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COVID-19 News and Updates
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On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Seasonally hot and muggy conditions will continue. A cold front will move into our region from the northwest late on Thursday and provide at least a few strong to severe thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon and evening. The weekend will see reduced chances for afternoon thunder, with the next chance for more numerous storms coming with another frontal system about Tuesday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 91.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. West northwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Calm wind.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Sunny, with a high near 83.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 63.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then isolated showers between 11pm and midnight. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Sunny, with a high near 90.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 86.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A cold front will move into the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia this afternoon and evening. Strong destabilization along and ahead of the cold front will support an uptick in the severe storm potential. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible with the main threats being damaging winds, isolated large hail, dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, and heavy downpours. An isolated flash flood threat is also possible.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 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 20, 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 upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 1.9 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Cenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (1.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 21st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1983
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 5.21 inches in Highlands in 1938
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
• Bill Carver to lead NC community colleges while system searches for permanent leader [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• What is mystery creature found on beach in North Carolina? ‘We’re stumped,’ park says [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 988: Mental health advocates hope suicide hotline helps people find resources they need [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Lawsuit: Biltmore Estate was 'grossly negligent' in firefighter death [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Police reform inches forward in WNC [Smoky Mountain News]
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 20 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 20th]
ATACMS to Ukraine? | Combat Footage Live Review | FUNKER530
• Link to the above video [on Youtube]
WH: Russia using 'annexation playbook' in Ukraine | Associated Press
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 148 [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
• Ukraine moves fresh brigades to Donbas [Military Land]
• Russia taking more of Ukraine just 'new propaganda,' Germany's Baerbock says [DW News]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 148 [Al Jazeera]
• Dissidents of Russian culture face dilemma between silence and exile [France 24]
• Ukraine Targets Key Bridge as It Prepares Counteroffensive in South [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russia resumes gas flow through Nord Stream [Russia Today]
• Putin: Russia getting rid of 'humiliating dependence' on the West [Pravda ]
• EU agreed seventh package of anti-Russian sanctions [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
• U.S. Military Concerned About Possible Trip to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, Biden Says [Wall Street journal]
• Rudy Giuliani ordered to testify at Georgia grand jury in Trump election meddling case [CNBC]
• Mississippi police chief linked to racist recording [Mississippi Center For Investigative Reporting]
• More than 100 million under heat warnings in U.S. as country swelters [AXIOS]
• Secret Service watchdog knew in February that texts had been purged [Washington Post]
Global National: July 20, 2022 | When will Canada's inflation rate peak after reaching 39-year high
Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 20
PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 20th, 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.
• Adapt or die: how the pandemic made the shift from EBM to EBM+ more urgent [The British Medical Journal (PDF)]
• Efficacy of Antibodies and Antiviral Drugs against Omicron BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 Subvariants [New England Journal of Medicine]
• The danger of skipping your Covid booster is rising—and more than 100 million Americans are at risk [CNBC]
• Did Life Expectancy Fall Because of the Pandemic? [Data By MY]
• How widespread is long COVID? It’s put millions of US adults out of work, expert says [Fort Worth Star-Telegram]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Tesla Has Sold 75% of Its Bitcoin, Despite Elon Musk's Crypto Enthusiasm [CNET]
• Zuckerberg and Sandberg Ordered to Testify over Alleged Involvement in Cambridge Analytica Scandal [Gizmodo]
• Secret Service Director James Murray announces retirement, taking job at Snapchat [USA TODAY]
• USPS Now Says Half of Initial 50,000 Next-Generation Mail Truck Order Will Be Electric [Jalopnik]
• Most Americans think NASA’s $10 billion space telescope is a good investment, poll finds [The Verge]
• UK cybersecurity chiefs back plan to scan phones for child abuse images [The Guardian]
• 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 20 2022: Lo-Fi Beats to Study and Commit Copyright Fraud To
Apple Makes The Best Gaming Laptop - DTNS 4320 | Daily Tech News Show
Cordkillers 415 - The Granny Nomination
New York's Secret Subway | The History Guy
King's Dominion - King's Island's Sister Park - Animatronic Singing Mushrooms | The Carpetbagger
Starlink Loader Moved Into Potential Clean Room | SpaceX Boca Chica
What is the James Webb Space Telescope Currently Looking at? | Event Horizon
New Record For The Most Powerful Magnet In the Universe | Antov Petrov
July 17th, 2022 // Wild Haboob/Supercell chase! | Mike Oblinski
North America's Worst Theme Park | Bright Sun Films
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine War Report | Ukraine Purges Security Service | Day 146
Rare visit abroad: Putin holds talks in Tehran with leaders of Iran and Turkey | DW News
Russian strikes hit multiple targets in Ukraine | DW News
They’re burning our crops on purpose’: Ukraine says Russia deliberately torching grain fields | France 24
Russia's independent TV Rain channel back on air - BBC News | BBC News
Putin holds bilateral talks with Iranian President Raisi | International News | English News | WION
Inside A Ukrainian Town Six Miles From Frontlines Of War | NBC News
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 21st is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 163 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)
356 BC – Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
• [Wikipedia: Temple of Artemis]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Herostratus]
• [Exploring the remains of the Temple of Artemis ( 7th Wonder of the ancient World)]
• [Why was the Temple of Artemis one of the Wonders of the Ancient World?]
• [That Time a Guy Destroyed One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]
230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope.
