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Surface high pressure will linger across the southeast today before a cold front crosses the region from the west on Monday. Cool high pressure will return Monday night through Tuesday night, but with moisture possibly returning over the surface high. A wetter low pressure system will then cross the southeast on Wednesday. High pressure returns through the late week, but with occasional upper disturbances and slightly increased moisture crossing the region and keeping conditions unsettled. A strong cold front will arrive from the west next weekend.
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Brasstown Ringers to Perform Christmas Concert Series [Macon Media]
• Cooper vetoes election bill that would end grace period for NC’s mail-in ballots [News and Observer]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by noon.
Monday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A chance of rain before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain and snow before midmorning, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Increasing clouds, with highs near 50. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. WInds out of the south 3 to 7 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers likely, mainly between 11am and 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A chance of rain before 1am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday
A chance of rain and snow before 11am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Otto area
Increasing clouds, with highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. High in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A chance of rain before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain and snow before 8am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Nantahala area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. South southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Showers. Highs near 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A chance of rain, possibly mixing with snow after midnight, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain and snow between 7am and 10am, then a chance of rain. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not anticipated for today.
...OUTDOOR BURN BAN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
The state of North Carolina has issued a state wide burn ban due to the very dry conditions and exceptionally dry fuels. This burn ban is expected to remain in place until significant rain occurs.
Outdoor burning is prohibited. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities for further information. [Press Release]
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed and various Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for December 5th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2001
lowest Temperature 6°F in Highlands in 1899
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.26 inches in Highlands in 1910
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (there has been snowfall recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1872
Record weather events for December in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on Dec 31, 1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on Dec 30, 1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Highlands on Dec 14, 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on Dec 21, 1876
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is back in 2021! The 1¼ hour round-trip passenger excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot. For tickets, see [GSMR.com]
Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries
Adapted from an old Scandinavian custom of lighting the way for the Christ child, more than 2,500 candles in small white bags line the streets and every storefront is aglow with Christmas lights and decorations. Shopkeepers and restaurants are open late. See Santa and Mrs. Claus as they ride through town in their pickup truck. Write a letter to Santa and drop it off at his special mailbox. Live music on Front Street. For more information, see [Visit Dillsboro]
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National and World News Roundup
• CNN fires Chris Cuomo [CNN]
• Man who glued lock of Gorleston vaccine centre is jailed [BBC News]
• Crypto crash: $570 billion wiped off market cap after major sell-off over regulation fears [News.com.au]
• Public funding of religious education offers another test for conservative high court [Courthouse News Service]
• Clearview AI will get a US patent for its facial recognition tech [Engadget]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - December 4th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode December 4th, 2021
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Since it looks like we may be in for a new wave of infections, here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 18, 2021]
• How COVID-19 harms the heart [National Geographic]
• COVID-19 Post-acute Sequelae Among Adults: 12 Month Mortality Risk[frontiers in Medicine]
• How the Omicron Variant Got So Many Scary Mutations So Quickly [Scientific American]
• Regeneron says Covid antibody drug could be less effective against Omicron variant [MBC News]
• Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Boosts Neutralising Antibodies in Poor Responders [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Large International Study Reveals Spectrum of COVID-19 Brain Complications [Radiological Society of North America]
• High viral loads: what drives fatal cases of COVID-19 in vaccinees? an autopsy study [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Omicron Time [Science]
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On This Day
December 5th is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 26 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
633 – Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
1408 – Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
1484 – Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
1492 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
1496 – King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree ordering the expulsion of Jewish "heretics" from the country.
1560 – Charles IX becomes king of France.
1578 – Sir Francis Drake, after sailing through Strait of Magellan raids Valparaiso.
1649 – The town of Raahe (Swedish: Brahestad) was founded by Count Per Brahe the Younger.
1757 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
1766 – In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1776 – Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
1831 – Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
1847 – Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.
1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
1865 – Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
1895 – New Haven Symphony Orchestra of Connecticut performs its first concert.
1931 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow is destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
1934 – Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
1935 – Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
1936 – The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
1941 – World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
1941 – World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
1943 – World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
1945 – Flight 19, a group of TBF Avengers, disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
1952 – Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
1955 – The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
1955 – E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery bus boycott.
1958 – Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
1958 – The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
1964 – Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
1964 – Lloyd J. Old discovers the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
1971 – Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
1977 – Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
1983 – Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
1991 – Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.
1995 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
2004 – The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
2005 – The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
2006 – Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
2007 – Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills nine people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska.[8]
2013 – Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
2014 – Exploration Flight Test 1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched.
