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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure off the Southeast coast will take over today and Friday, with a southerly flow of moisture fueling daily shower and thunderstorm chances into the weekend. Another weak front will approach from the north during the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the ssouth around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 3pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. High in the lower 70s. Calm winds becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstor, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. High near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s66.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Widely scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening..
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Jun 30 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Two, located over the Guajira Peninsula.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
1. Western Gulf of Mexico:
Shower and thunderstorm activity remains poorly organized with an area of low pressure located over the western Gulf of Mexico. This system is forecast to move slowly westward and approach the coast of southern Texas and northern Mexico later today. Some slow development is still possible, and it could still become a short-lived tropical depression near the coast before it turns northwestward and moves inland over Texas later today. Regardless of development, heavy rain will be possible along portions of the Texas coast for the next few days. For more information about the potential for heavy rain, please see products issued by your National Weather Service office.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
2. Western Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave located over the western tropical Atlantic continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Only slight additional development of this system is anticipated while it moves west-northwestward for the next several days. The wave is forecast to move over the Windward Islands late Friday or early Saturday and then over the eastern Caribbean Sea by the weekend, where further development is unlikely due to unfavorable environmental conditions.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No smoke fields will be crossing Macon County today, no map was produced.
Air quality is in theupper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middlerange of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 2.8 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 30th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2012
Lowest Temperature 44°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1974
Greatest Rainfall 2.30 inches in Highlands in 1971
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June
Data available from 1873 to 2018
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
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
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Local and State News
• Cherokee County settles DSS lawsuits for $48.5 million [Cherokee Scout]
• Hemp legalization, elevator safety, alcohol bills and more head to Cooper for signature [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC budget aims to bring $4.8 billion chip-making plant, 1,800 jobs to Chatham County [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Who's on NC's new Parent Advisory Commission? Meet 2 of the WNC representatives [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC lawmakers discuss budget, disagreements mount [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Catamount Cinemas to open in former site of Quin Theater [Smoky Mountain News]
State Budget Details
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 29 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 28th]
*Reportedly* one of the first victims of US-supplied Ukrainian M142 HIMARS MRLs, a Russian base in Donbas after being struck by HIMARS’s guided rockets.#Russia #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/3v8A7SsfVk
— BlueSauron👁️ (@Blue_Sauron) June 25, 2022
Proof Russia DID Hit A Shopping Mall With A Missile in Kremenchuk Ukraine | Funker 530
Russia is now ‘main threat’: NATO can adjust its plans and policies accordingly | FRANCE 24 English
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 98-107)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 108-123. Mid-June has seen the Russian Armed Forces maintain their operational momentum and make important gains in the Donbas while the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to press their counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast. #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar pic.twitter.com/5MnyYOaUbz
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) June 28, 2022
• NATO declares Russia its 'most direct threat,' offers Finland, Sweden membership [DW News]
• Frontline Ukrainian city Mykolaiv again under Russian fire [France 24]
• Russia invasion: Putin still wants to take most of Ukraine - US [BBC News]
• U.S. to Ramp Up Military Presence in Europe to Counter Russia [Wall Street Journal/a>]
• Patient and Confident, Putin Shifts Out of Wartime Crisis Mode [New York Times]
• Russia steps up attacks in Ukraine after landmark NATO summit [Jerusalem Post]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• UN Security Council debates Ukraine crisis [Russia Today]