285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
365 – The 365 Crete earthquake affects the Greek island of Crete with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing a destructive tsunami that affects the coasts of Libya and Egypt, especially Alexandria. Many thousands were killed.
• [Wikipedia: 365 Crete earthquake]
• [The Tsunami of 365 // Ammianus Marcellinus // Roman Primary Source]
• [An Earthquake That Shook the World: Seismicity and Society in the Late Fourth Century CE]
• [Did the Universal Event Really Happen? | Earthquakes | BBC Studios]
905 – King Berengar I of Italy and a hired Hungarian army defeats the Frankish forces at Verona. King Louis III is captured and blinded for breaking his oath (see 902).[1]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Louis the
1242 – Battle of Taillebourg: Louis IX of France puts an end to the revolt of his vassals Henry III of England and Hugh X of Lusignan.
1403 – Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Shrewsbury]
• [Bert's Battles: Battle of Shrewsbury 1403 AD]
• [Walks in Shropshire: Battle of Shrewsbury 1403]
1545 – The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.
• [Wikipedia: French invasion of the Isle of Wight]
• [July 21 - The Isle of Wight is attacked!]
1568 – Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Jemmingen]
• [Wikipedia: Eighty Years' War]
• [History With Hilbert: The Eighty Years' War]
1645 – Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
1656 – The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
• [Wikipedia: Raid on Málaga (1656)]
1718 – The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
1774 – Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
1798 – French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman-Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Pyramids]
1831 – Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
1861 – American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
• [Wikipedia: First Battle of Bull Run]
• [Civil War - "The First Battle Of Bull Run" 1861 - A Concise History]
• ["Manassas: End Of Innocence" 2002 Civil War NPS Museum Film]
1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
• [Hickok–Tutt shootout]
• [he Great Western Standoff: Wild Bill Vs. Davis Tutt]
• [Making the Hickok Tutt Shot]
1873 – At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
• [Wikipedia Segment: First Successful Train Robbery West of the Mississippi] (text highlighted)
• [Jesse James First Train Robbery]
• [(1903) The Great Train Robbery: The First Western]
1877 – After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia, killing 20 people and wounding 29. 20 more workers are killed the following day.
• [Wikipedia: Great Railroad Strike of 1877]
• [Railroad Strike 1877 | Eugene Debs | Socialist Party 1900s || US History Lecture 59]
• [The Great Strike of 1877: Railroads and Resistance]
1904 – Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• [July 21, 1904 and 1925: 2 Land Speed Record Milestones]
1907 – The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
• [Wikipedia: SS Columbia (1880)]
1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
• [Wikipedia: Wingfoot Air Express crash]
• [Did You Know: Wingfoot Air Express]
1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
• [Wikipedia: Scopes Trial]
• [Innes Lecture 2020 - The 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial: why did so many people hate evolution?]
• [Inherit the Wind (1960) - The Sentence Is Delivered Scene (10/12) | Movieclips] (Inherit the Wind is a parable that fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means to discuss McCarthyism.)
• [Wikipedia: Inherit the Wind (1960 film)]
• [1988 TV Adaptation]
1925 – Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).
• [July 21, 1904 & 1925: 2 Land Speed Record Milestones]
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
• [Wikipedia: Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia]
1944 – World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Guam (1944)]
• [WW II Guam & The Marianas - In Color]
• [1944 War Department Film Wwii Mariana Islands Campaign Pt 2: Liberation of Guam]
1944 – World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
• [The RUTHLESS Execution Of Claus Von Stauffenberg - The Plan To Kill Hitler]
• [Commemorating WWII hero Claus von Stauffenberg | DW News]
• [Claus von Stauffenberg - The Man behind Valkyrie Documentary]
1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
1952 – The 7.3 Mw Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
1954 – First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
1959 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
• [Wikipedia: Mercury Redstone 4]
• [Mercury-Redstone 4 / Liberty-Bell 7 / Gus Grissom] (video playlist full mission coverage)
• [In Search of Liberty Bell 7 (9/10)]
1969 – Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
• [Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk - Original NASA EVA Mission Video - Walking on the Moon]
• [First EVA on the Moon]
• [Apollo 11 Real-Time Mission Experience]
1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
• [Wikipedia: Aswan Dam]
• [History.com]
1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
• [Wikipedia: Bloody Friday (1972)]
• [BBC Northern Ireland Bloody Friday Documentary]
• [LINKTEXT]
1973 – In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
1977 – The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
• [Wikipedia: Egyptian–Libyan War]
• [The four-day war between Egypt and Libya, (July 1977)]
1979 – Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1983 – The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
1990 – Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
• [Third Taiwan Strait Crisis]
2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
• [Wikipedia: Akashi pedestrian bridge accident]
• [Akashi fireworks incident] (English subtitles available)
2005 – July 2005 London bombings occur.
• [21 July 2005 London bombings]
2008 – Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
• [Wikipedia: STS-135]
• [Atlantis's Final Landing at Kennedy Space Center]
• [The Last Space Shuttle Landing - Atlantis (STS-135)]
2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
2020 - Stage 1 of the controversial filling of Blue Nile River dam (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) announced completed by Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed.
• [VOA: Massive Nile Dam Hits First Filling Target, Says Ethiopia's Prime Minister]
• [Al Jazeera: Ethiopia’s Blue Nile mega-dam explained]
• [Wikipedia: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam]
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Published at 5:10am on Thursday, July 21, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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