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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Isolated or widely scattered showers and thunderstorms can be expected today, but chances increase Sunday with a cold front moving into the region. Drier air will arrive behind the front on Monday, diminishing shower/storm chances for Tuesday and Wednesday. Moisture returns late next week along with an increase in rain chances.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds by in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then scattered showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers between 3pm and 5pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph in the morning shgifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then scattered showers between midnight and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 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.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then scattered showers between midnight and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Isolated showers in the afternoon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Thunderstorms will be possible each afternoon and evening through next Thursday. The highest rain chances are expected to be on Sunday and Monday as a cold front moves into the region. A few storms on Sunday and Monday could become strong to severe, capable of producing strong wind gusts and hail. Otherwise, the risk for severe weather appears to be low on any given day.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Big Flares for Field Day and Side-Swiping Storms | Space Weather News 23 June 2023
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
• The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to November 30, but tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurs before and after these dates, respectively. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is September 10, with most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Jul 8 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Thursday] Bret on Final Approach to Lesser Antilles; TD4 Forms (06-22-2023)
Strong Signals Lining up for a Big Hurricane Season July 07, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
**NC Dept of Air Quality has not updated the map for today**
**They have done away with the map and Macon Media is researching other ways to report air quality.**
PM2.5 AQI is 80 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 80 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (2.8 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 8th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1977
Lowest Temperature 44°F in Highlands in 1913
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.50 inches in Highlands in 1916
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of July Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 101°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for July 8th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Dobbins Heights, Richmond County in 1977
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1992
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.72 inches in Carthage, Moore County in 2021
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 106°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)
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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
• Election season opens: Candidates can file to run for local office in the fall [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
Macon County Board of Elections Calendar 2023 Election Schedule
July 7, 2023 at NoonJuly 7, 2023 at Noon Candidate Filing Gegins for 2023 Municipal Election
The Following Seats Will Be on the Ballot:
Mayor of Franklin
• Jack Horton Current 2 Year Term $72.00 Filing Fee
Franklin Town Council (Vote for Three)
• Council Member Joe Collins Current 4 Year Term $36.00 Filing Fee
• Council Member Adam Kimsey 4 Year Term $36.00 Filing Fee
• Council Member Mike Lewis 4 Year Term $36.00 Filing Fee
Highlands Board of Commissioners (Vote for Three)
• Commissioner Highlands John Dotson 4 Year Term $5.00 Filing Fee
• Commissioner Highlands Marc Hehn 4 Year Term $5.00 Filing Fee
• Commissioner Highlands Brian Stiehler 4 Yearterm $5.00 Filing Fee
July 18, 2023 Noon New County Board Members Are Appointed
July 18, 2023 5:00pm Deadline to Withdraw Candidacy Municipal
July 21, 2023 Noon Filing Ends for Municipal Election
August 4, 2023 One Stop Plans Are Sent to NCSBE for Approval
October 3, 2023 5:00pm 1st Absentee Meeting Municipal Election
October 5, 2023 11:00am Mock Election Preformed by the Boe Office
October 6, 2023 Absentee by Mail Begins
October 10, 2023 5:00pm 2nd Absentee Meeting Municipal Election
October 13, 2023 5:00pm Voter Registration Deadline for Municipal
October 16, 2023 10:00am One Stop Observer List Due by Party Chairs
October 17, 2023 5:00pm 3rd Absentee Meeeting Municipal Election
