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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Seasonally hot and muggy conditions will continue through the week. There will be a chance of mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms through the week as well. An upper level disturbance will pass to our north with an attendant frontal boundary around Thursday increasing our chances for showers and thunderstorms. Expecting the hot ridge over Texas to nose into our area by this weekend with temperatures several degrees above normal.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Isolated showers between 10am and noon, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then isolated showers between midnight and 5am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 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.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then isolated showers between midnight and 4am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. 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. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Isolated showers between 10am and noon, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with 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 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then isolated showers between midnight and 5am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. West 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening, with numerous coverage possible over the mountains. A few of these storms will be strong and may become severe. The main threats will be localized damaging winds, dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, and heavy downpours. Localized flash flooding can`t be ruled out with slow moving storms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Jul 19 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 18, 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 2.0 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Cenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Franklin in 1986
Lowest Temperature 47°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2009
Greatest Rainfall 3.79 inches in Highlands 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 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
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Local and State News
• Cooper, Stein call for stricter gun laws as NC police chiefs gather to talk gun violence, needs [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Pump the brakes: NC starts weeklong campaign targeting speeders [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Mark Meadows 'going to go down for this,' former top WNC GOP says of Jan. 6 reporting [Asheville Citizen-Times]
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 18 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 18th]
• ISW Special Report: Russian Volunteer Units and Battalions [Institute for the Study of War]
• Ukraine's harvest becomes the new battlefield, as fires blacken its arable heartlands [CNN]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 144 [Al Jazeera]
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
• xxx [xxx]
• Russia-Ukraine updates: UK says Wagner mercenaries fighting at front lines [DW News]
• Putin to meet Turkey's Erdogan and Iranian President Raisi in Tehran [France 24]
• Ukraine: Why is Zelenskyy shaking up his administration? [Al Jazeera]
• Russia Orders Troops to Target Ukraine’s Western-Supplied Long-Range Weapons[Wall Street Journal]
• Russia's independent TV Rain channel back on air from abroad [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Putin heads to Tehran for talks with Iranian and Turkish leaders [Russia Today]
• Medvedev threatens Ukraine with 'doomsday' should Kyiv dare to attack Crimea [Pravda ]
• Iran preparing documents to join SCO, says ambassador to 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
Deaths, drought and wildfires: Europe struggles to cope with its severe heatwave | DW News
• DOJ won’t prosecute group linked to Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’ after unlawful entry arrests, Capitol police say [CNBC]
• Two New York residents charged with funneling Chinese investor money to Trump campaign [Reuters]
• Ex-Donors to GOP Charged With Fraud [Wall Street Journal]
Uvalde shooting: Police bodycam footage shows moments when law enforcement entered Robb Elementary | WFAA-TV Dallas, TX))
Retired SWAT officer weighs in on Uvalde video | WJXT-TV (Jacksonville, FL)
• Texas state police launch internal review of Uvalde response [AP News]
• Angry and heartbroken Uvalde parents flood school board meeting with demands for new leadership [NBC News]
• Pulitzer board rejects Trump’s calls to revoke prizes for reporting on Russian election meddling [CNBC News]
Washington Today (7-18-22): Sen. Manchin cites inflation in nixing climate, energy, tax parts of BBB | C-SPAN
Global National: July 18, 2022 | Extreme heat scorches much of Europe, sparks wildfires
Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 18
PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 18th, 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 5:46pm CEST, 15 July 2022, there have been 557,917,904 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,358,899 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 5:46pm CEST, 15 July 2022, there have been 88,027,926 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,012,816 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 8 July 2022, a total of 589,664,214 vaccine doses have been administered.
