FIREWORKS OVER FRANKLIN
PRESENTED BY THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN, NC
Monday, July 4th, 9:30 p.m. | Highlands Road | Rain Date: Tuesday, July 5th, 9:30 p.m.
Join the Town of Franklin for "Fireworks Over Franklin", Monday, July 4th beginning at 9:30 p.m.* The show will be launched from 15 First Street which is just off Highlands Road across from the Shops at Riverwalk, formerly the East Franklin Shopping Center. This is a park and watch event.
The fireworks display will feature all aerial shells, hundreds of them soaring into the skies over Franklin. The show will conclude with aspectacular grand finale.
Again this year we are pleased to be working with Hale Artificier, Inc. of Lexington, North Carolina which has designed an all-new show for 2022!
* weather permitting / rain date same time and location on July 5th
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National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
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On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Warm and humid high pressure will dominate the pattern through the work week, with seasonable afternoon rain chances through Thursday. A stronger cold front approaches from the northwest by late week, and leads to a potentially-rainy weekend forecast.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Independence Day
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain 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. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Independence Day
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. 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. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 40%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Independence Day
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain 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. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Chance of rain is 40%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Independence Day A chan
ce of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 70.
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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 Mon Jul 4 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
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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 (2.0 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 4th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1948
Lowest Temperature 46°F in Highlands in 1996
Greatest Rainfall 4.46 inches in Highlands 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
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Local and State News
• Synchronous fireflies put on light show for visitors in Grandfather Mountain [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• The state of barbecue: How NC is clinging to tradition in its most famous food [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Fun, festivities, fireworks: Where to celebrate July 4th in the mountains [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• 5 summer hikes: Beat the Asheville heat in the cool WNC mountains [Asheville Citizen Times]
• 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 03 [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
Germany, rearmament, and Ukraine - "Why 100 billion Euro may not fix the German military" | Perun
War of Attrition - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals
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: Scholz warns war could last a 'really long time' — live updates [DW News]
• British FM Liz Truss on supporting Ukraine: 'We're in it for the long haul' [The Interview | France 24]
• Russia claims full control of Luhansk region as key city captured [Al Jazeera]
• Russia Claims Control of Luhansk as Ukrainian Forces Retreat From Lysychansk [Wall Street Journal]
• As City Falls, Ukraine’s Last Hope in Luhansk Falls With It [New York Times]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• US believes it’s not yet time for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine [Russia Today]
• Expert: New Ukrainian tactics creates problems for the Russian military [Pravda ]
• Ukraine says its forces pulled out of Lisichansk to save lives of servicemen [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
• Millennials Were Optimistic About Their Financial Future—but Now, Not So Much [Wall Street Journal]
• 76 Fake Charities Shared a Mailbox. The I.R.S. Approved Them All. [New York Times]
• U.S. Supreme Court asks Maryland to bar protests at justices' homes [Reuters via Yahoo! News]
Great replacement conspiracy theory: Its role in mass shootings and politics | DW News
• Georgians Take To Streets Of Tbilisi In Pro-EU, Anti-Government Rally [Radio Free Europe]
• Watergate prosecutor says slapping Trump with a charge for rebellion or insurrection could prevent him from ever holding office again [Business insider]
Meet The Press Broadcast (Full) - July 3, 2022
This Week With George Stephanopoulos 7/3/22 | ABC Latest News Today July 3, 2022
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” | Full interview
Global National: July 3, 2022 | Russia claims victory over Ukrainian forces in Lysychansk
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 3rd, 2022
--> PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 3rd, 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.
