Preparedness Notes for Sunday — February 4, 2024
On February 4, 1932, the United States hosted its first Winter Olympic Games, in Lake Placid, New York. . On February 4, 1974, newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). An observant San Francisco gun store salesman gathered intel and took photos of SLA supporters/arms suppliers. This led to the May 1974 Los Angeles shootout and Hearst’s subsequent arrest in September 1974. February 4th, 1824: J. W. Goodrich introduced the world to the first rubber galoshes. On this day in 1789, George Washington became the first and only president to be unanimously elected …