On February 5, 1736 British Methodist ministers John Wesley (pictured) and Charles Wesley arrived in Savannah, Georgia. — Today is the birthday of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916). He was an American-British inventor best known as the creator of the first truly automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. Maxim also held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and steam pumps. Maxim claimed to invented the lightbulb. He was the father of Hiram Percy Maxim, who founded the ARRL. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round … The post Preparedness Notes for Thursday — February 5, 2026 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.