• USA unveils plan for post-Putin Russia to collapse into smaller states [Pravda ]
• Russia’s operation in Ukraine to last until its goals are achieved — Russian diplomat [TASS Russian News Agency]
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
Chechen troops liberate Donbass civilians in Severodonetsk | Itapirkanmaa2
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• New survey of 4,000 Americans: We agree that free speech is important, but disagree on what’s acceptable post-2020 (January 2022) [The Free Speech Center]
Special Edition: November 2015 Paris Attacks Trial to End | FRANCE 24 English
• Joe Biden wraps up six-day European trip overshadowed by events back home [USA TODAY]
Potential rebuttal to Jan. 6 testimony, Biden at NATO summit and more on "Red & Blue" | June 29
• About half say Trump should be charged for 1/6: AP-NORC poll [AP News]
• Testimony from Meadows aide opens criminal exposure for Trump [Courthouse News Service]
White House aide says Trump's tweets about Pence on Jan. 6 were 'unpatriotic' | PBS Newshour
• ‘There Was No Way to Have a Rational Conversation With Him’ Filmmaker Alex Holder on his interviews with Trump after January 6 [Intelligencer]
• Trump lunged at Secret Service agent in rage when told he couldn’t go to Capitol on Jan. 6, aide testifies [CNBC]
January 6th Committee Sixth Public Hearing | C-SPAN
Global National: June 29, 2022 | NATO welcomes Sweden, Finland, names Russia as potential threat
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 29th, 2022
--> PBS NewsHour Full Episode June 29th, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 6:26pm CEST, 29 June 2022, there have been 543,352,927 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,331,059 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 June 2022, a total of 11,981,689,168 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:26pm CEST, 29 June 2022, there have been 86,118,591 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,006,416 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 June 2022, a total of 585,796,438 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Seasonal coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2: effects of preexisting immunity during the COVID-19 pandemic [Springer Link]
• Q and A with A and V Livestream 6/29/22 8:00 PM [Vincent Racaniello (Microbe TV)]
• Elmo gets coronavirus shot, sparks another Muppet feud with Ted Cruz [Washington Post]
• Bad news for Paxlovid? Coronavirus can find multiple ways to evade COVID-19 drug [Science.org]
• Risk of shingles rises after COVID-19 infection: study [CTV News]
• TWiV 912: COVID-19 clinical update #120 with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 913: Twinkle twinkle little SARS [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• TikTok can’t stop users from doxxing the Supreme Court [ARS TECHNICA]
• New Firefox privacy feature strips URLs of tracking parameters [Bleeping Computers]
• SpaceX says 5G expansion would make Starlink 'unusable' for most Americans [CNN]
• Air New Zealand Will Introduce the World's First Economy Class Bunk Beds [Gizmodo]
• A world-first computer chip transmits data via sound waves rather than electrons [Interesting Engineering]
• Enjoy Digital Ownership And Public Libraries While You Still Can [Tech Dirt]
• Killing of Hindu tailor prompts internet shutdown in Indian state over unrest fears [The Guardian]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
How Weather Forecasting Works | Wendover Productions
When You Have Ships, Expect Pirates – DTNS 4306 | Daily Tech News Show
Giant Balloon Sandwich in Slow Motion | The Slow Mo Guys
FCC Calls On Apple And Google To Remove TikTok From App Stores | NBC News
Nuclear Bomb Test Data Was Used To Discover That Earth Core Is Oscillating | Anton Petrov
America’s worst nuclear accident: Three Mile Island | Kyle Hill
Were We Wrong About The Last Common Ancestor? | Stefan Milo
Battle of the Persian Gate 330 BC - Alexander the Great Documentary | Kings and Generals
Giant Viruses Blur The Line Between Alive and Not | PBS Eons
Booster 7 Worked On and Tested | SpaceX Boca Chica
Google Engineer on His Sentient AI Claim | Bloomberg Technology
New 2022 graphene battery launch : 8 minute charge time. 350 mile range! | Just Have a Think
Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness | Lex Fridman Podcast #298
Git Happens | LINUX Unplugged 464
🔴 Why Megalodon topped every food chain | [OFFICE HOURS] Podcast 094
Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1906
The Last Human – A Glimpse Into The Far Future | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> 'Putin is a dictator and we have to confront him,' Munich Security Conference head | DW Interview
Life in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine has changed | Al Jazeera
Russia is now ‘main threat’: NATO can adjust its plans and policies accordingly | FRANCE 24 English
NATO moves to expand the alliance and boost defenses to counter Russia | PBS Newshour
CCTV shows Russian missile striking Ukrainian shopping mall | BBC News
Ukraine War: Time running out for Lysychansk | Sky News
Biden increases military presence in Europe as war rages in Ukraine | ABC News
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
June 30th is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 184 days remain until the end of the year.
