June 20 in Firearms History

4 dates for gun owners on June 20

  • Birthday 3
  • Remembered 1
  1. Birthday1833 · 193 years ago

    Christopher Spencer (Born)

    Christopher Miner Spencer
    June 20, 1833 – Jan 14, 1922

    USA

    • Spencer repeating rifle 1860 Colt
    • Spencer Arms Company
    • Roper Repeating Arms Company

  2. Birthday1935 · 91 years ago

    Neal Knox (Born)

    Clifford “Neal” Knox

    (June 20, 1935 – January 17, 2005)

    – 1966 testified before Congressional committees at least fifty times, before the House Subcommittee on Crime against what eventually became the Gun Control Act of 1968
    – 1977 The NRA Cincinnati Revolt
    – 1978-1982 Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA)
    – 1984 Founder & chairman of the Firearms Coalition
    – founding editor of Gun Week
    – editor of Handloader Magazine
    – founding editor of Rifle Magazine– – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Knox

  3. Birthday1935 · 91 years ago

    Neal Knox – Born

    Clifford “Neal” Knox
    (June 20, 1935 – January 17, 2005)
    – 1966 testified before Congressional committees at least fifty times, before the House Subcommittee on Crime against what eventually became the Gun Control Act of 1968
    – 1977 The NRA Cincinnati Revolt
    – 1978-1982 Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA)
    – Founder & chairman of the Firearms Coalition
    – founding editor of Gun Week
    – editor of Handloader Magazine
    – founding editor of Rifle Magazine
    – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Knox

    http://minutemanuniversity.com/resources/gun-rights-lobby/2a-activists/

     

  4. Remembered1960 · 66 years ago

    William Fairbairn – Died (75)

    William E. Fairbairn
    February 28, 1885 – June 20, 1960 (75)

    • 1901 - British Royal Marine
    • Police Officer
    • 1907 - Shanghai Police during the interwar period
    • 1941 - Trained allied special forces during World War II
    • Received the U.S. Legion of Merit (Officer grade)
      at the request of OSS-founder "Wild Bill" Donovan
    • 1951 - Firearms Instructor

    Developed hand-to-hand combat methods
    1926 - Created his own fighting system known as Defendu
    included innovative pistol shooting techniques

     

    1941 - Developed the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife