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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A hot subtropical ridge of high pressure will remain over the region through the week, while a frontal boundary remains stalled to our north. Seasonably hot and muggy conditions will continue along with good chances for showers and thunderstorms each afternoon, causing torrential downpours at times. The best chances for rain will be over the mountains. Somewhat cooler temperatures but more widespread rainfall are expected this weekend with the arrival of the front.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 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 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Wwinds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph after midnight.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 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 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 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
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. 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 lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A localized risk of damaging winds and flash flooding will return with thunderstorms this afternoon. The threat for flooding may gradually increase over the next few days, with soils in some places becoming increasingly saturated following multiple heavy downpours.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Jul 27 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 26, 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-medium range 3.7 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2005 Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands in 1911 Greatest Rainfall 3.02 inches in Highlands in 1942
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
The Macon County Board of Commissioners and the Macon County Board of education held a joint session to address the funding and planning of a new Franklin High School. Both board voted unanimously to proceed with the planning. The meeting was streamed live on Macon Media's Facebook page and edited videos will be published in the coming days. Part One of the livestream is embedded below.
• Medicaid expansion would mean $500 million a month for NC, state health department says [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Affordable rents in Asheville touted by national report, but debunked by locals [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC attorney general: Tighten self-defense and gun laws, and do not ban abortion [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• North Carolina is testing community wastewater for monkeypox. But will it be detected? [SOURCE]
• Nearly 700 “kindness rocks’ being hidden by members of Franklin rock painting group [The Southern Scoop]
• Macon County Board of Education - July 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
State Budget Details
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 26 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 26th]
$270 Million to Ukraine | Military/LEO Combat Footage Review | Funker 530 Veteran Community
EU agrees on emergency plan to 'face down the threat of a full gas disruption' | DW News
• Putin's fascination with fake history and symbolism may go deeper than we know [Fox News]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 153 [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
• Five facts on grain and the war in Ukraine [DW News]
• Ukraine’s Allies Seek to Bolster Its Air Defenses With Jet Fighters and Training [Wall Street Journal]
• Is the INSTC Russia’s new economic escape route? [Al Jazeera]
• A retired Russian general forced to fight in Ukraine? The fake news story shared by tabloids [France 24]
• How Ukrainian farmers captured a Russian squad [Yahoo! News]
• Russia Says It Will Quit the International Space Station After 2024 [New York Times]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russia bid for Bayraktar drones – Turkey [Russia Today]
• Russian forces take Vuhlehirska power station under total control [Pravda ]
• US, Ukrainian defense chiefs discuss more deliveries of HIMARS systems —Pentagon [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
• EXPLAINER: How do we know when a recession has begun? [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Justice Dept. investigating Trump’s actions in Jan. 6 criminal probe [Washington Post]
• Ex-Congressman Profited off T-Mobile Insider Info Obtained While Golfing With Exec: SEC [Vice News]
• Militia helping Oak fire evacuees creates furor in California town of Mariposa [ArcaMax]
• ‘Night of terror’: Female inmates raped when male detainees bribed guard, lawsuit says [Yahoo! News]
• Feds hope new website can prevent deaths from worsening heat [AP News]
• T-Mobile to pay $500M for one of the largest data breaches in US history [ARS TECHNICA]
• No one wins U.S. Mega Millions, jackpot now over $1B [AP News]
• The future of San Joaquin Valley farming could be ‘dryland farming’ [Courthouse News Service]
Trump returns to Washington, DC | ABC World News Tonight
Trump's D.C. speech, Pelosi's possible Taiwan trip and more on "Red & Blue" | July 26
Twelfth Annual South China Sea Conference | Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 hours 30 minutes)
Global National: July 26, 2022 | Thousands gather as Pope holds mass, attends pilgrimage in Alberta
Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 26
PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 265th, 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 5:12pm CEST, 25 July 2022, there have been 566,977,818 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,376,503 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 5:12pm CEST, 25 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.
