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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A weak cold front will settle slowly southward into the western Carolinas today through tonight before stalling in the vicinity of the forecast area on Monday. The front will dissipate early in the week, with warm and humid high pressure dominating the pattern Tuesday through Friday. A stronger cold front will approach from the northwest on Saturday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Independence Day
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Areas of fog before 8am. High near 78. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Independence Day
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 75. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Independence Day
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 3pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Independence Day
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Areas of fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 80. Light east southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 5am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Numerous to widespread thunderstorms will develop today, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours, accompanied by dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and heavy rainfall. One or two of the thunderstorms could produce damaging wind gusts and quarter-sized hail. Isolated flooding will possible with slowly- moving thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Jul 3 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently downgraded Tropical Depression Colin, located near the southeastern coast of North Carolina.
1. Central Caribbean Sea:
Recent satellite-derived wind data indicate that a tropical wave over the central Caribbean Sea is producing winds to near gale force just south of Hispaniola, and disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity stretches across the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and the adjacent waters of the Caribbean Sea. Despite these conditions, development of the wave is not expected while it moves westward at about 20 mph into an area of stronger upper-level winds over the western Caribbean Sea.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 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 upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 1.4 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Dock being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (1.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 3rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 2012
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Rainfall 2.79 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2013
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 2022
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
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
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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Local and State News
• UNC researchers have developed a molecule that could get medicines to market faster [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC budget, immigration enforcement, other measures sent to Cooper as legislative session wanes [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Respect our veterans: July 4 may cause distress for those who struggle with PTSD [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Macon County Board of Education - June 2022 Meeting [Macon Media]
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, July 02 [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
Why War in Ukraine is Causing Apocalyptic Famine | Real Life Lore
Why is Kaliningrad crucial to the war in Ukraine? | BBC News
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
• Ukraine weapons: What military equipment is the world giving? [BBC News]
• 19 killed in Russian missile strike on Ukrainian apartment building [ABC News via Yahoo! News]
• Ukraine: Heavy fighting in Lysychansk as separatists claim gains [DW News]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 130 [Al Jazeera]
• Belarus claims to have shot down missiles fired from Ukraine [France 24E]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• With attempts to 'cancel' Pushkin, Ukraine's drive to eradicate Russian language and culture has reached the level of farce [Russia Today]
• Relations between Russia and Japan tumble down to zero [Pravda ]
• Air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones close to Kursk - governor [TASS Russian News Agency]
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• America gets first taste of an originalist Supreme Court [Courthouse News Service]
• Trump Eyes Early 2024 Announcement as Jan. 6 Scrutiny Intensifies [New York Times]
Jet truck driver killed in air show accident | WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Three police die in 'pure hell' Kentucky shooting [BBC News]
• Uvalde schools’ police Chief Pete Arredondo resigns from City Council [PBS Newshour]
Global National: July 2, 2022 | Russia escalates assault on last stronghold in Ukraine’s Luhansk
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 2nd, 2022
--> PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 2nd, 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 6:25pm CEST, 1 July 2022, there have been 545,226,550 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,334,728 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 30 June 2022, a total of 11,986,040,938 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:25pm CEST, 1 July 2022, there have been 86,433,723 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,007,644 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 June 2022, a total of 585,796,438 vaccine doses have been administered.
• New ultra-contagious Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 worsening California coronavirus wave [Los Angeles Times]
• New York City's COVID test positivity rate surpasses 10% for the first time since January [ABC News]
• Colorado’s drop in life expectancy blamed on COVID, drugs [AP News]
• Japan’s Secret to Taming the Coronavirus: Peer Pressure [New York Times]
• FDA will not require clinical trial data to authorize redesigned COVID boosters [Reuters]
• TWiV 914: COVID-19 clinical update #121 with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• ‘Stranger Things 4’ Sets Nielsen Streaming Record [The Hollywood Reporter]
• Mark Zuckerberg told Meta staff he's upping performance goals to get rid of employees who 'shouldn't be here,' report says [Business Insider via Yahoo! News]
• The GPU shortage is over [The Verge]
• How your brainwaves could be used in criminal trials [Tech Explore]
• Off the shelf, above the fight: How cheap drones are completely changing warfare [Task and Purpose]
• We Asked GPT-3 to Write an Academic Paper about Itself—Then We Tried to Get It Published [Scientific American]
• FCC lets Starlink offer Internet service on moving vehicles throughout US [ARS TECHNICA]
• Scientists create an optical illusion that feels like an expanding black hole [Interesting Engineering]
• 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
Demis Hassabis: DeepMind - AI, Superintelligence & the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #299
TWiV 915: Mouse mouth to mouse mom | Microbe TV
India's Fintech Success: Unified Payments Interface | Asianometry
ASTEROID IMPACT Comparison 🌑💥
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine accuses Russia of 'terror strikes' on Odesa | Ukraine War Update
Fight for Lysychansk intensifies, Russia accuses Ukraine of deadly shelling near border
Ukraine demands the seizure of Russian-flagged grain ship off Turkey | BBC News
Ukraine funeral: Village pays tribute to fallen soldier
Russia Leaves Snake Island; Why It's a Key Site in the Ukraine War | WSJ
John Bolton weighs in on war in Ukraine
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 3rd is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 181 days remain until the end of the year.
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)
324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Adrianople]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Constantine I]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Licinius]
987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Hugh Capet]
• [Wikipedia: Capetian dynasty]
1035 – William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigns until 1087.
1187 - Battle of Horns of Hattin: Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, destroys Jerusalem's crusader army
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Hattin]
• [Battle of Hattin, 1187 ⚔️ Saladin's Greatest Victory - معركة حطين]
• [Third Crusade 1189-1192: From Hattin to Jaffa]
• [The Battle of Hattin, 1187 - Saladin vs. Crusaders]
• [Battle of Hattin, 1187: Three Primary Source Accounts]
1250 - Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars' Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt conducting the Seventh Crusade; he later has to ransom himself
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Fariskur]
• [The Seventh Crusade: A Concise Overview for Students]
1428 - Treaty of Delft between Jacoba of Bavaria & Philip the Good of Burgundy
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Delft]
1608 – Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1661 - Portugal gives Tangier and Bombay to English King Charles II
1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
• [George Washington's Defeat: the Battle of Fort Necessity]
• [Did George Washington Single-handedly Start an International War? - Fort Necessity & Jumonville PA]
• [Wikipewdia: George Washington in the French and Indian War]
1767 – Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
1767 – Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
• [Battle of Wyoming]
• [Vinnie Langdon: Battle Of Wyoming History]
1819 – The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
1839 – The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
1844 - The last pair of Great Auks is killed
• [Highlight History: The Spiteful End of the Great Auk]
• [Wikipedia: Great auk]
1848 – Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies.
1849 – France invades the Roman Republic and restores the Papal States.
1852 – Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
1861 - Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from NY
1863 – American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
• [Wikipedia: Pickett's Charge]
• [Civil War 1863 - Gettysburg Pickett's Charge]
• [Footage of Civil War Veterans at 50yr Anniversary in 1913 and 75yr Anniversary in 1938]
1864 - Battle of Chattahoochie River (Georgia) Begins (ends on July 9th)
1866 – Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
• [Battle of Königgrätz]
• [Kings and Generals: Battle of Königgrätz 1866 - Austro-Prussian War ]
• [Tactics and rifles of the battle of Königgrätz - Lorenz and Dreyse rifles in action]
1871 - Jesse James robs a bank of $45,000 in Corydon, Iowa
• [Wikipedia Bio: Jesse James]
• [James–Younger Gang]
• [Timesuck | The Outlaw Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang]
1883 - SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River in Scotland; 195 die
• [SS Daphne (1883)]
1884 – Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
1886 – The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
1890 – Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1890 - King Leopold II gives Congo, previously a private possession, to Belgium
1898 – A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
• [Battle of Santiago de Cuba]
• [Rare Combat Photographs of US Navy Ships During the Battle of Santiago de Cuba (1898)]
1913 – Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
• [Footage of Civil War Veterans at 50yr Anniversary in 1913 & 75yr Anniversary in 1938]
• [Wikipedia: 1913 Gettysburg reunion]
• [Yesterdays Heroes Reunite during The 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg]
1938 – World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h).