2017 – The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, December 05, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center. Back to Top
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Local and State News
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 15, 2021]
• Brasstown Ringers to Perform Christmas Concert Series [Macon Media]
• Cooper vetoes election bill that would end grace period for NC’s mail-in ballots [News and Observer]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by noon.
Monday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A chance of rain before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain and snow before midmorning, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Increasing clouds, with highs near 50. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. WInds out of the south 3 to 7 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers likely, mainly between 11am and 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A chance of rain before 1am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday
A chance of rain and snow before 11am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Otto area
Increasing clouds, with highs in the mid-50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Showers, mainly before 5pm. High in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A chance of rain before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain and snow before 8am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Nantahala area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. South southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Showers. Highs near 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A chance of rain, possibly mixing with snow after midnight, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain and snow between 7am and 10am, then a chance of rain. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 40s. Calm winds. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not anticipated for today.
...OUTDOOR BURN BAN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
The state of North Carolina has issued a state wide burn ban due to the very dry conditions and exceptionally dry fuels. This burn ban is expected to remain in place until significant rain occurs.
Outdoor burning is prohibited. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities for further information. [Press Release]
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed and various Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for December 5th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2001
lowest Temperature 6°F in Highlands in 1899
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.26 inches in Highlands in 1910
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (there has been snowfall recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1872
Record weather events for December in Macon County
Highest Temperature 78°F in Franklin on Dec 31, 1951
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Highlands on Dec 30, 1917
Greatest Rainfall 6.00 inches in Highlands on Dec 14, 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 12.0 inches in Franklin on Dec 21, 1876
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is back in 2021! The 1¼ hour round-trip passenger excursion comes to life as the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey through the quiet wilderness for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. Children’s faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS™, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the Bryson City Depot. For tickets, see [GSMR.com]
Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries
Adapted from an old Scandinavian custom of lighting the way for the Christ child, more than 2,500 candles in small white bags line the streets and every storefront is aglow with Christmas lights and decorations. Shopkeepers and restaurants are open late. See Santa and Mrs. Claus as they ride through town in their pickup truck. Write a letter to Santa and drop it off at his special mailbox. Live music on Front Street. For more information, see [Visit Dillsboro]
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National and World News Roundup
• CNN fires Chris Cuomo [CNN]
• Man who glued lock of Gorleston vaccine centre is jailed [BBC News]
• Crypto crash: $570 billion wiped off market cap after major sell-off over regulation fears [News.com.au]
• Public funding of religious education offers another test for conservative high court [Courthouse News Service]
• Clearview AI will get a US patent for its facial recognition tech [Engadget]
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - December 4th, 2021
PBS NewsHour Full Episode December 4th, 2021
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Since it looks like we may be in for a new wave of infections, here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 18, 2021]
• How COVID-19 harms the heart [National Geographic]
• COVID-19 Post-acute Sequelae Among Adults: 12 Month Mortality Risk[frontiers in Medicine]
• How the Omicron Variant Got So Many Scary Mutations So Quickly [Scientific American]
• Regeneron says Covid antibody drug could be less effective against Omicron variant [MBC News]
• Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Boosts Neutralising Antibodies in Poor Responders [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Large International Study Reveals Spectrum of COVID-19 Brain Complications [Radiological Society of North America]
• High viral loads: what drives fatal cases of COVID-19 in vaccinees? an autopsy study [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Omicron Time [Science]
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On This Day
December 5th is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 26 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
633 – Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
1408 – Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
1484 – Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
1492 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
1496 – King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree ordering the expulsion of Jewish "heretics" from the country.
1560 – Charles IX becomes king of France.
1578 – Sir Francis Drake, after sailing through Strait of Magellan raids Valparaiso.
1649 – The town of Raahe (Swedish: Brahestad) was founded by Count Per Brahe the Younger.
1757 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
1766 – In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1776 – Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
1831 – Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
1847 – Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.
1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
1865 – Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
1895 – New Haven Symphony Orchestra of Connecticut performs its first concert.
1931 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow is destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
1934 – Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
1935 – Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
1936 – The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
1941 – World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
1941 – World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
1943 – World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
1945 – Flight 19, a group of TBF Avengers, disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
1952 – Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
1955 – The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
1955 – E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery bus boycott.
1958 – Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
1958 – The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
1964 – Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
1964 – Lloyd J. Old discovers the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
1971 – Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
1977 – Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
1983 – Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
1991 – Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.
1995 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
2004 – The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
2005 – The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
2006 – Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
2007 – Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills nine people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska.[8]
2013 – Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
2014 – Exploration Flight Test 1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched.
2017 – The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, December 05, 2021
Author: Bobby Coggins
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