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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A hot subtropical ridge of high pressure will break down a bit going into the weekend as a front drifts down and lingers across our area for Saturday and Sunday. Until then, seasonably hot and muggy conditions will continue along with good chances for afternoon showers and thunderstorms Thursday and Friday, causing torrential downpours at times. The best chances for rain will be over the mountains. Expect somewhat cooler temperatures this weekend but more widespread rainfall with the arrival of the front.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly 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 between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 5am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 10am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Highs near 80. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. 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 10pm, then a slight chance of showers after 1am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 10am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 3pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, 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 by midmorning. 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 10pm, then a slight chance of showers after 11pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 10am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, 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 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Highs near 80. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly 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. 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 2am. 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.
Friday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, 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%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A localized risk of flash flooding will accompany any thunderstorms that develop over the next several days. This threat could gradually increase in scope as soils in more and more places become saturated by multiple rounds of heavy rain, and creeks and stream levels rise in response to continued runoff.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Jul 28 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 27, 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 4.1 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 28th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Highlands in 1911
Greatest Rainfall 1.90 inches in Franklin in 1997
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.
• Macon commissioners unanimously vote to move forward with building new FHS facility on current campus [The Southern Scoop]
• Hendersonville Chick-fil-A faces backlash after asking for volunteers to work drive-thru [Blue Ridge Now Times-News]
• Thousands of North Carolina felons can now register and vote [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Fired Raleigh detective accused of framing men in fake heroin deals is indicted [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 'A call to action' New report delves into state of early childhood education in Western NC [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• New HCA lawsuit filings: Attorneys clash on monopoly, antitrust law [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 27 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 27th]
$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
• US offers prisoner swap to Russia [Russia Today]
• Dmitry Medvedev shows the future map of Ukraine [Pravda ]
• DPR may hold referendum on accession to Russia in mid-September — civic chamber head [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
Taiwan holds military drills as tensions escalate with China | DW News
• Who is Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer known as the 'Merchant of Death', touted for US prisoner swap? [CNN]
Senate Democrats reach deal on Inflation Reduction Act | CBS News
• Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy [The Guardian]
• Brookville, Indiana, police accused of arresting man they did not want running for office [Cincinnati.com]
• United States offers deal to Russia for release of WNBA star Brittney Griner [ESPN]
• San Francisco man gets red zone parking ticket after curb was repainted while his car was parked [WLS-TV (Chicago, IL)]
• ‘Zoe’ Becomes the World’s First Named Heat Wave [Scientific American]
• Florida man attempts to break into Space Force base to warn of alien-dragon space war [Task and Purpose]
• Man accused in threats to kill Rep. Pramila Jayapal charged [AP News]
WATCH: Trump refused to read a prepared statement that told mob to leave Capitol, witness says
Twelfth Annual South China Sea Conference | Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 hours 30 minutes)
Global National: July 27, 2022 | Pope Francis continues Canada trip of "penance" in Quebec City
Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 27
PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 27th, 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 4:28pm CEST, 27 July 2022, there have been 570,005,017 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,384,128 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 26 July 2022, a total of 12,248,795,623 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:28pm CEST, 27 July 2022, there have been 89,428,046 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,017,366 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 22 July 2022, a total of 593,464,253 vaccine doses have been administered.
• COVID-19 and Memory: A Novel Contamination Effect in Memory [Evolutionary Psychology]
• Covid study finds millions have long-term smell or taste problems [The Guardian]
• China's Wuhan shuts down district of 1 million people over 4 asymptomatic Covid cases [CNN]
• Meta might let anti-vax posts back onto Facebook and Instagram [The Verge]
• 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]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Fact check: Scientists at CERN are not opening a 'portal to hell' [USA TODAY]
• 12 places for thrifty bookworms to download the best free e-books [Mashable]
• Should artificial intelligence be regulated? | The Stream [Al Jazeerra (video)]
• How to make jet fuel from sunlight, air and water vapor [Science News]
• Meta reports Q2 operating loss of $2.8B for its metaverse division [Venture Beat]
• Tesla’s ‘unlimited’ connectivity plan, including navigation, now expires after eight years [The Verge]
• Senate passes $280B bill to boost U.S. computer chip production [Auto Blog]
• Quantum cryptography: Making hacking futile [PHYS.ORG]
• Fibre-optic cables could be used to spy on people a kilometre away [New Scientist]
• 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
Quantum Physics and the End of Reality | Sabine Hossenfelder, Carlo Rovelli, Eric Weinstein | The Institute for Art and Ideas
The Level1 Show July 27 2022: All Blocks, No Chains
EP21 Hollandansandbrook | Dan Carlin
They Call Me MiSTer Gamer - DTNS 4325 | Daily tech News Show
How Many States Of Matter Are There? | PBS Space Time
Android's Boss Girl Stage - Pixel 6a review, Nothing Phone (1) review, Play Store at 10 years | All About Android
How To Survive The First Hour Of A Nuclear Blast / Fallout! | Debunked
Google Glass is Back, But Why? | This Week in Tech
Theory of everything is very misleading | Martin Rees and Lex Fridman
SpaceX Rolls Out Fifth Starship Tower Section at Kennedy Space Center | NASA Spaceflight
The Chrysler SERV... Is there a better way to make rockets? | Terran Space Academy
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> More Quiet On The Eastern Front: Russian Shelling Lessens In Ukraine's Donbas Region | Radio Free Europe
Russia's reengagement with Africa pays off | DW News
Ukraine war effects add to Kenyan food insecurity crisis | Al Jazeera
Three Ukrainian ports resume work following deal on grain exports | FRANCE 24 English
The disabled Ukrainians facing a lifetime of mistreatment and abuse | BBC News
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On This Day
July 28th is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 156 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)
1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Thomas Cromwell]
• [A botched execution for Thomas Cromwell]
• [Dramatization of Cromwell's Execution] Tudors: Season 3, Episode 8, "The Undoing of Cromwell"
1571 – La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines, is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.
1635 – In the Eighty Years' War, the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
1656 – Second Northern War: Battle of Warsaw begins.
1778 – Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Maximilien Robespierre]
• [Maximilien Robespierre: The Reign of Terror]
• [Robespierre - Fatal Revolutionary Terror Documentary]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]
• [The Fall Of Robespierre & Saint Just] (Musical Dramatization)
1808 – Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
1809 – Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
1854 – USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and now a museum ship in Baltimore Harbor, is commissioned.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• [Wikipedia: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]
• [The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: A Brief Overview and History]
• [The Constitution, 14th Amendment & Originalism, Pt. 3]
• [Amend: The Fight for America | Episode 1 | Netflix]
• [History.com: 14th Amendment]
• [Annotated text at Congress.gov]
1896 – The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
1914 – In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Emperor Franz Josef declares Great War] (Dramatization)
• [The Outbreak of WWI - How Europe Spiraled Into the GREAT WAR - Week 1]
• [The Outbreak of the First World War] (Lecture by Professor Michael S Neilberg)
• [How Europe Went to War in 1914. Tans Lecture Maastricht University] (Lecture)
• [Outbreak of World War 1 - A Banker's Perspective I THE GREAT WAR Special]
1915 – The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
1917 – The Silent Parade takes place in New York City, in protest against murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
• [Wikipedia: Silent Parade]
• [Conversations in Context: Marches | Smithsonian Channel (video)]
• [Silent Parade Protest March | Moment of History - 3D Environment Demo| Ex Libris]
1932 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
• [PBS Documentary: The March of the Bonus Army]
• [History Brief: Hoovervilles and the Bonus Army | Reading Through History]
• [Bonus Army: The Expeditionary Forces of 1932 | Daily Dose of Documentary]
• [Wikipedia: Bonus Army]
1935 – First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
1938 – Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
1939 – The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
1942 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
• [Wikipedia: Bombing of Hamburg in World War II]
• [World War II: The Blitz on Hamburg | Janson Media]
• [Operation Gomorrah: The Allied Firebombing of Hamburg | Warographics]
1945 – A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
1957 – Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
1960 – The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
1965 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1974 – Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
1976 – The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
• [Wikipedia: 1976 Tangshan earthquake]
• [Tangshan mourns quake victims on 40th anniversary (video)]
• [Aftershock China (2010 movie about the aftermath)]
1984 – Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Opening Ceremonies (video)]
• [16 Days of Glory 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles (video)]
1996 – The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
• [The Great Kennewick Man Debate | TREY the Explainer]
• [The Kennewick Man Finally Freed to Share His Secrets | Smithsonian Magazine]
• [Wikipedia]
2001 – Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
2002 – Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2002 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.
2005 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
2010 – Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
2011 – While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
2017 – Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
2018 – Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first woman skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Wendy Tuck]
• [2018: A YEAR IN REVIEW]
• [The Race of Their Lives | Season 3 | Clipper 2017-18 Race (video playlist)]
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, July 28, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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