In common years it is always in ISO week 26.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
• [Wikipedia: Pope Marcellinus]
350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome
• [Wikipedia: Nepotianus]
• [Wikipedia: Magnentius]
763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Anchialus (763)]
1294 - Jews are expelled from Berne, Switzerland
1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Arbedo]
1520 - Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during "La Noche Triste" (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle
• [Wikipedia: La Noche Triste]
• [Kings and Generals: Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521) - Spanish-Aztec War ]
1521 – Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Noáin]
1548 - Augsburg Interim issued by Charles V becomes law - orders Lutherans to return to Catholic practices with some concessions
• [Wikipedia: Augsburg Interim]
1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
• [Wikipedia: Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559)]
• [This Is the Most Consequential Injury in Sports History]
• [Henry II of France]
1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.
• [The Battle of Berestechko]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Berestechko]
• [Khmelnytsky Uprising | 3 Minute History]
1688 – The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
• [Wikipedia: Invitation to William]
• [How a Dutchman became the King of England]
1700 - Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is July 12th, 1700)
• [The Gregorian Calendar - Ten Lost Days]
• [A Short History of the Modern Calendar]
• [Wikipedia: Adoption of the Gregorian calendar]
1758 – Seven Years' War: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl, helping to expel Prussian King Frederick the Great from Moravia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Domstadtl]
• [Seven Years' War | Animated History]
• [LINKTEXT]
1794 – Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
• [Wikipedia: Northwest Indian War]
• [Wikipedia: Fort Recovery]
• [Lecture: Northwest Indian Wars 1785-1795]
1805 – Under An act to divide the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, adopted by the U.S. Congress on January 11, 1805, the Michigan Territory is organized.
1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Charles Blondin]
1860 – The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place. It is dominated by arguments between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce.
• [Wikipedia article about the debate]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Thomas Henry Huxley]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Samuel Wilberforce]
• [Oxford Debate on Evolution]
• [The Great Debate – Huxley and Wilberforce (Bad Faith #13)]
1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• [Text of Yosemite Grant Act of 1864]
• [Almanac: Yosemite Valley Grant Act]
• [Wikipedia: Yosemite Valley]
1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
• [Wikipedia: Assassination of James A. Garfield]
• [The Presidential Assassination Nobody Talks About] (language warning)
• [The Surprise Election and Political Assassination of President James A. Garfield (2003)]
1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
1892 – The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• [Wikipedia: Homestead strike]
• [10 Days That Changed America Homestead Strike]
1905 – Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
• [On the electrodynamics of moving bodies; by A. Einstein.] (translated from German)
• [How Special Relativity Fixed Electromagnetism]
• [Special Relativity: Crash Course Physics #42]
In Russia, the "Potemkin" arrives at Odessa, where sailors take the bodies of dead crewman ashore; sailors join civilians in revolutionary actions of the '1905 Revolution'.
