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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Seasonably hot and muggy conditions will continue under a hot high pressure ridge the next few days. This will fuel a good chance for mainly afternoon and evening storms through the week. A weak front enters the region from the northwest late in the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly 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. 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 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog between 1am and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, 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 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph by noon. 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 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers before midmorning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms until midafternoon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 50%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Areas of fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. 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 midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 50%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered thunderstorms are possible each afternoon and evening in the area this weekend into next week. Some storms each day could become strong to severe capable of producing gusty winds, frequent lightning, and heavy rainfall, however no widespread severe threat is anticipated.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 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 24, 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 middle range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range 3.1 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (1.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 25th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1987
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Highlands in 1911
Greatest Rainfall 3.06 inches in Highlands in 1943
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
Clarks Chapel Firefighter Dies in Off-Duty Accident
• WakeMed expert predicts NC could see an increase in COVID hospitalizations [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC’s new state budget funds pregnancy centers that steer clients away from abortion [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport set to debut latest piece of expansion [WSOC-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• Entire police force in one North Carolina town resigns over work environment [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
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 24 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 21st]
End of the Helicopter? (no) - MANPADS and helicopter losses in Ukraine | Perun
• Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War [New York Times]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 151 [Al Jazeera]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 124-148)
Jomini is back after having had COVID. --editor
1/ Ukraine SVKO, Day 124-148. Russian Strategic Aerospace Operations (SVKO) remains focused east of the Dnieper River, particularly in north central Donetsk Oblast and along the Black Sea Coast in the Odesa region. #UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/koHmL4scEX
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) July 24, 2022
• Russia-Ukraine updates: 'Even Russians expect defeat,' says Zelenskyy [DW News]
• Russia says attack on Ukrainian port only hit military targets [Al Jazeera]
• Five months of war in Ukraine: Moscow says missiles destroyed warship in Odesa [France 24]
• Putin’s Unexpected Challenge: Snubs From His Central Asian Allies [Wall Street Journal]
• Ukraine News: Russia Seeks to Rally Support From African Allies [New York Times]
• Ukraine war: Russia denies causing global food crisis [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Spies tried to force me to take anti-Russia stance – Serbian minister [Russia Today]
• Military expert: 'Now, It is calm before the storm in Ukraine' [Pravda ]
• Russian investigators identify over 220 people involved in shelling of Donbass [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
The global food crisis, explained | The Economist
• China Issues Private Warnings to US on Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip [Yahoo! News]
• One thing voters agree on: Fresh voices needed in politics [Yahoo! News]
• Myanmar military executes four democracy activists [BBC News]
• SkyWater unveils plans to build $1.8 bln chip facility in Indiana [Reuters]
• About 2,500 Boeing workers to strike after rejecting deal [AP News]
Meet The Press | 07-24-2022
Face The Nation | 07-24-2022
Global National: July 24, 2022 | Pope’s visit prompts ambivalence among residential school survivors
Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 24
PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 24th, 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 7:12pm CEST, 22 July 2022, there have been 565,207,160 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,373,739 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 19 July 2022, a total of 12,219,375,500 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 7:12pm CEST, 22 July 2022, there have been 88,920,929 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,015,897 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 15 July 2022, a total of 591,276,330 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Persistent blood DNA methylation changes one year after SARS-CoV-2 infection [Clinical Epigenetics Journal (PDF)]
• TWiV 921: COVID-19 clinical update #124 with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• North Korea pushes traditional medicine to fight COVID-19 [Yahoo! News]
• WakeMed expert predicts NC could see an increase in COVID hospitalizations [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Chinese nuclear-powered torpedoes could be fired in 'swarm' over thousands of miles [Interesting Engineering]
• Supercharged biotech rice yields 40% more grain [Science.org]
• Second module docks at China’s space station, large rocket stage tracked in orbit [Space News]
• Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent [The Guardian]
• AMD Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 Specs, Release Date Window, Benchmarks, and More [Tom's Hardware]
• A new dark matter experiment quashed earlier hints of new particles [Science News]
• Navy ship utilizes 3D printing out at sea [Navy Times]
• Have researchers found the best semiconductor of them all? [Tech Xplore]
• Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports [New York Times]
• Wild 3D-printed space habitat prototype designed to fit inside SpaceX Starship lands in Switzerland [Space.com]
• 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
A Good Problem to Have | Office Hours 8 | Jupiter Broadcasting
End of the Helicopter? (no) - MANPADS and helicopter losses in Ukraine | Perun
SpaceX Starship Ship 24 Begins Testing, Booster 7 Has Engines Removed, JWST World Records, Starlink | Matt Lowne
Launch of Starlink Group 4-25 | SpaceX
I visited the Yellowstone Zone of Death | Tom Scott
2022 Internet Health Report | TWIT-TV
207: SCaLE 19x, RISC-V Laptop, Unreal Engine 5, Asahi Linux, System76 and more Linux news! | This Week in Linux
DeepMind: The Quest to Solve Intelligence | Neura Pod – Neuralink
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> A Ukrainian family makes a new start in Germany | Focus on Europe DW News
Russia hits key Odesa port day after landmark grain deal: Ukraine | Al JAzeera
Moscow confirms deal to reopen Ukraine's Black Sea ports for grain exports | Channel NewsAsia
Russia-Ukraine war: Warring sides sign grain export deal | Al Jazeera
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On This Day
July 25th is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 159 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)
306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.
