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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Hot and humid high pressure will linger over the region through the end of the week with daily scattered to numerous mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. 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 Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 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
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 5am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light winds out of the northwest. 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 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 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.
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 in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. 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 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. 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, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 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 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs near 80. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 2am. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 90. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. 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 between 11pm and 2am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Light winds out of the northwest. 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 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 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.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a chance of showers. Lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds northwest 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
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Light winds out of the northwest. 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 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs near 80. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Another round of strong thunderstorms could develop this afternoon. These storms would once again be capable of producing dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and heavy rainfall.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Jul 7 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - July 6, 2022 | hurricanetrack
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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 greenw 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 1.6 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Dock being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 7th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1990
Lowest Temperature 47°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Rainfall 5.37 inches in Highlands in 1941
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
• Governor Orders Flags Lowered in Memory of Highlands Park Mass Shooting Victims [Macon Media]
• Tangled efforts, fraud allegations, may keep Green Party off the ballot in NC [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• How ACC went from one of most successful in college sports history to uncertain future [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 'Impossible to overstate how important this could be': SCOTUS to hear NC voting maps case [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Pisgah Legal opens Waynesville office, offers program to help working families get cash and healthcare [Smoky Mountain News]
• After Macon County commissioner denounced Pride display, community raises $30K for library [Asheville Citizen Times]
• 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)]
• 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 06 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 6th]
*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: Why Russia wants to take last three major cities in Donbas region [DW News]
• Ukraine evacuates civilians from Sloviansk as Russian troops advance [France 24]
• Medvedev warns US against punishing Russia over Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Russia’s Tactical Shift in Ukraine Raises Prospect of Protracted War [Wall Street JournalE]
• Ukraine war: 21,000 alleged war crimes being investigated, prosecutor says [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Multi-polar world: Why the current crisis is bringing India and Russia even closer [Russia Today]
• USA should always remember it keeps part of Russia - Alaska [Pravda ]
• How Putin will participate in G20 summit will depend on state of global affairs — MFA [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
• Mitch McConnell says the labor shortage will be solved when people run out of stimulus money because Americans are 'flush for the moment' [Yahoo! News]
• Inflation Fears Drove Larger Fed Rate Increase in June [Wall Street Journal]
• How Inflation Fears Drove a Historic Global Bond Rout [Bloomberg]
• Georgia monument with mysterious history partially destroyed in explosion [Courthouse News Service]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: "I'm not going to step down." | C-SPAN
• Mysterious Georgia monument removed after explosion [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
• Trump White House Lawyer Pat Cipollone Agrees To Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee After Subpoena [Forbes]
President Biden Delivers Remarks on Historic American Rescue Plan Pension Relief | The White House
The Weekly Podcast: Assault Weapons Ban: Huge Part of the Landmark 1994 Crime Bill | C-SPAN
What’s causing the global food crisis? | Inside Story
Global National: July 6, 2022 | End Assembly of First Nation’s “political squabbling,” youth say
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 6th, 2022
--> PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 6th, 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.
Q and A with A and V Livestream 7/6/22 8:00 PM
• Reductions in stillbirths and preterm birth in COVID-19 vaccinated women: a multi-center cohort study of vaccination uptake and perinatal outcomes [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Small NIH study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain [National Institutes of Health]
• FDA allows pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid COVID treatment [Axios]
• Estimates of long Covid are startlingly high. Here’s how to understand them [STAT News]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• LHCb discovers three new exotic particles [CERN]
• Rivian’s R1S: An electric SUV for those with an adventurous lifestyle [ARS TECHNICA]
• Video game sales set to fall for first time in years as industry braces for recession [CNBC]
• Discord chat app faces moderation questions after mass shooting suspects are linked to platform [NBC News]
• Solar-powered EV charging stations could end range anxiety [Interesting Engineering]
• The next frontier for drones: Letting them fly out of sight [NBC News]
• 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
Self Sufficiency though Financial Independence | The Survival Podcast #3119
Hairy Microscopic Animals (Gastrotrichs), Stentors and Cyanobacteria! | Fantastic Microbes and Where to Find Them
The Riddle That Seems Impossible Even If You Know The Answer | Veritasium
How Do We Actually Know We Landed on the Moon? | Today I FOund Out
Japanese War Crimes: Biological Warfare in China - Pacific War #33 | Kings and Generals
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine digs in for Russian assault on Donetsk | DW News
Ukraine's Sloviansk 'shelled daily', residents urged to evacuate | Al Jazeera
No safe place' from Russian artillery as offensive underway in Ukraine's Donetsk | FRANCE 24
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Russian woman rescued from bomb site in Ukraine | BBC News
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 7th is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 177 days remain until the end of the year.
The terms 7th July, July 7th, and 7/7 (pronounced "Seven-seven") have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the 7 July 2005 bombings on London's transport system. In the Chinese language, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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)
1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks.
• [Venetian Crusade]
• [Venice & the Crusades (1090-1125)]
• [6: Venice and the Fourth Crusade]
1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
• [Retrial of Joan of Arc]
• [The Trials of Joan of Arc ]
1520 – Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
• [Battle of Otumba]
• [Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521) - Spanish-Aztec War] History]
1534 – Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
1575 – The Raid of the Redeswire is the last major battle between England and Scotland.
