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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Rain chances persist this morning as a cold front interacts with an approaching upper level disturbance. Drier air will filter in behind the front this afternoon and evening, diminishing shower/storm chances for Tuesday and Wednesday. Moisture returns late next week into the weekend along with an increase in rain chances.
• How our brain tries to beat the heat — and why heatstroke is dangerous [WeatherBrains]
• Torrential downpours lead to catastrophic flooding in Spain [xxx]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly 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. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
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.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm by the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph shifting to come out of the north before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out ofm the north 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the south by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph shifting to come out of the north after midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10am. 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. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. WInds out of the northeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
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.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous Weather is not expected today or tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Solar Storms Give a 1,2-Punch | Space Weather News 07 July 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 Mon Jul 10 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Atlantic:
An area of low pressure is expected to form in a couple of days several hundred miles to the east-northeast of Bermuda. This system is then forecast to interact with an upper-level trough, and could acquire some subtropical or tropical characteristics during the middle to latter part of this week while it pivots southeastward to northeastward. By the weekend, the low is expected to turn northward bringing the system over cooler waters, likely limiting additional development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
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
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (2.4 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (3.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 10th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1980
Lowest Temperature 43°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.44 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 10th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Jackson, Northampton County in 1993
Lowest Temperature 32°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1961
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Henderson, Vance County in 1959
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
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings ()a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
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Local and State News
Shots fired at Wilmington Mall | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• AUDIO STORY: 2024 NC primary election preview[WUNC Politics]
• HOA bills garner bipartisan support. Critics say they could lead to higher costs, lower property values [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Experts revise forecast, say warmer ocean may mean ‘fast start’ to NC hurricane season [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Charles George VA Medical Center data breach reported, more than 1,500 veterans impacted [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Blue Ridge Parkway trail reopens after 'aggressive' bear encounters [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---Recent News Recap---
• 'Music For Mental Health' event organizer hopes to destigmatize mental health discussions [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• SBI investigating fraud allegations against director of Selma private school [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Broadband in WNC gets a $16 million boost [BPR]
• Two earthquakes reported just across North Carolina border in neighboring states [WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)]
• 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]
• 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
Biden to begin 3-nation tour | Good Morning America
• Love, actually? Biden's bid to repair 'special relationship' between US and UK [USA TODAY (via Yahoo News)]
• Yellen had a ‘constructive visit’ to China with opportunities for ‘more frequent contacts’ in the future, she says [CNBC]
• Accused Philadelphia shooter may have begun his spree nearly two days earlier than police thought [AP News]
• Community outraged after cop shoots harmless golden retriever dead in front of horrified family: ‘He should rot’ [New York Post]
- GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Bodycam Footage of Lorain Police Officer Shooting Dog | Police Activity
- Rally demands 'justice' for dog shot by Lorain police officer (Updated) [The Chronicle-Telgram (Elyria, OH)]
International News Headlines
Fighting in Sudan threatens to destabilize entire region | DW News
• Niger in the grip of a blistering heatwave with high temperatures [Africa News]
• German president calls far-right surge in polls 'worrying' [DW News]
• US drone strike kills IS group leader in Syria, says defence department [France 24]
• Biden begins three-nation tour with UK visit before NATO summit [Al Jazeera]
• At least 300 migrants missing at sea near Spain’s Canary Islands, aid group says [South China Morning post]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism The Fake New World of "Citizen Journalism" | Upper Echelon
• How to report better on artificial intelligence [Coulmbia Journalism Review]
• When it comes to misinformation, partisanship overpowers fact-checking, over and over again [https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/06/when-it-comes-to-misinformation-partisanship-overpowers-fact-checking-over-and-over-again/]
• How journalists cover lies is the most important issue in news media [Poynter]
• Three steps to protect newsrooms from press freedom attacks [Journalism.co.uk]
• Top 4 Unbiased Independent World News Sources [Make Use Of]
Meet the Press full broadcast — July 9
Washington Today (7-7-23): Controversial cluster munitions part of new U.S. aid package to Ukraine | C-SPAN
Global National: July 9, 2023 | Ukraine looks for security guarantees as NATO leaders meet
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 07
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 09, 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.
