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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier air lingers today with below-normal chances for precipitation. Moisture returns late in the week and into the weekend along with an increase in shower and thunderstorm chances especially for the mountains. Temperatures will trend a few degrees above normal by the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 8 mph.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west after midnight.
Thursday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Thursday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the mormning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
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
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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 Tue Jul 11 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Atlantic:
An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms is currently located a few hundred miles to the east-northeast of Bermuda. An area of low pressure is forecast to develop from this area in the next day or so, and environmental conditions are then forecast to be marginally conducive for further development. A subtropical or tropical depression could form during the latter part of this week as the system moves generally eastward. By the weekend, the low should turn northward bringing the system over cooler waters, likely limiting additional development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...50 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)
So Much Weather! A Lot to Cover in Today's Update... July 11, 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 (3.0 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 11th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1981
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.57 inches in Highlands in 1948 (also a state record)
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 11th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Murfreesboro, Hertford County in 1993
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1961
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.57 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 1948
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
HB10 would force sheriffs to work with ICE | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• A second Democrat considers entering NC governor’s race. Here’s who may run in 2024 [Raleigh News and Observer]
• North Carolina governor candidate Stein's campaign raises about $6 million in past 6 months [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Yancey residents clash over idea of county-controlled library following Pride display controversy [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Crack in North Carolina roller coaster may have formed 6-10 days before closure, commissioner says [BPR]
---Recent News Recap---
• 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]
• '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
---NORTH CAROLINA BUDGET PROCESS---
• 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
Why Passenger Train Manufacturing Is Booming In The U.S | CNBC
• Trump wants classified documents trial delayed until after 2024 election [Politico]
• Amazon’s Prime Day to Test Consumer Demand [WSJ] [WSJ]
• The Case That Could Be Fox’s Next Dominion [New York Times]
• New York Times Announces Plans to Disband Sports Department [Sports Illustrated]
• 14-year-old girl missing for 2 weeks found in Marine barracks was ‘sold,’ says aunt [Global News]
International News Headlines
Climate change and water scarcity in Benin | DW Documentary
• Xi Says Russia And China Should 'Lead Global Governance Reform' [AFP News (via Barron's)]
• Israel’s parliament gives initial nod to contested court overhaul bill [TVP World]
• N.K. marks anniversary of founder's death [Yonhap News Agency]
• x‘Continent of opportunities’: Iran’s Raisi kicks off Africa tour xx [AL Jazeera]
• Brazil says illegal miners driven from Indigenous territory, but ‘war’ not over [The Guardian (UK)]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Tucker Carlson To Russell Brand: Fox News FIRED Me After J6 Interview That NEVER AIRED | The Hill
• THE MEDIA TODAY: The complicity of RFK Jr. coverage [Columbia Journalism Review]
• Opinion | Northwestern’s student newspaper broke a blockbuster national story [Poynter]
• The gender consumption gap for online news and how publishers can address it [Press Gazette]
• The Athletic finally shut down a newspaper’s sports desk — just not the one people expected [Nieman Lab]
• Five credibility markers for journalists and news sites [Journalism (UK)]
Meet the Press full broadcast — July 9
Washington Today (7/10/2023): Senate Returns With Long To-Do List | C-SPAN
Global National: July 10, 2023 | Concerns about Toronto's spate of violence in public places
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 10
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 10, 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 4:01pm CEST, 5 July 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 4:01pm CEST, 5 July 2023, there have been 767,726,861 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,948,764 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 July 2023, a total of 13,462,013,092 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Washington University researchers develop air monitor that detects COVID-19 virus [ St Louis Post-Dispatch ]
• Real-time environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 aerosols [Nature]
• CDC to Reduce Funding for States’ Child Vaccination Programs [KFF Health News]
• 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]
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• Majority of Americans Say TikTok Is a Threat to U.S. National Security [Variety]
• Produce Prescription Programs for Patients with Diabetes Could Save Billions in Health Care Costs, Study Shows [Tufts Now]
• Instagram Threads hits 100 million users, becoming easily the fastest growing app ever [Independent (UK)]
• New research finds deep-sleep brain waves predict blood sugar control [Berkeley News]
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• 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 11 2023: Viva La Espionnage | Level1 Techs
Paging Dr. Chad - DTNS 4557 | Daily Tech News Show
China's Gallium & Germanium Export Controls | Asianometry
First Ever Neutrino Map of the Milky Way Reveals Major Surprises | Antov Petrov
LINUX 6.4, Red Hat Changes, SUSE, Steam Summer Sale and more Linux news! | Michael Tunnell
Threads, ChatGPT usage drops, and AI demos with Sunny Madra | This Week in Startups E1774
Battle of Ashdown, 871 ⚔️ Alfred the Great takes on the Viking 'Great Heathen Army' ⚔️ Part 1/2 | HistoryMarche
Battle of Edington, 878 ⚔️ How did Alfred the Great defeat the Vikings and help unite England? Pt2/2 | HistoryMarche
SpaceX Starship gets Reinforcements, Falcon 9 Breaks New Record, Secret China Launch, Final Ariane V | Matt Lowne
Why is AI Data Scraping Controversial? | TWiT TV
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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 10 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 10th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 503 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 502: NATO countries negotiate security guarantees for Ukraine before Vilnius summit [Euromaiden Press]
• Russian attack on Ukrainian aid distribution point kills 7 [ Al Jazeera ]