• Here’s what to do when someone at home has COVID-19 [Science News]
• The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic [Science Magazine | American Association for the Advancement of Science] [Download PDF]
• The molecular epidemiology of multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2 [Companion to the above article] [Download PDF]
• Pair of new studies point to natural Covid origin [France 24]
• The future of COVID vaccines could be sprays, not shots [ABC News]
• Update Alert 8: Masks for Prevention of Respiratory Virus Infections, Including SARS-CoV-2, in Health Care and Community Settings [Annals of Internal Medecine]
• Development of COVID-19 severity assessment score in adults presenting with COVID-19 to the emergency department [BMC Infectious Diseases]
• These Vaccines Will Take Aim at Covid—and Its Entire SARS Lineage [Wired]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Fact check: Scientists at CERN are not opening a 'portal to hell' [USA TODAY]
• Mexican scam loan apps will edit your face onto X-rated photos and send them to your family [Rest of World]
• Zuckerberg says Meta and Apple are in ‘very deep, philosophical competition’ to build the metaverse [The Verge]
• Republicans Warn Google Not to Limit Search for Misleading Anti-Abortion Clinics...Or Else [Gizmodo]
• Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant [Gizmodo]
• Vietnamese attacker circumvents Facebook security with ‘DUCKTAIL’ malware [The Register]
• Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’ [Krebs on Security]
• Porsche Says Its EVs Will Soon Be More Profitable Than Its Gas-Powered Cars [Yahoo! News]
• Novel Malware Hijacks Facebook Business Accounts [Threat Post]
• 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 27 2022: All Blocks, No Chains
Facebook's AOL Moment - DTNS 4324 | Daily tech News Show
Cordkillers 416 - It's Just a Phase (w/ Brian Ibbott)
Android's Boss Girl Stage - Pixel 6a review, Nothing Phone (1) review, Play Store at 10 years | All About Android
Lijian-1 first launch (ZK-1A) | SciNews
We Bust FIve Myths about EVs and Hot Weather! | Transport Evolved
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Can western heavy weapons turn the tide in Ukraine? | Ukriane latest
EU nations agree to ration gas as Russia cuts supply further | Al Jazeera
Russia to withdraw from International Space Station ‘after 2024’, top official says | FRANCE 24
Russia waging 'gas war' with Europe supply cuts says Ukraine President Zelensky | BBC News
Destruction reported near Ukrainian port city following Russian missile strike | ABC News
Russian airstrikes target Ukraine's Black Sea coast | CBS News
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On This Day
July 27th is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 157 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)
432 - St Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• [Wikipedia Bio: Pope Celestine I]
1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
1202 – Georgian–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.
• [Battle of Basian]
• [Georgian–Seljuk wars]
1214 – Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.
• [Battle of Bouvines]
• [The Battle of Bouvines 1214 AD]
• [Bouvines 1214 - Anglo-French War] (Kings and Generals)
1299 – According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
1302 – Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
• [Battle of Bapheus]
• [Battles of Bapheus and Dimbos and the Catalan Company (1299-1308)]
1501 - Nicolaus Copernicus formally installed as a canon of Frauenberg Cathedral
1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan. He is the first Christian missionary in that country.
1586 - Walter Raleigh brings the 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.
• [Navigation Acts]
• [The Navigation Acts]
• [Wikipedia: Mercantilism]
1689 – Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
• [Battle of Killiecrankie]
• [Glorious Revolution]
• [The Battle of Killiecrankie and Bonnie Dundee: Jacobite Rebellion or Counter Revolution]
1694 – A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
• [Bank of England]
• [Royal charter]
1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
1778 – American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• [Battle of Ushant (1778)]
• [The U.S. Revolutionary Naval Battle fought between Great Britain and France]
1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
• [Thermidorian Reaction]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Maximilien Robespierre]
• [The Thermidorian Reaction, 1794-5]
• [French Revolution -- Thermidorian Reaction & the Rise of Napoleon]
• [Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror (Full Series)]
• [Rise of Napoleon]
1816 – Seminole Wars: The Battle of Negro Fort ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort's Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Negro Fort]
• [Seminole Wars]
• [Author talks new book about Fort at Prospect Bluff & Battle of Negro Fort]
• [Florida's Negro Seminole Wars with Dr. Anthony Dixon]
1857 – Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
• [Siege of Arrah]
• [Indian Rebellion of 1857]
• [The Indian Rebellion of 1857]
• [This Type of Bullet Caused an Entire Uprising!]
