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|summary= October 16, 1860 was a very good day for an unassuming fellow by the name of [[Benjamin Tyler Henry|Ben Henry]].
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He had come up with what he thought was a pretty good idea: a [[cartridge]] [[rifle]] that you could load once and then shoot for a while.  Now, that might sound like a bit of a no-brainer these days, but in 1860 it was a pretty radical notion; everybody thought he was nuts.
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That didn't stop Ben, though.  He kept pushing at it and, on this day in 1860, he was granted US patent #30,446 for a the first ever reliable [[lever-action]] repeating rifle - tubular magazine-fed and breech-loading. While you'd think this would make him a popular guy and that everybody would like his clever little brain-child, not everyone was pleased.  Especially not the Confederates.
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They had their own name for his little invention:
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* [[1860]] &mdash; [[Benjamin Tyler Henry]] receives patent #30,446, for what was to become known as ''"[[Henry rifle|that damn Yankee rifle they load on Sunday and shoot all week]]"''.
 
* [[1900]] &mdash; [[John Browning]] was granted U.S. Patent 659,786 for the [[Remington model 8]]; he then sold the patent to [[Remington]].
 
* [[1970]] &mdash; In [[Canada]], the Trudeau government invoked the War Measures Act and suspended civil liberties. Security forces arrested 465 persons, mainly in Quebec, who were held without trial.
 
* [[1991]] &mdash; [[George Hennard]] drove his truck into Luby's restaurant in Killeen, Texas and opened fire on the patrons.  20 would be wounded and 23 killed, including the elderly parents of [[Suzanna Hupp]].  The incident would galvanize Hupp into becoming the state's staunchest advocate of [[concealed carry]] laws.
 
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File:M32 Grenade Loading.jpg|[[2006]]: training exercise at Camp Fallujah's Eagle Range
 
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October 16, 1860 was a very good day for an unassuming fellow by the name of Ben Henry.

He had come up with what he thought was a pretty good idea: a cartridge rifle that you could load once and then shoot for a while. Now, that might sound like a bit of a no-brainer these days, but in 1860 it was a pretty radical notion; everybody thought he was nuttier than a squirrel turd.

That didn't stop Ben, though. He kept pushing at it and, on this day in 1860, he was granted US patent #30,446 for a the first ever reliable lever-action repeating rifle — tubular magazine-fed and breech-loading. While you'd think this would make him a popular guy and that everybody would like his clever little brain-child, not everyone was pleased. Especially not the Confederates.

They had their own name for his little invention:
"that damn Yankee rifle they load on Sunday and shoot all week!"

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