• [Wikipedia: Arch of Constantine]
• [History of Rome in 15 Buildings 09. The Arch of Constantine]
• [Milvian Bridge 312 - Rise of Christianity] (Kings and Generals)
• [Constantine and Maxentius fight it out at the Milvian Bridge] Clip from: "Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire"
677 – Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)]
864 – The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings.
• [Wikipedia: Edict of Pîtres]
• [Edict of Pistres | Stuff That I Find Interesting]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Charles the Bald]
1137 – Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux.
1139 – Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ourique]
• [The Battle of Ourique, 1139]
• [CSI: Portuguese History & the Battle of Ourique with Phil Sylvain]
• [Afonso I of Portugal]
• [Wikipedia: Reconquista]
1261 – The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
• [Wikipedia: Reconquest of Constantinople]
• [Summer of 1261: A Byzantine Epic- Reconquest of Constantinople Lego film] (a dramatization of events using Legos)
1278 – The naval Battle of Algeciras takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in a victory for the Emirate of Granada and the Maranid Dynasty over the Kingdom of Castile.
• [Battle of Algeciras (1278)]
1467 – The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively.
• [Battle of Molinella]
1536 – Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
1538 – The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
1547 – Henry II of France is crowned.
1554 – Mary I marries Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral.
1567 – Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela.
1593 – Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
• [Henry IV of France]
• [Henri IV - The King of France (1589-1610) - The Good King]
1603 – James VI of Scotland is crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.
1609 – The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.
• [Wikipedia: Sea Venture]
• [The Ivins Tale of the Sea Venture]
1693 – Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico.
1722 – Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.
• [Wikipedia: Dummer's War]
• [The Story of Maine "The Frontier Wars"] (Maine PBS)
1755 – British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
• [Wikipedia: Expulsion of the Acadians]
• [Learn Liberty: The Expulsion of the Acadians]
• [Acadian Expulsion Ceremony | CBC]
1759 – French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Fort Niagara]
• [Fort Niagara: The Struggle for a Continent]
• [Wikipedia: French and Indian War]
• [Battle Scenes from Fort Niagara 2021]
1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Cuddalore]
1788 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
• [Wikipedia Bio: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• [Wikipedia: Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)]
• [Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (Julien Salemkour & Staatskapelle Berlin)]
1792 – The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
• [Wikipedia: Brunswick Manifesto]
• [Wikipedia: French Revolution]
• [War of the First Coalition]
1797 – Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
• [Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson]
• [Admiral Nelson & The Battle of Santa Cruz 1797]
• [The Great Commanders - 104 - Horatio Nelson | FULL LENGTH | MagellanTV]
1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a numerically superior Ottoman army under Mustafa Pasha at the Battle of Abukir.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Abukir (1799)]
• [Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801)]
• [French campaign in Egypt and Syria]
1814 – War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed.
• [Battle of Lundy's Lane]
• [The Battle of Lundy's Lane (July 1814)]
1824 – Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
1837 – The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
1853 – Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Joaquin Murrieta]
• [Robin Hood of Eldorado (1936 Film)]
1861 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
• [Wikipedia: Crittenden–Johnson Resolution]
1866 – The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
1868 – The Wyoming Territory is established.