• Erdoğan agrees Sweden’s accession to NATO after months of wrangling [TVP World]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Ukraine seeks security guarantees as NATO members gather in Vilnius [France 24]
• What is NATO and what is its new Russia plan? [BBC News]
• Biden’s Reluctance to Let Ukraine Join NATO Tests Alliance’s Unity [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
Day 502: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine EMBARASSES Russia in Bakhmut | Ukraine War Update
Ukranian Himars Attack Devastated Another Russian Base || 2023 | Warthog Defense
Retired General Explains Why Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Is So Behind | WSJ
Ukrainian soldiers take Russian positions and capture POWs | Military Mind | TVP World
How can Ukraine make greater progress against well-fortified Russian positions? | 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
"Ukraine OUTNUMBERED 10:1 By Russia" | The Dive with Jackson Hinkle
The Russians regard it as NATO's Trojan Horse and WILL DESTROY IT | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Biden to meet with Zelensky at NATO summit – media [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Putin Proves to be Legendary Leader of the 21st Century [Pravda]
• Russian air defenses intercept five Ukrainian S-200 missiles — top brass [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 11th is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 173 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)
138 - Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Emperor of Rome.
472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).
911 – Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
1156 - Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Shirakawa-den]
• [Wikipedia: Hōgen rebellion]
• [Hogen Rebellion: Minamoto vs Taira Rivalry Begins (Part 1 of 3) | History of Japan 47]
• [Lecture: Hogen & Heiji Rebellions]
1174 – Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.
1302 – Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
1346 – Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.
1405 – Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
1410 – Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Ottoman capital, Edirne.
1476 – Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
1576 – While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
1616 – Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
1735 – Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
1789 – Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
1796 – The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
1798 – The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
1801 – French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
1804 – A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
• [Wikipedia: Burr–Hamilton duel]
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Aaron Burr]
• [Docudrama of the Duel]
1833 – Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
1848 – Waterloo railway station in London opens.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Fort Stevens]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Three Minutes in History: Battle of Fort Stevens]
• [2018 Winter Lecture Series - Early at the Gates: The Battle of Fort Stevens]
• [Civil War Battle of Fort Stevens - 1864 - "No Retreat"] (dramatization)
1882 – The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
1889 – Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
1893 – The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
1893 – A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
1897 – Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon.
1899 – Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
1906 – Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
1914 – Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
1914 – USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched.
1919 – The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
1920 – In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
1921 – A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
1921 – The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
1921 – Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
1922 – The Hollywood Bowl opens.
1924 – Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
1934 – Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
1936 – The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
1940 – World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
1941 – The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
1943 – World War II: Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
1943 – World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
1947 – The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
1950 – Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
1957 – Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
1960 – France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
1960 – Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
1962 – First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
1962 – Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
1971 – Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
1972 – The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
1973 – Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories.
1977 – Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1978 – Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
1979 – America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
• [Wikipedia: Skylab]
• [The remarkable story of Skylab's crash back to Earth (1979) | RetroFocus]
• [The Day Skylab Crashed to Earth: Facts About the First U.S. Space Station’s Re-Entry]
1983 – A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
1990 – Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
1991 – Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.
1995 – Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July. 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men are massacred in the 'UN safe zone.'
• [Wikipedia]
• [ International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)]
• [Srebrenica Conference Documents Detail Path to Genocide from 1993 to 1995 | National Security Archive]
2006 – Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
• [Wikipedia]
• [2006 Mumbai Train Blasts: Court To Announce Punishment For 12 Convicts (2015 video)]
• [5 sentenced to death for 2006 Mumbai train blasts | NDTV]
2010 – The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
2011 – Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus.
2015 – Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security prison in Altiplano, in Mexico. It's his second escape.
2018 – Oldest stone tools outside Africa discovered in Lantian country, western China, estimated 2.12 million years old made by hominins
• [Oldest Stone Tools Outside Africa Unearthed in China | Smithsonian Magazine]
• [Oldest Tools Outside Africa Found, Rewriting Human Story | National Geographic]
• [Archaeoscoop: Earliest Stone Tools Unearthed?]
2019 – Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft lands on the Ryugu asteroid 300m km (185m miles) from earth for a second time to collect samples
• [Wikipedia | Hayabusa2]
• [Hayabusa2 and Ryugu | Astromaterials Science Research Group]
• [Hayabusa2 touchdown on Asteroid Ryugu | SciNews]
2019 - Last models of Volkswagen's Beetle car are produced in Pueblo, Mexico, ending production worldwide after 80 years.
2019 - US stock markets reach new records, the Dow tops 27,000 points for the first time and the S&P 500 hits 3,000 points.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, July 11, 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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