October 19, 2023 8:00am One Stop Early Voting Will Begin
October 24, 2023 5:00pm 4™ Absentee Meeting Municipal Election
October 31, 2023 5:00pm 5™ Absentee Meeting Municipal Election
October 31, 2023 5:00pm Last Day to Request an Absentee by Mail Ballot
November 2, 2023 10:00am Election Day Observer List Due
November 4, 2023 3:00pm Early Voting Ends at 3:00pm
November 6, 2023 5:00pm Pre Election Day Board Meeting
November 7, 2023 6:30am Election Day Polls Open at 6:30am-7:30pm
November 8, 2023 Sample Hand/eye Chosen by the NCSBE by 1pm
November 9, 2023 11:00am Hand Eye Count Preformed by Boe Staff
November 17, 2023 11:00am County Canvass of the Election
November 17, 2023 10:59am Deadline for Election Protest Concerning Votes
November 20, 2023 5:00pm Deadline for Candidates to Request Recount
• Highlands nonprofits bounce back after months-long repair from winter pipe burst [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• CDC to Reduce Funding for States’ Child Vaccination Programs [BPR]
• Is NC’s medical marijuana bill dead? A sponsor says no, but opponents are celebrating [Raleigh News and Observer]
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• Macon County purchases Higdon property, designates property to school board [BPR]
• Professor says WNC is high risk for La Crosse Encephalitis, urges preventative measures against it [WLOS-TV Asheville, NC)]
NC ranks 3rd for pet shelter deaths once again. | WXII-TV (Winston-Salem, NC)
• Big electricity users push for competition in NC energy market [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Set foot on this uninhabited NC island and you’ll be fined $5,000 — if you survive [xxx]
• Early morning pursuit results in damage of Hyatt Road businesses [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]
• In their words: NC leaders react to Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
Karine Jean-Pierre Fires Back At Criticism From Democrats About Sending Cluster Munitions To Ukraine | Forbes Breaking News
• The Supermarket Aisle Where Prices Are Still Soaring [Wall Street Journal]
• Markets dip on positive jobs data, which raises new fears of Fed interest rate hikes [Courthouse News Service]
• Meta’s Twitter rival Threads explodes to 70 million signups one day after launch [CNBC]
• Yellen Urges China to Step Up Climate Finance Investments [New York Times]
• Bud Light no longer ranks among America's top 10 beers [Fox News]
• Trump attacks DeSantis in Iowa over ethanol stance [Politico]
International News Headlines
Are climate doomers right? | DW Planet A
• Mark Rutte: Dutch coalition government collapses in migration row [BBC News]
• Yemen: Saudi Arabia preparing to exit costly war? [DW News]
• Ukraine ‘deserves’ NATO membership, Turkey’s Erdogan says [Al Jazeera]
• IAEA chief arrives in S. Korea to discuss agency report on Fukushima water discharge [Yonhap News Agency]
• US destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I [The Mainichi]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Paul Beckett on Gershkovich's 100 day detainment: ‘Dispiriting to see journalism labeled as a crime’ | MSNBC
• Drone journalists get very good news – instant waivers [Poynter]
• Rethinking how we cover the Court [Columbia Journalism Review]
• Four digital media trends to watch: generative AI, Gen Z, business models and news formats [Journalism (UK)]
• Wesley Lowery talks journalism education, objectivity, and learning by doing [Nieman Labs]
• Media Literacy Defined [NAMLE]
Reports of explosions and fighting overnight in Omdurman on Thursday | AL Jazeera
Washington Today (7-7-23): Controversial cluster munitions part of new U.S. aid package to Ukraine | C-SPAN
Global National: July 7, 2023 | Interest rate increase expected amid labour pool increase
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 07
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 07, 2023)
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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:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 12:15pm CEST, 21 June 2023, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,127,152 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 June 2023, a total of 668,882,018 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 12:15pm CEST, 21 June 2023, there have been 768,187,096 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,945,714 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 20 June 2023, a total of 13,461,344,203 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Workers cannot sue over COVID spread to households, California court rules [ Reuters ]
• Detrimental effects of COVID-19 in the brain and therapeutic options for long COVID: The role of Epstein–Barr virus and the gut–brain axis [ Nature: Molecular Psychiatry (2023) ]
• Hot docs: US passport delays mount amid post-Covid travel surge [ AFP (via Yahoo News)]
• Rare link between coronavirus vaccines and Long Covid–like illness starts to gain acceptance [ Science: American Association for the Advancement of Science]
