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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Summertime muggy conditions will continue through the weekend and into the following week. Temperatures around normal or above with scattered thunderstorms are anticipated over the weekend. By Monday, a weak cold front could bring more widespread and stronger thunderstorms to the forecast area into Tuesday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly 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 40%.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 9am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Sunday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and midnight, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 20%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
00 AM EDT Thu Jul 14 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 14, 2022
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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 lower range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 2.6 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Cenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 15th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 40°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 5.55 inches in Franklin in 1872
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 July
Data available from 1873 to 2022
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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Local and State News
NCDHHS Officials and State Senators Hold Mental Health Town Hall Meeting | WXII-TV (Greensboro, NC)
• Dozens more NC stores caught overcharging for items in 2022, state audit shows [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• North Carolina Republicans Push Bill Forcing Towns To Destroy Electric Car Chargers [TechDirt]
• Green Party sues NC elections board for keeping its candidates off the ballot [Raleigh News and Observer]
• McKim family endures the path to recovery [Plateua Daily News]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - July 2022 [Macon Media]
• Rep. Gillespie Legislative Newsletter Volume XXV [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 14 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 14th]
Ukraine War Report - Russia Strikes Central Ukraine - Day 141 | NEMICO NETWORK
Vinnytsia, Ukraine Struck by Kalibr - Combat Footage Live Review | Funker530
After capturing large parts of Donbas: will Putin have an appetite for more? | To the Point
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 98-107)
Jomini of the West has bewen hit hard by COVID, but will be posting a new thread soon --editor
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: Germany's Baerbock rejects lifting of Russia sanctions [DW News]
• Russia Strikes Residential, Business District in Ukraine’s Vinnytsia City [Wall Street Journal]
• Zelensky urges ‘special tribunal’ for Moscow amid deadly Russian strikes on central Ukraine [France 24]
• 'They started hunting for me': Ukraine politicians face torture in Russian detention [BBC News]
• Strikes on Civilians Deep in Ukraine Show Russia’s Lethal Reach [New York Times]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Trade among BRICS countries soaring – data [Russia Today]
• Deception and looting: A norm of life of Western civilisation [Pravda ]
• Serbian leader says conflict in Ukraine is world war where West is fighting against Russia [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
• 988 suicide prevention hotline to launch nationwide [NBC News]
• Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021 -- after oversight officials asked for them, watchdog says [KTEN-TV (Ada, OK)]
• Detroit to pay $7.5M to man who claims cops switched bullets to pin murder on him [NBC News]
How the rape of a young girl in Ohio became a flashpoint on the abortion debate | PBS Newshour
• American Airlines changes family's flight to another country, asks them to pay $30K, passenger says [KTRK-TV (Houston, TX)]
Iron Beam: How Israel’s New Laser Weapon Works | WSJ
• Judge orders arrest of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters for violating bond [CNN]
Washington Today (7-14-22): POTUS and Israeli PM differ on how to stop Iran nuclear program | C-SPAN
Global National: July 14, 2022 | Man acquitted in Air India blast dead in apparent targeted shooting
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 14th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 14th, 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 5:16pm CEST, 13 July 2022, there have been 555,446,890 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,353,692 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 12 July 2022, a total of 12,130,881,147 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:16pm CEST, 13 July 2022, there have been 87,673,034 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,011,363 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 8 July 2022, a total of 589,664,214 vaccine doses have been administered.
New COVID variant BA.5 prompts higher infections and reinfections | PBS Newshour
• 10 Kansas City Royals players are reportedly ineligible to play in Toronto due to being unvaccinated against Covid-19 [CNN]
• The BA.5 Wave Is What COVID Normal Looks Like [The Atlantic]
• 7th wave of COVID-19 rising across the province, Public Health Ontario's latest report says [CBC]
• COVID-19 disease in professional football players: symptoms and impact on pulmonary function and metabolic power during matches [The Physiological Society]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Four states receive first allocations of $10B broadband fund [AP News]
• North Carolina Republicans Push Bill Forcing Towns To Destroy Electric Car Chargers [TechDirt]
• GM is building a 'coast-to-coast' EV fast-charging network [Engadget]
• Top 10 Linux Distros for Beginners in 2022 [Compared] [Debug]
• Nuclear fusion lures investors as scientists hope for new breakthroughs [City A.M.]