xxx | xxx
• US Treasury says COVID anti-foreclosure payments reach $3.7 billion [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
• Covid inquiry: NI chief medical officer to give evidence [BBC News]
• Alarming pediatric hospital admissions linked to COVID-19 in England [News Medical: Life Sciences]
• Severe pneumonia with co-infection of H5N1 and SARS-CoV-2: a case report [ Research Square]
• 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)]
TWiV 1023: Covering science with Katherine Wu | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1020: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1023: Covering science with Katherine Wu [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]
How One Programmer Created Gaming's Most Complex Ecosystem | ThatGuyGlen
• NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour Will Stand Tall Once More [Gizmodo]
• The Chinese Auto Empire Coming to the U.S. [Wall Street Journal]
• Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users / It handily beat ChatGPT to the milestone. [The Verge]
• How Threads’ privacy policy compares to Twitter’s (and its rivals’) [ARS TECHNICA]
• SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for record-breaking 16th time, lands on ship at sea [SPACE.COM]
• 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
Crushed, Burned or Toothpaste? Surgeon Explains What Happened To Crew OceanGate TITAN Sub Implosion | Dr. Chris Raynor | Not Your Everyday Ortho
SpaceX Starlink 91 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 10 July 2023 | SciNews
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
SpaceX Completing Starship's Upgraded Launch Pad! - Starbase Weekly Update #70 | LabPadre
How Wars End - Negotiations, Coercion and War Termination Theory | Perun
Mexico Will Not Be The Next China | Economics Explained
Long March-2C launches “Internet technology test satellite” | SciNews
How One Programmer Created Gaming's Most Complex Ecosystem | ThatGuyGlen
The Story of the Samual B Roberts Destroyer Escort
The Deepest Wreck Ever Located: The Destroyer Escort Samuel B Roberts | Caladan Oceanic
• World’s Deepest Shipwreck Discovered Four Miles Underwater in the Philippines [Smithsonian Magazine]
Samuel B Roberts: The Destroyer Escort That Fought Like a Battleship | Battleship New Jersey
Battle Off Samar | Yarnhub
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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 09 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 9th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 502 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 501: Zelensky brings Azov commanders to Ukraine from Turkey [Euromaiden Press]
• Photos: Russia’s war in Ukraine crosses 500-day mark [Al Jazeera]
• Film director, former Kremlin prisoner wounded on front fighting for Ukraine [TVP World]
• Ukraine Live =blog for July 10th: Zelenskyy vows boosted defenses on Belarus border[DW News]
• NATO unity to be tested at Vilnius summit, Ukraine entry biggest challenge [France 24]
• VIDEO: Why Ukraine Is Struggling to Puncture Russia’s Formidable Defenses [Wall Street Journal]
Day 501: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine Traps Russian Army | Ukraine War Update
What's behind the US decision to give Ukraine cluster bombs? | Inside Story
New $800 million arms package for Ukraine | Bohdan Nahaylo | TVP World
Turkey lets Azov fighters go back to Ukraine, breaking deal with Russia | DW News
🔴 (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
Exclusive Interview: Russian Forces and U.S/NATO Forces Will Collide Directly | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Biden pressures Türkiye to allow new NATO expansion [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• After obtaining Storm Shadow missile, Russia to prepare unpleasant surprise to the West [Pravda]
• White House de facto admits to committing war crimes in Ukraine — Russian Embassy [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 10th is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 174 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)
48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey near the city of Dyrrachium (in what is now Albania).
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Dyrrhachium]
• [Wikipedia: Caesar's Civil War]
• [Battle of Dyrrhachium 48 BC - Caesar against Pompey]
• [Caesar's Civil War ⚔️ (ALL PARTS 1 - 5) ⚔️]
• [Historia Civilis: Caesar's Civil War]
138 – Emperor Hadrian dies of heart failure at Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
518 - Former peasant Justin I proclaimed Byzantine emperor in the Hippodrome, Constantinople.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Justin I]
• [Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora - From Swineherd to Emperor - Extra History - #1]
552 - Origin of Armenian calendar.
• [Wikipedia: Armenian calendar]
645 – Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace.
• [Wikipedia: Isshi Incident]
• [Taika Reform]
• [The Isshi Incident: How a Murder Moved a Capital]
• [This Land is MY Land (Taika Reforms) | History of Japan 19]
988 – The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill]
• [Wikipedia: Early Irish law]
• [Brehon Laws: The Ancient Wisdom of Ireland]
• [Irish History - Brehon Law with Pat Flannery (Full Version)]
1040 - Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry, according to legend, to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Lady Godiva]
• [Who was the real Lady Godiva?]
• [Article by Don Hollway]
1086 – King Canute IV of Denmark is killed by rebellious peasants.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Canute IV]
• [Murder of Saint Canute IV] (Danish.net)
1212 – The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
• [Wikipedia: The Great Fire of 1212]
• [Great Fire of London 1212]
1460 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Northampton (1460)]
• [Wreath laying to commemorate the Battle of Northampton 1460]
• [Wars of Roses 1455-1487 - English Civil Wars]
1499 – The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Nicolau Coelho]
1512 – The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
• [Wikipedia: Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre]
• [Conquest of Navarre - 1512] (the dramatic intro is two minutes and a half long)
• [The Reconquista - Part 3 History of Navarre]
1519 – Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.
• [Prince of Ning rebellion]
• [Nanchang - City of Heroes IV: A Revolt Crushed. The Prince of Ning Rebellion. [江西省 南昌市 南昌县]]
1520 - King Charles V France and King Henry VIII of England sign Treaty of Calais.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Calais]
1553 – Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Lady Jane Grey]
• [Historic UK: Lady Jane Grey]
• [Lady Jane Grey: England's Forgotten Queen]
• [England's Forgotten Queen: Lady Jane Grey Imprisoned]
• [England's Forgotten Queen: Lady Jane Grey's Execution]
• [Lady Jane (1986)] (dramatization of her execution)
1584 – William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
• [Wikipedia Bio: William the Silent]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Balthasar Gérard]
• [The Assassination of William the Silent (William of Orange)]
1645 – English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Langport]
• [Wikipedia: English Civil War]
• [What caused the English Civil War? | Origins of the Civil War | 5 Minute History]
1778 – American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1789 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
1806 – The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
• [Wikipedia: Vellore mutiny]
• [Wikipedia: East India Company]
• [The Vellore Mutiny of 1806]
1832 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
1850 – U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death.