1865 – Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
• [Battle of Maiwand]
• [Malalai Joan of Arc of Afghanistan and the Victors of Maiwand: The Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1882]
• [Second Anglo-Afghan War]
1890 – Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vincent van Gogh]
• [Vincent Van Gogh: The Tragic Story of the Artist’s Life | Full Documentary | Biography]
• [Vincent Van Gogh: The Humble Genius]
1900 – Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• [Hun Speech of 1900]
• [Dramatization of Speech] (choose auto translate and select English for subtitles)
• [The “Hun speech” as an early example of political propaganda]
• [Wilhelm II: "Hun Speech" (1900)]
1917 – World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• [Battle of Passchendaele]
• [The Battle of Passchendaele (1917)]
• [Why Passchendaele Was The Worst Battle Of WWI | The Battle Of Passchendaele | Timeline]
• [Doomsday: World War 1 | Extra Long Documentary]
1919 – The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
• [Chicago race riot of 1919]
• [Wikipedia: Red Summer]
• [919 Chicago Race Riots - Decades TV Network]
• [The "Red Summer" of 1919]
• [If We Must Die By Claude McKay] (Poem)
1921 – Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• [Wikipedia: Geneva Convention (1929)]
• [Text on WikiSource]
1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
• [Wikipedia: A Wild Hare]
• [A wild hare 1940]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1942 – World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• [Wikipedia: First Battle of El Alamein]
• [North African Campaign 1942 | Animated History]
• [Wikipedia: Western Desert campaign]
1947 – In Vatican City, Rome, canonization of Catherine Labouré, the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide diffusion of the Miraculous Medal.
1949 – Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• [Wikipedia: de Havilland Comet]
• [Why You Wouldn't Want to Fly The First Jet Airliner: De Havilland Comet Story]
• [The DeHaviland Comet: The First Passenger Jet]
1953 – Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• [Wikipedia: Korean Armistice Agreement]
• [Newsreel Coverage]
• [Korean War 1950-1953 - Stalemate and Armistice ] (The Cold War)
1955 – The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
1955 – El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
• [Wikipedia: El Al Flight 402]
1959 – The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• [Continental League]
1964 – Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1974 – Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
• [Judiciary Committee Approves Article to Impeach President Nixon, 27 to 11]
• [Full Text of Articles of Impeachment]
• [AP VIDEO]
1975 – Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
1981 – While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
1983 – Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1989 – While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
• [Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1995]
• [Korean War Veterans Memorial]
• [NPS Website]
1996 – In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• [CNN Video of Response]
• [Olympic Bombing 1996: Richard Jewell, the Wrong Man | Retro Report | The New York Times]
• [Richard Jewell Movie | We Got To Go | Warner Bros. Entertainment] (dramatization)
• [Atlanta Olympic Park bombing, Richard Jewell news reports from 1996]
• [Richard Jewell: The 2002 60 Minutes interview]
• [USA: Man Cleared of Atlanta Bombing Wants Apology From FBI]
1997 – About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
1999 - Tony Hawk is the first skateboarder to land a "900"
• [Tony Hawk's first ever 900!]
• [Wikipedia: 900 (skateboarding)]
2002 – Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
• [Wikipedia: Sknyliv air show disaster]
• [The Deadliest air show in the history of aviation |Sknyliv air show disaster]
• [Compilation Stablized Video]
2005 – After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
• [Wikipedia: STS-114]
2012 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympics in London, United Kingdom (with some help from 007)
• [James Bond and The Queen London 2012 Performance]
2014 - Obama reaffirms Israel's "right to defend itself", but condemns civilian casualties in Gaza
2015 – At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
2016 – At a news conference, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump expresses the hope that Russians can recover thirty thousand emails that were deleted from Hillary Clinton's personal server.
• [Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton's email]
• [Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton. Were They Listening?]
2017 - Reince Priebus resigns as Chief of Staff to US President Donald Trump, shortest non-interim tenure ever
• [Donald Trump Fires Chief Of Staff Via Twitter From Air Force One]
• [Reince Priebus Pushed Out After Rocky Tenure as Trump Chief of Staff]
2020 - US congressman John Lewis becomes the first black lawmaker to lie in state in the Rotunda in Washington D.C.
• [WATCH LIVE: Rep. John Lewis lies in state at the U.S. Capitol - Monday, July 27]
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis]
2020 - Google decides its employees can work from home until July 2021, the largest tech company to commit to working from home
2020 - WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus states that COVID-19 is "easily the most severe" global health emergency the WHO has faced
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, July 26, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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