1906 – The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act; these laws owe much to the expose journalism of the period (Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' in particular)
• [Wikipedia: Pure Food and Drug Act]
• [Teddy Roosevelt the Trustbuster - Meatgrinder - Extra History - #5]
• [The Jungle by Upton Sinclair] (free eBook at Project Gutenberg)
1908 – The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• [Wikipedia: Tunguska Event]
• [Mystery of the Devastating Russian "Tunguska Event" Finally Solved (2013)]
• [Tunguska Event | 100 Wonders | Atlas Obscura]
1912 – The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• [Wikipedia: Regina Cyclone]
• [Disasters of the Century | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Regina Tornado | Ian Michael Coulson]
1914 - Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest after campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mahatma Gandhi]
1916 – World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Boar's Head]
• [The Day Sussex Died]
• [Drumhead service to remember the Battle of the Boar's Head (2016)]
1921 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
• [Wikipedia Bio: William Howard Taft]
• [Compilation Newsreel Footage ]
• [William Howard Taft and the Constitution] (National Constitution Center)
1922 – In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
• [US Dept of State: Dominican Republic, 1916-1924]
1925 - Charles Jenkins is granted the U.S. patent for Transmitting Pictures over Wireless (early television)
1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
• [Wikipedia: Night of the Long Knives]
• [Night of the Long Knives Documentary]
• [Ernst Röhm - Sturmabteilung & Night of the Long Knives Documentary]
1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
1936 - Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published
1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
1938 - Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1
• [Wikipedia: Action Comics 1]
• [PDF Copy]
1943 - General MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel (island-hopping)
• [Wikipedia: Operation Cartwheel]
• [Documentary: The Men of Operation Cartwheel]
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
• [Newsreel: Fall Of Cherbourg (1944)]
• [Battle of Cherbourg, 22-29 June 1944]
1953 – The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• [Wikipedia: Chevrolet Corvette (C1)]
• [1953 Chevrolet Corvette C1: Regular Car Reviews]
1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
• [Wikipedia: 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision]
• [The Crash that Changed the Way we Fly; 1956 Grand Canyon Mid-air]
1956 - Vladimir Lenin's politics testament (1923) published in Moscow
• [Wikipedia: Lenin's Testament]
• [Gutenberg Project: Lenin's Testament]
1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• [Wikipedia: 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash]
1960 – Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
1963 – Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
1966 – The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.
1967 - Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut
• [Military Times: Black Military History Month: Maj. Robert Lawrence, the first black astronaut]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.]
1968 – Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
• [Wikipedia: Solemni hac liturgia]
• [Online Copy] (Translated from Latin)
1971 – The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
• [Wikipedia: Soyuz 11]
• [The Vintage Space: Only Three People Have Died in Space]
• [Soyuz 11 - Death Of Three Astronauts]
1972 – The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
1974 – The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
• [Wikipedia: Baltimore municipal strike of 1974]
1975 - Muhammad Ali retains his world heavyweight boxing crown by beating Englishman Joe Bugner by unanimous points decision in a re-match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• [Wikipedia: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner]
• [Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner (2nd meeting) - 1975(HD)]
1977 - Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"
• [June 1977: Carter Cancels B-1 Bomber; Critics Accuse Him of ‘Unilateral Disarmament’]
• [WaPo: Carter Halts B-1 Bomber Production]
• [LINKTEXT]
1977 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
• [Big Picture: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) Nations]
• [Wikipedia: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]
1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
1986 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
1990 – East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
1994 – During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board.
1997 – The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China after the British lease on the New Territories in Hong Kong, established by the Second Convention of Peking, expires
• [Wikipedia: Handover of Hong Kong]
• [Hong Kong Handover Sunset Farewell Ceremony & Parade]
• [Hong Kong handover news coverage - July 1997] (4 hours)
2005 – MTV Canada is rebranded as Razer
2007 – A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
2009 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300, crashes into the Indian Ocean near Comoros, killing 152 of the 153 people on board. A 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari survives the crash.
2013 – Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona.
• [ABC News: 19 Firefighters Dead in Yarnell Hill Wildfire]
• [WFSTAR Yarnell Hill Fire] (Accident investigation Video)
• [Wikipedia: Yarnell Hill Fire]
2013 – Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
2014 - US Supreme Court rules that family-owned corporations can reject provision of 'Obamacare' on religious grounds
2015 – A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
2019 – Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
• [NBC News: Trump meets Kim Jong Un, becomes first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea]
• [Special Report: Trump meets North Korea's Kim Jong Un in the DMZ]
• [2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit]
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Published at 5:00am on Thurssday, June 30, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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