• [Raid of the Redeswire]
• [The Raid of Redeswire - 1575]
• [The Callant returns from Redeswire 2018] (local commemoration)
1585 – The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
• [Treaty of Nemours]
• [French Wars of Religion]
• [Ten Minute History - The French Wars of Religion (Short Documentary)]
1770 – The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• [Battle of Larga]
1777 – American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
• [Battle of Hubbardton]
• [The Battle of Hubbardton Animated Map]
• [Hubbardton: Vermont's Battle]
• [Saratoga campaign]
• [Burgoyne's Invasion: Saratoga Campaign of 1777]
1798 – As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
• [ XYZ Affair]
• [Quasi-War]
• [The XYZ Affair]
1807 – The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition.
• [Treaties of Tilsit]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Dramatization of Second Treaty] (click autotranslate for English subtitles) [Complete Napoleon 2002 Miniseries] (in English)
1834 – In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
• [New York anti-abolitionist riots (1834)]
• [Charles Ives: Study No. 9 ("The Anti-Abolitionist Riots")] (musical tribute)
1846 – US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.
• [Conquest of California]
• [Initial Conquest | California History [ep.1]]
• [The Mexican-American War - Explained in 16 minutes]
1863 – The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
1865 – Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
• [Assassination of Abraham Lincoln]
• [The Lincoln Conspirators] (Slideshow)
• [The Trial and Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators]
1892 – The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
• [Katipunan]
• [Philippine Revolution]
• [What was: The Filipino/Philippine Revolution]
1898 – US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• [Newlands Resolution]
• [Territory of Hawaii]
1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
• [Ziegfeld Follies]
• [broadway history- Ziegfield]
• [Lucille Ball Reflects On Being Fired By Florenz Ziegfeld | The Dick Cavett Show]
1911 – The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
• [North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911]
1915 – The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
• [First Battle of the Isonzo]
• [Life On The Isonzo Front I THE GREAT WAR On The Road]
1915 – Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Henry Pedris/a>]
1916 – The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
1928 – Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Otto Frederick Rohwedder]
• [Otto Frederick Rohwedder | Automatic Bread-Slicing | #studio64podcasts | #socialtechpioneers]
• [Sliced Bread: Where did it come from? | Stuff of Genius]
1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
• [Wikipewdia Bio: Henry J. Kaiser]
• [Hoover Dam Construction: Boulder Dam (Part I) (1931) - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage]
• [Six Companies, Inc.]
1937 – The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• [Marco Polo Bridge Incident]
• [Archive newsreel about the Marco Polo Bridge incident]
• [Marco Polo Bridge Incident - The First Battle of WWII]
1937 – The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
• [Peel Commission]
1941 – The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
• [The 1940 Occupation of Iceland]
• [American Marines Invaded Iceland in 1941]
• [Occupation of Iceland]
1944 – World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
• [Wikipedia: Banzai charge]
• [Battle of Saipan]
• [100 Year Old Army Veteran Describes the Largest Japanese Banzai Charge Ever! (Battle of Saipan)]
• [Banzai Tank Charge - Saipan 1944]
• [Newsreel: Aftermath of Japanese Banzai charge on Saipan, Mariana Islands during WWII]
1946 – Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• [Howard Hughes XF-11 Plane Crash Beverly Hills CA July 11 1946] (Newsreel)
• [Hughes XF-11]
1952 – The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
1953 – Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1954 – Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
1958 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
1959 – Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
1963 – Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
1978 – The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1980 – Institution of sharia law in Iran.
1980 – During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
1981 – US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• [President Ronald Reagan's announcement of Sandra Day O'Connor as a Supreme Court nominee]
• [Sandra Day O'Connor interview (2002)]
• [Wikipedia: Sandra Day O'Connor]
• [First: Sandra Day O’Connor, An American Life]
1983 – Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
1987 - Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North begins public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Oliver North]
• [Iran-Contra Hearings - Oliver North Testimony (1987)]
• [Congressional committees investigating the Iran–Contra affair]
• [What Was the Iran-Contra Affair? | History]
1988 - Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful).
• [Phobos 1]
1990 - 1st 'Three Tenors' concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti at Baths of Caracalla in Rome; recording becomes world's best-selling classical record.
• [Concert]
• [The Three Tenors]
1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1992 – The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
1993 - Prodigy announces it will offer Cox newspapers.
1997 – The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
2003 – NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
• [Opportunity (rover)]
• [NASA Mars Rovers Website]
• [Launch Video]
2005 – A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
• [Wikipedia: 7 July 2005 London bombings]
• [7/7 London Bombings: 10 Years On] (SkyNews)
• [7/7 London Bombings: How Story Unfolded On Sky News]
2007 – The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
2012 – At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
2013 – A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
2016 – Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen during an anti-police protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, killing five of them. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.
2019 – The United States women's national soccer team defeated the Netherlands 2–0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final in Lyon, France.
2020 - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announces he has tested positive for COVID-19.
2020 - Texas records more than 10,000 daily cases of COVID-19 for the 1st time
2020 - India surpasses Russia to become the world's third-worst affected country, daily COVID-19 cases exceeding 20,000 and total cases over 700,000
2020 - Violent protests in Belgrade, Serbia, at government announcement of weekend lockdown due to COVID-19 surge
2021 - Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated by a squad of gunmen at his home in Pétion-Ville.
• [BBC News | Haiti president's assassination: What we know so far]
• [CBS News (Youtube)]
• [Al Jazeera (Youtube)]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, July 07, 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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