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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Looks like typical summertime temperatures through the early part of the week, but with weak high pressure bringing a drier air mass, rain chances look very low. The heat will build gradually each day after Monday, and storm chances will also increase from mid-week onward with the possibility of organized thunderstorms late in the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph shifting to come out of the south in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the souithwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in them morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala Area
Today
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.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. WInds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
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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
800 PM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Subtropical Storm Don, located over the central Atlantic.
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)
Big August Through October for Hurricane Season? New Guidance from UKMET/ECMWF Suggests So July 12, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 100 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 100 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
usa smoke map Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 out of 12) today with Grasses,Plantain, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 17th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin in 1980
Lowest Temperature 41°F in Highlands in 1904 also a state record)
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.04 inches in Highlands in 1963
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 17th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1902
Lowest Temperature 41°F in Highlands, Macon County in 1904
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.90 inches in Raleigh, Wake County in 2016
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)
Saturday, July 15th
MidDay Music at Frog Quarters
BARRY ROMA—If you love Frank Sinatra, Roy Orbison and other oldies, some from the stage and screen, you’ll love hearing Barry and his beautiful, baritone voice. You’ll swear you’re back on that date, back decades ago!
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Local and State News
Data shows high demand for 988 Lifeline 1-year after launch | WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)
• NC lawmakers weigh big swing on economic development, using $1.43 billion from taxpayers [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Camping ban, other restrictions extended to protect popular NC mountain [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---Recent News Recap---
North Carolina Chiggers may pose health risk, researchers find | WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC)
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending July 13 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Centenarian World War II veteran honored with prestigious medal right after 102nd birthday [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• UNC employee accused of running $9.3 million Ponzi scheme out of Durham [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Safe Kids reminds about children, hot cars [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Waynesville ramps up electric vehicle support with grant-funded charging stations [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Canton passes industrial development moratorium aimed at Pactiv [Smnoky Mountain News]
• Moore won't seek sixth term as NC House speaker [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Ecusta Rail Trail nets an unprecedented $45.9 million in federal funding [BPR]
• No North Carolina budget vote until August, top House member says [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• With NC budget debate dragging on through summer, the 2024 election comes into play [Raleigh NEws and Observer]
---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
Suspect in deadly mass shooting killed | ABC World News Tonight
• Dollar’s Busted Bull Run Has Doomsayers Calling End of an Era [Bloomberg]
• Markets Appear Convinced the Fed Can Pull Off a Soft Landing [Wall Street Journal]
• Biden administration announces loan forgiveness for 804,000 borrowers [Courthouse News Service]
• RFK Jr. accused of antisemitism, racism after remarks about COVID, Ashkenazi Jews [The Hill]
• Here’s who won, and lost, and face-planted in the presidential money race last quarter [Politico]
International News Headlines
Peru's fight for its isolated communities | DW Documentary
• 'Heat storm' stretches into southern Europe, health alerts issued [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
• Putin Sent Wagner to Belarus to Prepare Attack on Poland: Russian Lawmaker [Newsweek]
• Iran’s Morality Police Returns To Streets With Vengeance [Iran International]
• EU-Mercosur trade deal: A tale of two cattle ranchers [DW News]
• In Pictures: Photos: Armed mobs rampage through Indian state of Manipur [Al JAzeera]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Ethics 101: The 5 Core Values of Journalism | Ethical Journalism Network
• How journalists cover lies is the most important issue in news media [Poynter]
• The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/16/2023 (Weekend Edition) [Media Bias/Fact Check]
• Media execs haven’t learned a thing from these AI tests [The Verge]
• Exclusive: AP strikes news-sharing and tech deal with OpenAI [AXIOS]
• “Orange Is the New Black” Signalled the Rot Inside the Streaming Economy [The New Yorker]
Andrew Yang: ‘No one should be working and be poor’ in America | NBC News
Meet the Press full broadcast — July 16 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Swisher, McCaul, Sullivan
Washington Week full episode, July 14, 2023 | Washington Week PBS
Washington Today (7-13-23): President Biden in Finland says 'Putin's already lost war' in Ukraine | C-SPAN
Global National: July 16, 2023 | Refugees stuck sleeping on Toronto streets amid funding battle
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 16
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 16, 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.