• Panasonic to build $4bn battery plant in Kansas to meet Tesla demand [Financial Times]
• 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 Last Week in Tech Friday July 15 2022: Infidelity So Nice It Produces Twice
Ring, Alarm? Context Is Key - DTNS 4316 | Daily Tech News Show
Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences | Lex Fridman Podcast #302
Detailed Analysis of The First James Webb Image, SMACS 0723 | Antov Petrov
Ultimate Space Telescope | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
How Far Back is the James Webb able to See? with Dr. Klaus Pontoppidan | Event Horizon
James Webb Space Telescope First Results Q & A with Project Scientist John Mather, Nobel Prizewinner | Dr Brian KEating
CRS-25 Mission | SpaceX
Fermi Paradox: The Road to Intelligence Leads to Extinction | Event Horizon
Beyond the Visible [Very Large Array] Narrated by Jodie Foster | National Science Foundation
Rest Area Tailgate Camping | Steve Wallis
How Wasps Protect Their Babies With a Virus | SciShow
JPL and the Space Age: Saving Galileo | Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> After capturing large parts of Donbas: will Putin have an appetite for more? | To the Point
Zelensky urges ‘special tribunal’ for Moscow amid deadly Russian strikes on central Ukraine | France 24
Russian air strikes kill at least 17 in Ukraine's Vinnytsia | Al Jazeera
Dozens dead and injured in Russian strike on central Ukraine city | BBC News
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 15th is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 169 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)
484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome
• [Wikipedia: Temple of Castor and Pollux]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 496 BC)]
• [360° VR Temple of Castor and Pollux (Dioscuri) Valley of Temples Agrigento 5K 3D Italy Sicily 4K HD] although https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysPy6dH5qZ0 would have been a better choice for audio track)
AD 70 – Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)]
• [Josephus Describes the Romans' Sack of Jerusalem]
• [The Genuine Works OF Flavius Josephus] [Purchase on Amazon]
• [Livius.org: Titus' Siege of Jerusalem]
• [A Librivox Audiobook]
• [Projerct Gutenberg: The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Josephus]
• [Invicta: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) - The Great Jewish Revolt]
756 – An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang is ordered by his Imperial Guards to execute chancellor Yang Guozhong by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General An Lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed.
• [Wikipedia: An Lushan Rebellion]
• [An Lushan Rebellion - One of the Bloodiest Conflicts in History] (Kings and Generals)
• [An Lushan Rebellion | 3 Minute History]
1099 – First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (1099)]
• [Wikipedia: Kingdom of Jerusalem]
• [Siege of Jerusalem, 1099: What REALLY Happened...]
1149 – The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem.
• [Wikipedia: Church of the Holy Sepulchre]
1207 – King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton.
1240 – Swedish–Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Neva]
• [Wikipedia: Swedish–Novgorodian Wars]
• [Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks]
1381 – John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of England.
• [Wikipedia Bio: John Ball (priest)]
• [The John Ball Society: Who was John Ball?]
• [Wikipedia: Hanged, drawn and quartered]
1410 – Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald: The allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Grunwald]
• [Wikipedia: Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War]
• [Battle of Grunwald 1410 - Northern Crusades]
• [Prussian Crusade: Battle of Grunwald | Animated History]
1482 – Muhammad XII is crowned the twenty-second and last Nasrid king of Granada.
1640 – The first university of Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku, was inaugurated in Turku.
1738 – Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
1741 – Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
1789 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
• [Wikipedia: Rosetta Stone]
• [How The Rosetta Stone Unlocked Hieroglyphics]
1806 – Pike Expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
1815 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [HMS Bellerophon (1786)]
• [Wikipedia: Napoleonic Wars]
1823 – A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
1834 – The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
• [Wikipedia: Spanish Inquisition]
1838 – Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
1862 – American Civil War: The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships commanded by Admiral David Farragut, severely damaging three ships and sustaining heavy damage herself. The encounter changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi and helped reverse Rebel's fortunes on the river in the summer of 1862.
• [Wikipedia: CSS Arkansas]
• [The CSS Arkansas Story]
1870 – Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
1870 – Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
1888 – The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
1910 – In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
1916 – In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
1918 – World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• [Wikipedia: Second Battle of the Marne]
• [2nd Battle Of The Marne - Turning Point On The Western Front I THE GREAT WAR Week 208]
• [US Army War College: The Second Battle of the Marne: The Turning Point of 1918]
1920 – The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
1922 – Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
1927 – Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
• [Wikipedia: July Revolt of 1927]
• [Silent Newsreel]
• [History Punch Episode 4 - The July REVOLT of 1927]
1946 – State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
1954 – First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
1955 – Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
1959 – The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
1966 – Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
1971 – The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
1974 – In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
1975 – Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft and the Saturn family of rockets.
• [Wikipedia: Apollo–Soyuz]
• [A Cold War and a Warm Handshake: the Apollo-Soyuz mission]
• [Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) The Last Apollo, Saturn Rocket Mission] (part archival film, part animation)
1979 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
• [Jimmy Carter's Full "Crisis of Confidence" Speech]
1983 – An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
1998 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.
2002 – "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
2002 – Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
2006 – Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
• [Wikipedia: Twitter]
• [Wikipedia: social media]
• [Congressional Hearing on "Disinformation Nation: Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation" ]
2014 – A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
2016 – Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, July 15, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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