1869 – The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
1894 – The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
• [First Sino-Japanese War]
• [First Sino-Japanese War | 3 Minute History]
• [Feature History - First Sino-Japanese War]
1898 – Spanish–American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
• [Puerto Rico campaign]
• [How Did the US Get Puerto Rico?]
• [The Spanish-American War - Explained in 11 minutes]
1908 – Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
1909 – Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
1915 – RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
1917 – Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
1925 – Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
1934 – The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
• [Wikipedia: Engelbert Dollfuss]
• [Movietone Newsreel]
1940 – General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
1942 – The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
• [Norwegian resistance movement]
• [German occupation of Norway]
• [Battlefield - The Norwegian Campaign - Full Documentary]
1943 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
• [Fall of the Fascist regime in Italy]
• [Grand Council of Fascism]
• [Benito Mussolini: The Man Who Destroyed Democracy]
1944 – World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
• [Operation Spring]
• [First Canadian Army]
• [Operation Spring - The Battle for Verrières Ridge]
1946 – The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
• [Test Baker]
• [Crossroads Baker] (narrated by William Shatner)
• [Baker 1946 - Operation Crossroads - Atomic Bomb - [ 60 FPS - Color - 4K ]]
1956 – Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
• [Wikipedia: SS Andrea Doria]
• [SS Andrea Doria Sinking - Stock Footage]
• [What happened to the Andrea Doria?]
1957 – The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
1958 – The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
1961 – Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
• [RADIO AND TELEVISION REPORT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON THE BERLIN CRISIS, JULY 25, 1961] (Text and Audio)
• [NATO and the Berlin Crisis of 1961: Facing the Soviets While Maintaining Unity] (PDF)
• [President John F. Kennedy Report to the Nation, Berlin Crisis, 25 July 1961] (video)
1965 – Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
• [Wikipedia: Nixon Doctrine]
• [The Nixon Doctrine (1972) | ARCHIVES]
• [Ambassador Richard Grenell - Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the Nixon Doctrine]
1973 – Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
• [Wikipedia: Mars 5]
• [NASA Archive]
1976 – Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
• [Wikipedia: Cydonia (Mars)]
• [Face on Mars Explained | NASA's images]
• [Seeing Things That Aren’t There? It’s Called Pareidolia]
1978 – Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
1978 – Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Louise Brown]
• [Louise Brown on growing up the first test tube baby]
• [1978: The First Test - Tube - Baby]
1979 – In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
1983 – Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
1984 – Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Svetlana Savitskaya]
• [Wikipedia: Salyut-7]
1993 – Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
• [Operation Accountability]
• [Operation "Accountability" in Lebanon (1993)]
• [LINKTEXT]
1993 – The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
• [Saint James Church massacre]
• [Charl van Wyk discusses the St. James Church Massacre with VCDL]
• [St. James massacre]
1994 – Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
• [Israel–Jordan peace treaty]
• [President Clinton at Signing of the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty (1994)] (Clinton Library)
• [WEST BANK: PROTESTS AGAINST JORDANIAN PEACE ACCORD WITH ISRAEL]
• [Israel-Jordan, peace treaty enters 25th year Jerusalem Studio 370] (TV7 Israel News)
1995 – A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
1996 – In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
2000 – Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 people.
• [Wikipedia: Air France Flight 4590]
• [Seconds From Disaster Air Crash Investigation - Air France Flight 4590 Concorde Disaster Paris]
• [How the Crash of Flight 4590 Destroyed Concorde's Mystique]
2007 – Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
2010 – WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
• [Wikipedia: Afghan War documents leak]
• [WikiLeaks: Afghan War Diary ]
• [WikiLeaks - Julian Assange on the 'Afghan War Diary'] (Frontline Club)
2018 – As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
• [Wikipedia: 2018 As-Suwayda attacks]
• ['Scores killed in ISIL attacks' in southwest Syria | Al Jazeera English]
2019 – National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.
• [Wikipedia: 2019 European heat waves]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [LINKTEXT]
2020 - At least 45 arrested after protesters throw explosives and rocks at police in Seattle
• [CNN Story and Video]
• [New York Times (story and social media links)]
• [Wikipedia (Mid-July and August Events)]
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, July 25, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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