• CDC stops reporting coronavirus cases on cruise ships [Washington Post]
• In vitro evolution predicts emerging SARS-CoV-2 mutations with high affinity for ACE2 and cross-species binding [PLOS Pathogens]
• Conservative blocs unleash wave of litigation to curb public health powers [WGBH-TV (Boston, MA)]
• COVID-19 changed public spaces, but many cities have retreated [The Globe and Mail]
• COVID czar cautiously optimistic sixth wave will recede soon [The Times of Israel]
• TWiV 919: Motivated by volatiles [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 918: COVID-19 clinical update #123 with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Improving science literacy means changing science education [ARS TECHNICA]
• The James Webb Space Telescope is capturing the universe on a 68GB SSD [Engadget]
• Russia fines Google $365 million over YouTube videos containing ‘prohibited’ content. [The Verge]
• SpaceX is now launching 10 rockets for every one by its main competitor [ARS TECHNICA]
• Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten entire tech ecosystems [The RegisterE]
• TikTok is “unacceptable security risk” and should be removed from app stores, says FCC [Malwarebytes Labs]
• ICE Is Buying Up Massive Troves of Cell Phone Location Data… For Some Reason [Rolling Stone]
• Documents Show DHS Tracks Smartphones Across the Country [Vice News]
• Mary Barra says GM will sell more EVs than Tesla by mid-decade [Autoblog]
• Amazon is giving Prime Video its biggest redesign in years [The Verge]
• Betelgeuse and Antares Have Been Observed for Over 2,000 Years. Astronomers can use This to Figure out how old They are [Universe Today]
• Apple Pay illegally profited by walling off contactless payments, lawsuit alleges [Engadget]
• 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
The Level1 Show July 19 2022: Amazon the Snitch
The Darknet Diaries Process - DTNS 4318 | Daily Tech News Show
Silicon Carbide: A Power Electronics Revolution | Asianometry
Why Private Billions Are Flowing Into Fusion | Bloomberg Quicktake
The Full Plan For Artemis Part 1: The Robotic Missions | Answers With Joe
15. The Nabataeans - The Final Days Of Petra | The Fall of Civilizations
Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #303
206: New Red Hat CEO, Linux Mint 21, Lubuntu, Rocky Linux, System76 and more Linux news! | This Week in Linux
All Hands on Deck | LINUX Unplugged 467
The Uber Files | Tech News Weekly -TWIT TV
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Putin's closest ally - Could Belarus successfully invade Ukraine (probably not) | Perun
Russian army is struggling with morale against Ukraine, UK defence chief says | BBC News
EU Foreign ministers summit: Members discuss Ukraine's membership, food security | FRANCE 24
Modern weapons make the difference on the battlefield' What needs to be done to help Ukraine? | DW News
Putin to embark on first foreign trip to Iran: War in Ukraine, 2015 nuclear deal on agenda | WION
Will Russia be prosecuted for war crimes committed in Ukraine? | The Stream
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 19th is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 165 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)
AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
• [Wikipedia: Great Fire of Rome/a>]
• [Rome is Burning - Anthony Barrett] (dramatization)
• [Nero | Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire | BBC Documentary]
• [Nero: Rome’s Antichrist]
484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
532 - Start of Dionysian Paschal Cycle.
• [Encyclopaedia Britannica: Dionysian period]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Dionysius Exiguus]
711 – Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Guadalete]
• [Wikipedia: Umayyad conquest of Hispania]
• [Great Battles of the Reconquista - Guadalete 711] (the title is wrong, this is part of the Muslim Conquest of Hispania)
• [The Battle of Guadalete 711 AD]
• [Campaigns: Tariq b. Ziyad in Spain (711)]
• [The Arab Conquest of Spain - full documentary]
939 – Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Simancas]
998 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Apamea]
• [Wikipedia: Arab–Byzantine wars]
• [Wikipedia: Early Muslim conquests]
1333 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Halidon Hill]
• [Wikipedia: Wars of Scottish Independence]
• [The Battle of Halidon Hill 1333 AD - By Ian Mortimer]
• [HUNDRED YEARS' WAR: Battle of Halidon Hill]
1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins.
• [Wikipedia: Sieges of Boulogne (1544–1546)]
• [Wikipedia: Italian War of 1542–1546]
1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
• [Wikipedia: Mary Rose]
• [Official Website]
• [The Ghost Ship Of Henry VIII | Mary Rose | Timeline]
• [Pearl Divers and the Salvage of the Mary Rose]
• [Mystery of the Great Mary Rose : Documentary on the Mysterious Sinking of the Mary Rose]
• [HD Skeletons of the Mary Rose The New Evidence (2019)]
1553 – The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England collapses after only nine days.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gravelines]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]
• [panish Armada & Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)]
1595 - Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz.
