September 2, 1798: The first reported bank robbery in the US: Bank of Pennsylvania robbed [1] of $162,821 at Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia. The wrong man — blacksmith Patrick Lyon (pictured) — was accused of being one of the perpetrators.
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September 2, 1969 was the day that the first automatic teller machine (ATM) made its first public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York.
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The prepping Paratus [2] holiday — an invention of our friend Commander Zero — is observed on the third Friday in September. I recommend giving very practical preparedness-related gifts.
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Today’s feature article is a guest piece by a SurvivalBlog reader. It was too short to qualify as an entry for Round 120 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3].
More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 120 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail [4] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [5]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.