• Jewish groups denounce RFK Jr.’s false remarks that Covid-19 was ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews and Chinese people [CNN]
• A doctor known for assessing Covid risk fell ill with the virus. Here’s what he wants you to know [CNN (via Yahoo News)]
• Is California’s COVID calm coming to an end? Here’s what the numbers show [San Francisco Chronicle]
TWiV 1026: Debunking RFK Jr.’s vaccine funk with Dan Wilson | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1025: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1024: Covering science with Katherine Wu [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from July 14 to 21: Pluto at opposition [Astronomy Magazine]
Net Zero by 2050 is not happening | Caspian Report
• Threads, a Slack alternative completely unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge [TechCrunch]
• Webb May Have Spotted Supermassive Dark Stars [SciNews]
• Elon Musk says Twitter’s ad revenue is down 50% and cash flow is negative [CNN]
• Individuals with ADHD are more likely to participate in politics, study finds [PsyPost]
• The heat wave scorching the US is a self-perpetuating monster [ARS TECHNICA]
China is Drilling the World's Deepest Hole - Here's Why | Two Bit da Vinci
Mobile Cities | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
• 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 14 2023: Bad Blood (Canada's Version) | Level1 Techs
Lighting Up Tim's Garage - DTNS 4560 | Daily Tech News Show
China is Drilling the World's Deepest Hole - Here's Why | Two Bit da Vinci
Mobile Cities | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Week 255 - Mass Suicide on Saipan - WW2 - July 15, 1944 | World War Two
This Is Why You're Poor | Second Thought
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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 16 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 15th (no PDF was published for the 16th)]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 509 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 507: Putin agrees to extend Black Sea grain deal [Euromaiden Press]
• US Republican 2024 hopefuls defend Ukraine support at Iowa conservative forum [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
• Ukraine launches land and sea drone attacks on major Crimean navy port [Telegraph (via Yahoo News)]
• NATO summit a success, but bitter-sweet for Ukraine [TVP World]
• Ukraine Liveblog: 'Emergency' on bridge linking Crimea to Russia [DW News]
• East Ukraine fighting ‘intensifies’ as Putin dismisses offensive [Al Jazeera]
• AS IT HAPPENED: Russia repels Ukraine drone attack on Crimea, claims Kremlin [France 24]
• Crimea bridge closed following 'emergency' [bbc News]
Belarus says Wagner fighters are training its forces | DW News
Putin claims Ukraine’s counteroffensive is ‘not succeeding’ | Al JAzeera
Bridging the Gap: Assessing Ukraine's NATO Membership Delay | World Today | TVP World
South Korea to expand military support to Ukraine | BBC News
A look at a clinic on the front lines of Ukraine | CBS Evening News
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
The Sledgehammer of the Russian Summer Offensive is Falling | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Traffic stopped on Crimean Bridge due to ‘emergency’ – governor [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• The West wants Russians to annihilate Russians in Donbass [Pravda]
• Grain deal still not extended 24 hours before expiration — sources [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 17th is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 167 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)
180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
1048 – Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later.
1203 – The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
• [Wikipedia: Fourth Crusade]
• [Siege of Constantinople (1203)]
• [Fragmentation of the Byzantine Empire by 1203]
• [The Crusade That Ruined Everything]
1402 – Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China.
1429 – Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc.
1453 – Battle of Castillon: The last battle of Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Castillon]
• [Battle of Castillon 1453 AD - Hundred Years' War]
• [Wikipedia: Hundred Years' War]
1717 – King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
1762 – Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
1771 – Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
1791 – Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
1794 – The 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
1821 – The Kingdom of Spain cedes the territory of Florida to the United States.
1867 – Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
1899 – NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
1902 – Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
1917 – King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
1918 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• [Wikipedia: Execution of the Romanov family]
• [Brutal Execution of the Romanovs | History]
1918 – The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost.
1919 – The form of government in the Republic of Finland was officially confirmed. For this reason, July 17 is known as the Day of Democracy (Kansanvallan päivä) in Finland.
1932 – Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
• [Wikipedia: Altona Bloody Sunday]
• [GERMANY: Bloody Sunday]
1936 – Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
1938 – Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
1944 – Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
• [Wikipedia: Port Chicago disaster]
• [Aerial Views Of Damage Caused By Port Chicago Disaster, 7/1944 (full) ]
• [The 1944 Port Chicago Disaster]
• [Remembering Port Chicago]
• [Once There Was a Town: The Port Chicago Story]
1944 – World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
1945 – World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
• [Wikipedia: Potsdam Conference]
• [The Potsdam Conference - When the Cold War began]
• [Potsdam: Agreement to Settle Allied Victory in WWII] (History Roundtable)
• [President Truman Discusses the Potsdam Conference]
• [The Cold War: The Potsdam Conference 1945 - Truman, Attlee and Stalin]
• [Potsdam 1945 - War is Over]
1953 – The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
1955 – Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• [Ronald Reagan at the Opening of Disneyland Park]
1962 – Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
• [Little Feller (nuclear tests)]
• [M388 Davy Crockett Operational Test]
• [The Davy Crockett: America's Tactical Nuclear Weapon]
1968 – Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
1973 – King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
1975 – Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
1976 – East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
1976 – The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
1979 – Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida, United States.
1981 – A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
1984 – The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
1985 – Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).
1989 – First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
1989 – Holy See–Poland relations are restored.
1996 – TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
1998 – The 7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
1998 – A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
2000 – During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, killing 60 people.
2001 – Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
2006 – The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
2007 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo–Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people.
2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
2014 – A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.
2015 – At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
2018 – Scott S. Sheppard announces that his team has discovered a dozen irregular moons of Jupiter.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, July 17, 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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