On January 21, 1789, the first American novel, “The Power of Sympathy” by William Hill Brown was published by Isaiah Thomas. — January 21, 1974: The price of gold hit a record $161.31, and silver hit $3.97 per Troy ounce, in London. — A USB Archive Stick Update: At last count, we had just 93 of the standard waterproof 2005-2025 SurvivalBlog archive USB sticks still available to order. All of the sticks in the limited edition keepsake tins sold out in the first two weeks of January. The mailings of both types will begin later this week. They will be … The post Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — January 21, 2026 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.