1877 – The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
1882 – War of the Pacific (Saltpeter War): Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
• [Battle of La Concepción]
• [War of the Pacific]
1883 – War of the Pacificc (Saltpeter War): Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
• [Battle of Huamachuco]
• [War of the Pacific]
1890 – Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
1920 – Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
1921 – Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• [Wikipedia: Bloody Sunday (1921)]
1924 – Paavo Nurmi won the 1,500 and 5,000 m races with just an hour between them at the Paris Olympics.
1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• [Wikipedia: Scopes Trial]
• [Wikipedia: Butler Act]
• [The Scopes “Monkey” Trial (1925) | America Went "Ape" Over This Case]
• [Scopes Monkey – Rare Footage of the "Trial of the Century" | Flashback | History]
• [The Scopes Monkey Trial Explained in 5 Minutes: US History Review]
• [Innes Lecture 2020 - The 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial: why did so many people hate evolution?]
1927 – Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
1938 – Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Howard Hughes]
• [Howard Hughes' Flight - 1938| Movietone Moment | 10 July 2020]
• [Biography Documentary HD - Howard Hughes]
1940 – World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
• [Wikipedia: Vichy France]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [046 - The Dictator of France - The Rise of Philippe Pétain - WW2 - 046 - July 13 1940]
• [18. The Dark Years: Vichy France]
• [Vichy France and the Nature of Fascism (Reading)]
1940 – World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks against British maritime convoys begin, in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Sea Lion]
• [Wikipedia: Kanalkampf]
• [Battle of Britain]
1941 – Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Poland marks 80th anniversary (2021) of Jedwabne pogrom | Irish Times]
• [On this day: 340 Polish Jews killed in 1941 Jedwabne pogrom | Jerusalem Post]
1942 – World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
• [Akutan Zero | Wikipedia]
• [Report from U.S. Military Intelligence Service, first published August 13, 1942 | Lone Sentry]
• [The Akutan Zero | Mark Felton Productions]
1943 – World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
• [Wikipedia]
• [National WW II Museum]
• [Allied Invasion of Sicily | Animated History]
1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
1951 – Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
• [1950-51 Korean War Kaesong Negotiations Ill Fated - Ill Managed or Deliberate Deceit (PDF)]
• [The Korean War Truce Talks: A Study in Conflict Termination (PDF)]
• [The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy 1950-1951 (PDF)]
1962 – Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
• [Wikipedia]
• [The Day Television Went Global | Bloomberg Quicktake]
• [Satellite History: Telstar | SatMagazine]
1966 – The Chicago Freedom Movement, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
• [Chicago Campaign | Stanford]
• [Wikipedia]
• [Chicago Freedom Movement 1965-1966]
1973 – The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
1976 – Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
• [Wikipedia]
• [BBC News]
• [AP News Video Report]
1978 – ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
1978 – President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
1985 – The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
• [Wikipedia]
• [The Tragic Story Of The Greenpeace Ship That Was Blown Up | Timeline]
• [French Agent Breaks Silence on Bombing Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior in 1985]
1985 – An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
1991 – The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
1991 – Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Boris Yeltsin - The Making of a Leader (2001 Documentary)]
1991 – A Beechcraft Model 99 crashes near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 13 of the 15 people on board.
1992 – In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
1997 – In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
1997 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
1998 – Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
1999 – In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
2000 – EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
2002 – At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens's painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
2007 – Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
• [Erden Eruc: Completed first solo circumnavigation of the world by human power]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
2008 – Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations Tribunal.
2011 – Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
2015 - The Confederate flag is taken down for the last time from South Carolina Capitol grounds 1 day after the state legislature ordered it removed..
• [Wikipedia article]
• [PBS Newshour]
2017 – Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
2017 - NASA's Juno spacecraft makes closest ever pass over Jupiter's Great Red Spot at 9,000 kilometers overhead.
• [Jupiter's Great Red Spot seen by Juno]
• [Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Surprisingly Deep | Scientific American]
2018 - The final 4 boys and their coach are rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand after being trapped there for 18 days by monsoon flooding.
• [Wikipedia]
• [The full story of Thailand’s extraordinary cave rescue | BBC News]
• [Thai Cave Rescue]
• [Divers reveal extraordinary behind-the-scenes details of Thailand cave rescue | Four Corners]
2019 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico. The last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum.
• [Last VW Bug Off Assembly Line in Mexico 2003 | King Rose Archives]
• [The Rise And Fall Of The Volkswagen Beetle | Business Insider]
2019 - Earliest evidence of modern humans outside Africa found with 210,000 year old skull from Apidima Cave, southern Greece published in "Nature".
• [Apidima Cave fossils provide earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia | Nature (PDF via Sci-Hub)]
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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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