On February 20‚ 1962‚ John H. Glenn‚ Jr.‚ the oldest of seven astronauts selected by NASA for Project Mercury spaceflight training (and later a U.S. senator)‚ became on this day in 1962 the first American to orbit Earth‚ doing so three times. — On February 20‚ 1902‚ Ansel Adams‚ the most important landscape photographer of the 20th century‚ was born in San Francisco. — Today is also the birthday of novelist and screenwriter Richard Matheson (1926–2013). He wrote many sci-fi television scripts. His novella I Am Legend later was adapted into three different movies over the course of five decades‚ … The post Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — February 20‚ 2024 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.