• Predictors of severe illness in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multicentre cohort study [Canadian Medical Association Journal]
• Scientists keeping an eye on new COVID variant BA.2.75 [Jerusalem Post]
What's behind the rise in COVID-19 cases? | Inside Story
• Coronavirus FAQ: Can I get COVID outdoors? (With printable poster on how to cut risks) [National Public Radio]
• France mulls return to masks as COVID-19 hospitalizations rebound [Global News (Canada)]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• title [SOURCE]
• ‘We got dinosaurs all wrong.’ New study argues that dinosaurs were ‘fundamentally cold-adapted animals’ [Courthouse News Service]
• A Florida county is quarantining after discovery of invasive Giant African land snail [CNN]
• The Tech Guy Episode 1908 [TWIT-TV]
• 5 Cyber Stories You Missed This Week [Gizmodo]
• British Army Twitter and YouTube feeds hijacked by crypto-promos [The Register]
• Chip makers are refusing to build new semiconductor plants in the U.S. unless Congress unlocks $52 billion in funding [Yahoo! Finance]
• The First Million-Transistor Chip: the Engineers’ Story [IEEE Spectrum]
• 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
Rocket Lab To Send CAPSTONE Satellite To The Moon For NASA | Rocket Lab
SpaceX Starship Updates & Starlink Loader Tested, NASA CAPSTONE Success, SES-22, USSF-12 and more | Marcus House
Raptor Shielding Installed on Booster 7 for Static Fire | SpaceX Boca Chica
The Missing Baryon Problem and the Anti-Matter Discrepancy | Event Horizon
NSF Live: Discussing Booster 7 static fire plans, Rocket Lab's lunar mission, SLS rollback, and more
Relativity's Mini Starship Gets Major Deal and Everybody Is Launching Rockets | Deep Space Updates
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Germany, rearmament, and Ukraine - "Why 100 billion Euro may not fix the German military" | Perun
War of Attrition - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals
Russia, Ukraine claim control of Lysychansk as fighting rages on | DW News
Zelenskyy vows to retake Lysychansk as Ukrainian troops retreat | Al Jazeera
Switzerland hosts meeting to hash out 'Marshall Plan' for Ukraine | FRANCE 24 English
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 180 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)
362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire.
836 – Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed.
993 – Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.
1054 – A supernova, called SN 1054, is seen by Chinese Song dynasty, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.
1120 – Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.
1187 – The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
1253 – Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre.
1359 – Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.
1456 – Ottoman–Hungarian wars: The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins.
1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
1584 – Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island
1610 – The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War.
1634 – The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
1744 – The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
1774 – Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
1802 – At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens.
1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
1817 – In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
1826 – John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives."
1827 – Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
1831 – Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
1832 – John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.
1837 – Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
1838 – The Iowa Territory is organized.
1845 – Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
1855 – The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
1862 – Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
1863 – American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
1881 – In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
1886 – The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
1887 – The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
1892 – Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
1894 – The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
1898 – En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
1901 – William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
1903 – The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
1910 – The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
1911 – A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
1913 – President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
1914 – The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
1918 – Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
1918 – World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
1918 – Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
1927 – First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
1939 – Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
1941 – Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv.
1941 – World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
1942 – World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
1943 – World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
1944 - 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, US fleet near Iwo Jima
1946 – The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
1947 – The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
1950 – Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
1951 – Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
1951 – William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
1954 – Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
1960 – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
1961 – On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
1976 – Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
1976 – The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
1977 – The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
1982 – Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown.
1987 – In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.
1994 – Rwandan genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.
1997 – NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
1998 – Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
2001 – Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
2002 – A Boeing 707 crashes near Bangui M'Poko International Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing 28.
2004 – The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
2004 – Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
2005 – The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2006 – Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
2009 – The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
2009 – The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
2012 – The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
2015 – Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.
2017 - North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
2019 - Biggest seaweed bloom in the world, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico after algae explosion due to deforestation and fertiliser
2019 - US President Donald Trump holds a “Salute to America” Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C., controversial for its emphasis on the military and presence of tanks
2019 - Russian President Vladmir Putin meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican
• [Russian President Putin Meets Pope Francis in the Vatican | Voice of America]
• [Putin and pope hold 'substantive' talks in shadow of Ukraine crisis | Reuters]
• [Putin meets Pope Francis on one-day visit to Rome PBS Newshour]
2019 - Record temperatures in Alaska as Anchorage reaches 90F (32C)
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Published at 6:00am on Monday, July 04, 2022
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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