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| − | {{ | + | <noinclude>== Featured Article ==</noinclude> |
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| − | | | + | |title= Carlos Hathcock |
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| − | }} | + | |more= Read (and watch) more about the Gunny here... |
| + | |summary= The most famous sniper in the history of the United States Marine Corps had his humble beginning in Geyer Springs, Arkansas on May 20, 1942. He grew up in rural Arkansas, living with his grandmother after his parents separated. He took to shooting and hunting at a young age, partly out of necessity to help feed his poor family. | ||
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| + | As a USMC sniper in Vietnam, Hathcock was so good that the North Vietnamese Army even put a bounty of $30,000 on his life for killing so many of their men. He tallied up a service record of 93 kills (and those are just the confirmed ones) but it would be just one that he would be really famous for: | ||
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| + | In 1967 Hathcock set the record for the 20th century's longest combat kill, hitting his target at the then-unheard of distance of 2,286 meters or 1.42 miles. The record held firm for 35 years until 2002, when it was broken by a [[Arron Perry|Canadian sniper]] during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan.}} | ||
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| + | ! style="background:#9BCD9B; border:1px solid green"| <div style="float:right"><small><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[May 20|more]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small></div>What else happened today | ||
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| + | * [[1706]] — [[American]] [[gunsmith]] and soldier Seth Pomeroy was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. | ||
| + | * [[1772]] — [[English]] inventor and rocket [[artillery]] pioneer Sir William Congreve was born in Kent. | ||
| + | * [[2000]] — NRA president [[Charlton Heston]] tells Al Gore, "[[from my cold dead hands]]" in a speech at the 129th [[NRA]] convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. | ||
| + | * [[2005]] — [[Colt Defense|Colt Defense LLC]] completed its acquisition of [[Diemaco]], which now operates as [[Colt Canada]]. | ||
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| + | ==Today in pictures== | ||
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| + | </gallery> | ||
| + | ===Picture of the day=== | ||
| + | {{POTD:May 20}} | ||
| + | [[category:Dates]]</noinclude> | ||