• [APS Physics: Kepler’s Insight Leading to Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [Wikipedia: Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [DING: Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Johannes Kepler]
• [BBC Radio (In Our Time): Johannes Kepler]
• [The Day The Universe Changed: Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens]
1701 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
• [Wikipedia: Nanfan Treaty]
• [Wikipedia: Iroquois]
1702 – Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kliszów]
• [The Battle of Kliszów (1702) | Total War Cinematic Documentary]
• [Wikipedia: Great northern War]
1817 – Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
1821 – Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom.
1832 – The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
1843 – Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
• [Wikipedia: SS Great Britain]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Isambard Kingdom Brunel]
• [Bristol - SS Great Britain - walk tour inside the famous iron steamship]
• [The "Great Britain" project - Documentary]
• [50 years back in Bristol | ITV News]
1845 – Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
• [Wikipedia: Great New York City Fire of 1845]
1848 – Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
• [Wikipedia: Seneca Falls Convention]
• [NPS" Declaration of Sentiments]
• [Division at Seneca Falls | The Vote | American Experience | PBS]
1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• [Wikipedia: Morgan's Raid]
1864 – Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• [Wikipedia: Third Battle of Nanking]
• [The Deadliest Rebellion in the World - the Taiping Rebellion - Part 1]
• [Part 2]
• [BBC Radio 4: The Taiping Rebellion]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaWv5cE-_hM]
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• [Franco-Prussian War]
• [Franco Prussian War]
• [How Prussia Ended The French Empire: Franco-Prussian War | Animated History]
1880 - San Francisco Public Library starts lending books.
1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
1916 – World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• [Wikipedia: Attack at Fromelles]
• [Australia's Darkest Hour - The Battle of Fromelles I THE GREAT WAR - Week 104]
• [The Battle of Fromelles Commemoration Film]
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cape Spada]
1940 - World War II: Adolf Hitler orders Great Britain to surrender.
1940 – World War II: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
1941 - World War I: British PM Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign. BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) ("...-" in Morse code) (opening of Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th symphony).
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign]
• [Almanac: "V for Victory" sign]
• [Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Morse Code]
• [Darkest Hour (2017) - Up Your Bum Scene (3/10) | Movieclips] (Dramatization)
• [Where does 'V for Victory' come from?]
• [Defense Media Network: The ‘V for Victory’ Campaign]
1942 – World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
1942 - US première of Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony in NYC by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini in a concert broadcast nationwide on NBC radio.
• [Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" Toscanini / NBC Whole broadcast 1942, live, restored]
• [Wikipedia: Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)]
• [Music: Shostakovich Premiere] (Time Magazine)
• [New York Times Article]
1943 – World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
1947 – Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
1947 – Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
1952 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
1964 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
1969 – Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• [Wikipedia: Chappaquiddick incident]
• [Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick incident | Boston Globe]
• [eputy Sheriff's story differs from Ted Kennedy's at Chappaquiddick]
1969 - Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit.
• [Apollo 11 in Real Time]
• [Apollo 11 Flight Log, July 18, 1969: Entering the Moon's Gravity]
1972 – Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
1977 – The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).
1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
1979 – The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
1980 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
• [Wilkipedia: 1980 Summer Olympics]
• [The XXII Moscow Olympic Summer Games. Opening Ceremony] (Full Video)
• [Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Last scene of the opening ceremony]
1981 – In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• [Wikipedia: Farewell Dossier]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vladimir Vetrov]
• [President Reagan is Stunned by the Scale of Soviet Espionage]
• [Soviet pipeline sabotage was 'Reagan's idea': security adviser Richard Allen] (English Subtitles)
1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
1984 - Geraldine Ferraro (US Representative, New York), becomes the 1st US female major-party vice-presidential nominee, officially joining Walter Mondale's Democratic Party ticket.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Geraldine Ferraro]
• [Geraldine Ferraro's Full Speech at the 1984 Democratic Convention]
• [Wikipedia: 1984 Democratic National Convention]
1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
1989 – United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
• [Wikipedia: United Airlines Flight 232]
• [United Airlines Flight 232 Crash in Sioux City - KIRO-TV7 News (Seattle) - July 19, 1989]
• [The Impossible Landing - United Airlines Flight 232] (flight sim reconstruction)
• [Seconds From Disaster United Airlines Flight 232]
1992 – A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
2014 – Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.
2015 - World Health Organization puts world's Ebola death toll at 11,284.
2017 - US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer.
2020 - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticizes federal policing of protesters in his city, calling it unconstitutional.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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