• [Wikipedia: LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard]
• [VIDEO: MALLARD - York - Scarborough - 1986]
• [Record Breaking Mallard Steam Train Video]
1938 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• [Wikipedia: Eternal Light Peace Memorial]
• [1938 FDR Dedicates Gettysburg Memorial]
• [Silent Newsreel]
1939 - Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800 kph (500 mph) rocket plane to Adolf Hitler
• [Wikipedia: Heinkel He 176]
• [Heinkel He 176: Rocketmen]
1940 – World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France.
• [Wikipedia: Attack on Mers-el-Kébir]
• [Mers-el-Kebir - Tragedy on a Grand Scale]
• [Mers El Kebir 1940: When Britain Blew Up the French Fleet] (includes Newsreel Footage)
• [045 - Do the Brits hate the French?! - The Bombing of Mers-el-Kébir - WW2 - July 6 1940]
• [We All Feel Thoroughly Ashamed: Mers el Kébir (World War 2)]
1942 - German troops march into Sebastopol, Crimea
1943 - British Liberator bomber sinks German U-628 in Bay of Biscay
1944 – World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
• [Wikipedia: Minsk offensive]
1952 – The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
• [Wikipedia: Constitution of Puerto Rico]
1952 – The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary.
1967 – The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny.
• [Battle of the Crater (Aden)]
• [British Army in Aden | Crater Re-Taken | Lt. Colonel Colin "Mad Mitch" Mitchell | July 1967]
• [Mad Mitch and his Tribal Law, The Aden Emergency]
1969 – Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
• [Wikipedia: N1 (rocket)]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [The Largest Rocket Explosion Ever - The Soviet N1 Moon Rocket Failure]
• [Soviet N1 Moon Rocket Documentary]
• [All the failed launches of the Soviet Moon rocket N1 | Historic Rocket Launches]
1970 – The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• [Wikipedia: Falls Curfew]
• [Wikipedia: The Troubles]
1970 – Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
1979 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Cyclone]
• [Episode 038 - Richard Rice on his piece of Operation Cyclone aka “Charlie Wilson’s War”]
• [The True Story of Charlie Wilson's War]
1986 - US President Reagan presides over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
• [President Reagan's Remarks at the Statue of Liberty on Governors Island, New York, July 3, 1986]
1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
• [Iran Air Flight 655]
• [USS Vincennes (CG-49)]
• [NBC SPECIAL REPORT, July 1988 - Navy Missile Downs Civilian Iran Air Flight 655]
• [AP VIDEO] (some segments silent)
• [July 4, 1988 CBS News - Downing of Iran Air Flight 655 & Reagan & Ayatollah's Responses - VHS rescue]
• [The 8th Minute: The 'Forgotten' US Shootdown of Iranian Airliner Flight 655]
1988 – The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
1996 – UK House of Commons announces that the Stone of Scone, aka the Stone of Destiny, used in the coronation of Scottish (and subsequently English and British monarchs), will be returned to Scotland after 700 years in Westminster Abbey.
• [Wikipedia: Stone of Scone]
• [AP VIDEO]
2013 – Egyptian coup d'état: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is overthrown by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for Morsi's resignation, to which he did not respond. President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Adly Mansour is declared acting president.
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Published at 6:00am on Sunday, July 03, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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