Monday, December 23rd, 2013

Time	Event
3:54p	gunsandposes-history: Mikhail Kalashnikov (10 November 1919-23... http://demons.swallowthesky.org/post/70930442454 gunsandposes-history: Mikhail Kalashnikov (10 November 1919-23 December 2013) has passed away at the age of 94 in Izhevsk, the capital of the Udmurtia republic in Russia. During World War II when Kalashnikov was recovering in a hospital bed, he started work on an automatic rifle design. He won a weapons design contest, eventually resulting in the production of the AK-47 rifle, the iconic weapon of choice for millions of soldiers, revolutionaries, and warlords for over half a century. The highly romanticized AK has received shout-outs on African flags and in Tarantino films, while varying estimates show that every year tens of thousands of deaths come from the business end of a Kalashnikov rifle, predominantly in conflict zones like Syria. (Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (Comment on this)
6:36p	You should add your tags on the AK post to the actual text! http://demons.swallowthesky.org/post/70946082592 lol well they’re not my own words—it’s from Lord of War: Of all the weapons in... (Comment on this)
10:18p	Queen pardons genius Alan Turing, the man who cracked the Enigma code http://demons.swallowthesky.org/post/70966170181 Queen pardons genius Alan Turing, the man who cracked the Enigma code: Queen Elizabeth II granted a... (Comment on this)
10:57p	"I shouted to our enemies that we didn’t wish to shoot and that we make a Christmas truce. I..." http://demons.swallowthesky.org/post/70969727905 “I shouted to our enemies that we didn’t wish to shoot and that we make a Christmas... (Comment on this)

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