• How to Lose a Century of Progress [ The Atlantic]
• More than 3 out of every 4 American adults got COVID by the end of 2022, CDC estimates [ Fortune (via Yahoo News)]
Ep 134: Good News | Osterholm Update
• TWiV 1020: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1021: Nextstrain with Trevor Bedford [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from July 7 to 14: Venus shines bright [Astronomy Magazine]
• Meta’s Twitter rival Threads explodes to 70 million signups one day after launch [CNBC]
• Companies Think Their Idiot Customers Will Accidentally Cancel Their Subscriptions if It's Too Easy [Gizmodo]
• Now that you've all tried it ... ChatGPT web traffic falls 10% [The Register]
• Google updates privacy policy to train its AI on everything you post online [Android Authority]
• Is Earth the only Goldilocks planet? [Astronomy Magazione]
• Winamp is back on Android with a whole new take on this classic music app [aNDROID pOLICE]
• Creative people enjoy idle time more than others [University of Arizona]
• Where and when to see the October 2023 annular eclipse [Astronomy Magazine]
• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]
Evergreen Links
• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir
Hardcore History: Addendum EP26 Dig This! | Dan Carlin
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
The Level1 Show July 7 2023: FLiРРЕЯ the Not So Friendly Dolphin | Level1 Techs
Do Emojis Imply Intent? 👍️ or 👎️? - DTNS 4556 | Daily Tech News Show
Why China is Shrinking VERY Fast | RealLifeLore
Hamilton - The Fighting Founding Father Documentary | The People Profiles
TWiV 1022: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
Things are Changing | Office Hours 32 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Apache Stronghold | The Real Wild West | Curiosity Stream
Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 07 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 7th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 500 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 499: Ukraine’s NATO Membership Journey Draws Global Attention [Euromaiden Press]
• US to give Ukraine widely banned cluster munitions despite fears [Al Jazeera]
• ‘Ukraine deserves NATO membership’: Turkey’s Erdoğan after meeting with Zelenskyy [TVP World]
• 🔴LIVEBLOG: War enters 500th day, UN counts more than 9,000 civilian deaths [France 24]
• Ukraine war: Pressure builds on South Korea to send arms to Kyiv [BBC News]
• Two Weeks After Wagner Revolt, Prigozhin Remains Crucial to Putin [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
$800 Million Ukraine Security Package | C-SPAN
The depraved West will collapse – Russia will never bend the knee | Break the Fake | TVP World
Ukraine counteroffensive 'advances': 80th Airborne Brigade return to Bakhmut | Al Jazeera
US sends cluster bombs to Ukraine | BBC News
'Every Street Is Mined': Hidden Dangers Slow Ukraine's Counteroffensive | Radio Free Europe
🔴 (redacted) - DPICM Cluster 155mm to Ukraine, Found Footage | Combat Footage Show
Why Do We Call the War in Ukraine Unprovoked? - Debunking Russian Claims | Kings and Generals
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or video About the Russian Perspective
Why the west HATES Russia! | Redacted News
Putin’s security forces raid Prigozhin’s mansion as he returns to Russia | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• US preparing ‘Israel-style’ security guarantees for Ukraine – Biden [Russia Today]
• Russian forces strike military barracks in Lviv [Pravda]
• US giving cluster munitions to Ukraine in ‘desperate gesture,’ Russian ambassador says [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 8th is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 176 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)
939 - The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi
• [Wikipedia: Major Occultation]
• [VIDEO Lecture: The Major Occultation]
• [LINKTEXT]
1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
• [Siege of Jerusalem (First Crusade)]
• [First Crusade]
• [Siege of Jerusalem, 1099: What REALLY Happened...]
• [The First Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem 1099 AD]
1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta. (War of the Sicilian Vespers: Battle of Malta)
• [Battle of Malta]
• [War of the Sicilian Vespers]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Roger of Lauria]
1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vasco da Gama]
1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
• [Wikipedia: Our Lady of Kazan]
1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
1709 – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Poltava]
• [Poltava – The Great Northern War – Sabaton History 057 [Official]]
• [Wikipedia: Great Northern War]
1716 – The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Dynekilen]
1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline.
