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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Hot and humid high pressure will linger atop the region through the end of the week with daily, solid, mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorm chances. High pressure breaks down and retreats west as a cold front approaches from the north this weekend, bringing in drier air and limited rain chances through the first part of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 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.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near in the lower 80s. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near in the upper 80s. Calm winds becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 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 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening, possibly lingering into the overnight. Some of these storms will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts and small hail, and all will be capable of producing dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning and extremely heavy rainfall. Another round of strong to severe thunderstorms could develop Thursday afternoon.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 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 thelower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 2.5 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Dock being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2012
Lowest Temperature 45°F in Highlands in 1915
Greatest Rainfall 4.00 inches in Nantahala in 1959
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
• Community Raises Money for Library Employees After County Denies Budget Increase [Macon Media]
• 280 people donate close to $30,000 to provide raises for Macon County Library employees [The Southern Scoop]
• Community raises more than $30,000 for Macon County Library [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• High hopes and dashed plans: GOP policy flops prompt calls for further action [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• New rules for Raleigh city hall speakers spark censorship debate [Raleigh News and Observer]
• North Carolina on the verge of ending the state’s ‘membership’ requirement to visit a bar [Asheville Citizen Times]
• 2022 Independence Day Parade in Franklin, NC [Macon Media]
• 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 05 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 5th]
*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
• Putin Pal Drops Menacing Hint: a ‘Cleansing’ Is Coming for Europe [Yahoo! 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 troops regroup to defend cities in Donetsk [DW News]
• Ukraine: Governor urges 350,000 residents flee Russian offensive [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine, allies adopt principles for reconstruction [France 24]
• Russian Army Turns Ukraine’s Largest Nuclear Plant Into a Military Base [Wall Street Journal]
• Ukraine News: Russia Intensifies Shelling in the East, Signaling Its Next Offensive [New York Times]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russia will reach its goals in Ukraine despite Western weapons – top security official [Russia Today]
• After cargo ship incident, Turkey will soon close the Bosphorus for Russia [Pravda ]
• Blinken plans no talks with Lavrov on sidelines of G20 meeting — spokesperson [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
• Oil Prices Pulled Lower by Dimming Demand [Wall Street Journal]
• Chicago shooting: Suspect planned attack for weeks, police say [BBC News]
• Suspected North Korea dam water release prompts South Koreans to evacuate [Yahoo! News]
• More than 220 shot and killed in U.S. gun violence over July 4 holiday weekend [CBS News]
LIVE COVERAGE: Multiple people shot during July 4th parade in Highland Park (WFLD-TV Chicago, IL)
• Uvalde mayor says he fears a cover-up of investigation into school massacre [CNN]
Forced Uighur labour in China: How can companies and shoppers help? | The Stream
• Joe Rogan Says He’s Turned Down Multiple Offers to Have Trump on His Podcast: ‘I Don’t Want to Help Him’ [MEDIAITE]
• Fulton grand jury subpoenas Giuliani, Graham, Trump campaign lawyers [Atlanta Journal-Constitution (legal document embedded)]
Washington Today (7-5-22): WH & Congressional reaction to Highland Park, IL mass shooting | C-SPAN
Global National: July 5, 2022 | AFN chief re-added to assembly agenda following controversy
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 5th, 2022
--> PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 5th, 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.
• Connecticut Patient Had COVID for 471 Days, Evolved 3 New Lineages: Study [WNBC-TV (New York City, NY)]
• Long COVID: 'Viral reservoir' of spike protein may explain long-term symptoms [Medical News Today]
• LSU Health’s New Orleans lab says it has discovered two new Omicron subvariants [KSLA-TV (Shreveport, Louisiana)]
• The Secrets of Covid ‘Brain Fog’ Are Starting to Lift [Wired]
• When will COVID-19 become endemic? Possibly in about two years, Yale researchers say [Connecticut Public Radio]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• LHCb discovers three new exotic particles [CERN]
• James Webb Space Telescope preparing to see starbirth in high definition [Space.com]
• Tesla is no longer the world's largest EV producer [Axios]
• Full remote tech jobs pay better, Global Tech Talent Trends shows [Landing.Jobs]
• Apps and advertisers are coming for your lock screen, and it’s going to be exhausting [The verge]
• 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
Level1 News July 6 2022: You Gotta Fight (AirBnB) For Your Right To Party
Mac-wards Compatibility - DTNS 4309 | Daily Tech News Show
Starship 24 Rolled To The Launch Site | SpaceX Boca Chica
Tesla Deliveries Fall Short | Tesla Time News
The Treaty of Perpetual Peace | Byztory
How does the Large Hadron Collider work? [CERN]
What A 15 Year Old Mass Killer Looks Like | Explore With Us
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Examining the state of war in Ukraine after Russia seizes the Luhansk region | PBS Newshour
Who has the upper hand in the War in Ukraine? | DW News
Ukraine sets new defensive lines in Donetsk after losing Luhansk | FRANCE 24 English
Sole survivor of Russian firing squad escaped execution by playing dead | BBC News
Fighting intensifies in Eastern Ukraine as Russia gains ground | CNBC
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 6th is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 178 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)
371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Leuctra]
• [The Battle of Leuctra 371 BC]
640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Heliopolis]
• [Muslim Conquest of Egypt 640 - Battles of Babylon and Heliopolis]
1253 – Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mindaugus]
1348 – Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
1411 – Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
• [Wikipedia: third treasure voyage]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Zheng He]
• [Zheng He's Floating City: When China Dominated the Oceans]
• [How China Could Have Conquered The World | When China Ruled The Waves | Timeline]
1415 – Jan Hus is condemned by the assembly of the council in the Konstanz Cathedral as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake. (See Deaths section.)
