make Winchester brand rifles and shotguns, but not at the closed plant in New Haven. | + | |content= * [[1900]] — [[Springfield Armory]] completed an experimental [[magazine]] [[rifle]] which they believed to be an improvement over the [[Krag-Jorgensen|Krag]]. They fashioned a clip loading magazine rifle in which the [[cartridges]] were contained within the stock, preventing damage to an otherwise exposed magazine. It was approved for production in [[1903]] - hence the nickname, [[M1903 Springfield rifle|"The Springfield '03"]]. |
| + | * [[2006]]: [[Olin Corporation]], owner of the [[Winchester]] trademarks, announced that it had entered into a new license agreement with [[Browning]] to make Winchester brand rifles and shotguns, but not at the closed plant in New Haven. | ||
| + | * Today is [[Wikipedia:Victory over Japan Day|V-J Day]] in the [[United States]]. | ||
| + | * Today is also Armed Forces Day in Poland, memorializing the [[Wikipedia:Miracle at the Vistula|Miracle at the Vistula]]. | ||
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