On December 17‚ 1862 the Battle of Antietam (aka the Battle of Sharpsburg) was fought. It was the bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22‚000 dead‚ wounded‚ or missing in the first battle on Union soil. — December 17th‚ 1905‚ was the birthday of Simo Häyhä‚ who was the world’s most successful sniper. Using an iron-sighted Mosin–Nagant in Finland’s Winter War‚ he had an astounding 505 confirmed sniper kills. He died April 1‚ 2002. — And speaking of Finns‚ on December 17‚ 1939‚ Finnish runner Taisto Mäki ran 10‚000 meters in less than 30 minutes for the first time … The post Preparedness Notes for Sunday — December 17‚ 2023 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.