1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
1760 – British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
• [Battle of Restigouche]
• [THE HISTORY BUFF Battle of Restigouche]
1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
• [Wikipedia: Second Continental Congress]
• [Wikipedia: Olive Branch Petition]
• [Loyalist vs Partiot Olive Branch Petition]
• [Dramatization from HBO's John Adams Mioniseries]
• [History Brief: The Second Continental Congress and the Olive Branch Petition]
1776 – Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
• [United States Declaration of Independence]
• [Re-enactment of the First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence, July 8, 2012] (Independence National Historical Park)
1808 – Promulgation of the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter Joseph Bonaparte intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
• [Bayonne Statute]
• [Wikipedia: Peninsular War]
• [Feature History - Peninsular War]
1822 – Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
1853 – The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
• [Perry Expedition]
1859 – King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
1864 – Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• [Ikedaya incident]
• [Shinsengumi Ikedaya Incident - Sherlock Investigates Japan]
1874 – The Mounties begin their March West.
• [Wikipedia: March West]
• [North-West Mounted Police: The Great March - Documentary Feature]
• [Cypress Hills Massacre]
1876 – The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
• [Wikipedia: Hamburg massacre]
• [Today's Toast - July 8 - Hamburg Massacre Victims]
1879 – Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• [Wikipedia: USS Jeannette (1878)]
• [Wikipedia: Jeannette expedition]
• [Jeanette: The Mother of Modern Arctic Exploration]
1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
1892 – St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
• [The St. John's Fire of 1892]
1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• [Wikipedia: Shootout on Juneau Wharf]
• [Soapy Smith: A Very Bad Man]
• [Soapy Smith: Gold Rush Goodfella]
• [Skagway Stories: Who was Frank H. Reid?]
1912 – Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
1933 – The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
1937 – Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
• [Treaty of Saadabad]
1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• [Wikipedia: Roswell incident]
• [Roswell Incident: Department of Defense Interviews - Robert Shirkey / Walter Haut]
• [Unlocking & Debunking The Roswell UFO Mystery | Studio 10]
• [Roswell - Alien Wonderland]
• [Ask an Expert: The Roswell Incident]
• [Roswell, JFK: Why some people want to believe in conspiracy theories]
1948 – The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Francis Gary Powers]
• [1960 U-2 incident]
• [Gary Powers' U-2 is Shot Down Over the Soviet Union - Animated]
1962 – Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
1968 – The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
1970 – Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
• [Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975]
• [Nixon and the American Indian: The Movement to Self-Determination]
1972 – Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
1979 - Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
1980 – The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
1980 – Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the then Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.
1982 – A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
• [Wikipedia: Dujail Massacre]
• [Dujail Revisited]
• [Trial resumes, Saddam complaints, witnesses, Dujail video] (AP Video)
1988 – The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
1994 – Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
2003 – Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
• [Shuttle launch: Last launch of Atlantis on CNN]
• [PBS Livestream: Final Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis]
• [Wikipedia: STS-135]
2012 - Tens of thousands protest over election corruption in Mexico City after Enrique Peña Nieto's win in the country's presidential election.
• [Wikipedia: Protests]
• [University Students Protest and Kick Out Mexican Presidential Candidate from Campus]
2014 – Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.
2019 – US financier Jeffrey Epstein indicted on further charges of sex trafficking of minors
• [Wikipedia Bio: Jeffrey Epstein]
• [Secret indictment against Jeffrey Epstein unveiled]
• [Epstein indicted on sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy]
2020 – Australian city of Melbourne goes back into lockdown for six weeks after second outbreak of 700 active cases
2020 – Americans and Polynesians made contact around 1200 A.D. according to new genomic study in "Nature", people from eastern Polynesia had DNA from indigenous Colombia
• [Native South Americans were early inhabitants of Polynesia]
• [New Genetic Evidence Of Polynesian and American Contact]
• [Native South Americans reached Polynesia early] (PDF)
2020 – US government issues directive that more than 1 million international students will be stripped of their visas if their courses entirely online
2021 - Belarusian authorities block the website of Nasha Niva and detains two of the newspaper's journalists. The journalists' apartments are also searched by authorities. A spokesman for the website said that it is the latest crackdown on democracy activists and independent journalism in the country, conducted in the "worst way of the Soviet era".
• [Belarus government blocks media outlet, detains reporters | AP News]
• [In Belarus, 33 journalists remain imprisoned. This is who they are and why they were detained.]
• [RSF unveils portraits of journalists detained in Belarus]
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, July 08, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla' --->
Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla' --->
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