• [Wikipedia Bio: Jan Hus]
1438 – A temporary compromise between the rebellious Transylvanian peasants and the noblemen is signed in Kolozsmonostor Abbey.
1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Richard III]
• [Was Richard III Really Britain's Worst Tyrant King? | Richard III: Fact Or Fiction | Timeline]
• [Richard III - The Archaeological Dig]
1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Diogo Cão]
1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Fornovo]
• [Wikipedia: First Italian War/a>]
• [Italian Wars 3/10 - The Battle of Fornovo 1495]
1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Thomas More]
1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
• [Wikipedia Bio: King Philip II of Spain]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Queen Mary I of England]
1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Edinburgh]
1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
1573 – French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of La Rochelle]
• [Wikipedia: French Wars of Religion]
1614 – Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
• [Wikipedia: Żejtun]
1630 – Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
• [Wikipedia: Thirty Years' War]
• [Wikipewdia Bio: Gustavus Adolphus]
• [Why the Thirty Years' War Was So Devastating - European Wars of Religion]
1685 – Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. Troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
• [Battle of Sedgemoor]
• [Monmouth Rebellion]
• [LINKTEXT]
1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
• [Patriarchate of Aquileia]
1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
• [Siege of Fort Ticonderoga]
• [Fort Ticonderoga: The Revolutionary War in Four Minutes] (American Battlefield Trust)
1779 – Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• [Battle of Grenada]
1801 – First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
• [First Battle of Algeciras]
1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Wagram]
• [Wikipedia: War of the Fifth Coalition]
• [Napoleon's Revenge: Wagram 1809]
1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1887 – David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Aqaba]
• [T.E. Lawrence And How He Became Lawrence Of Arabia I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?]
• [Lawrence of Arabia (5/8) Movie CLIP - Attack on Aqaba (1962) ] (movie dramatization)
1918 – The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
• [Left SR uprising]
• [The Other Russian Revolutionary Parties: Kadets, Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries (SRs)]
1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
• [dirigible R34 ]
• [R34 First Round Trip]
1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Brunete]
• [Great Battles of the Spanish Civil War - Ep.8 - the Battle of Brunete] (English subtitles)
• [Ten Minute History - The Spanish Civil War and Francisco Franco (Short Documentary)]
1939 – Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
• [Wikipedia: Anti-Jewish legislation in pre-war Nazi Germany]
• [The Path to Nazi Genocide]
1940 – Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
• [Wikipedia: Story Bridge]
• [Silent Newsreel]
• [Drone Footage Shot at Night]
1941 – World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
• [Battle of Smolensk (1941)]
• [Barbarossa Visualized: The Battle of Smolensk [July 1941] [Episode 5]]
1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
• [Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson]
• [Jackie Robinson Clip: 1944 Court-Martial]
1944 – The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
• [Wikipedia: Hartford circus fire]
• [The Hartford Circus Fire | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror ]
1947 – Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• [Wikipedia: AK-47]
• [Developmental History of the AK with Max Popenker]
• [Russia Today: Legendary Kalashnikov - Story of AK-47 Rifle]
1957 – Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Plowshare]
• [Wikipedia: Storax Sedan]
• [The largest human-made crater in the Mainland United States Project Sedan 104Kt]
• [Why Apollo Astronauts Trained in Nuclear Bomb Craters]
1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
1964 – Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
1966 – Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
1967 – Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
• [Wikipedia: Nigerian Civil War]
• [Nigeria's civil war explained - BBC News]
• [An Honest Explanation of the Nigerian Civil War | The Biafran Story]
1975 – The Comoros declares independence from France.
1986 – Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
• [Wikipedia: Piper Alpha]
• [A Brief History of: The Piper Alpha Oil Rig Disaster (Short Documentary)]
• [Explosion in the North Sea (Piper Alpha)]
1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
• [Wikipedia: bus 405 suicide attack]
1990 – The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.
• [Wikipedia: Electronic Frontier Foundation]
• [Elliot Harmon | The Electronic Frontier Foundation]
• [Official Youtube Channel]
1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
• [Wikipedia: Bosnian War]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Ratko Mladić]
• [Ratko Mladic disrupts court with angry outburst, gets life sentence for war crimes]
• [Yugoslav Wars | 3 Minute History]
1996 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a turbine engine failure during take off from Pensacola International Airport, killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.
1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
1998 – Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
2003 – The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
• [Wikipedia: Cosmic Call]
2006 – The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
2013 – At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
• [Wikipedia: Yobe State school shooting]
2013 – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
2013 – A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
2016 - Pokémon Go, the real-world mobile game by Niantic, is first released
• [Wikipedia: Pokémon Go]
• ["I Remember Summer 2016" - Pokemon Go Retrospective (2018)]
• [Shiny Trifecta! 5th Anniversary Event Is Insane! Shiny Starters, Lure Modules, Darumaka | Pokémon GO]
2017 - France announces it will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040
• [rance goes green: Plan to ban petrol and diesel cars]
2020 - America officially begins withdrawing from the World Health Organization
• [US withdraws from WHO: Trump tells congress he formally withdrawn from World Health Organization]
• [U.S. formally withdraws from WHO]
• [Dr. Fauci on rejoining WHO and how Biden’s COVID plan will affect vaccine rollout l GMA]
• [US rejoins WHO under Biden administration]
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, July 06, 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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