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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A weak cold front will approach the region from the northwest today and settle south of the area tonight. Drier air will then filter into the area over the weekend into early next week, with lower chances for summertime showers and thunderstorms. Cooler temperatures also arrive over the weekend, with temperatures and humidity then slowly rising again by the middle part of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 11pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Northwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and midnight. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 75. West northwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. North wind around 7 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 86. Light north northwest wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 82. West northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. North wind 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 80. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. West northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Organized severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon into the early evening hours. Swaths of damaging wind will be the primary hazard along with small hail.
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 Thu Jul 20 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Don, located over the central Atlantic.
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands is currently interacting with the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The combination of these features is producing a broad area of showers and thunderstorms over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic. While dry air to the north may prevent significant organization during the next few days, environmental conditions could become more conducive for some development by this weekend as the wave moves westward across the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 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)
New Development Potential in Deep Tropics - Plus a Look at Don, Calvin and the SW Monsoon July 19, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (0.5 out of 12) today with Grasses,Plantain, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (3.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 46°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.35 inches in Highlands in 1913
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 20th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 106°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1900
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1909
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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Saturday, July 15th
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Local and State News
New Casinos to North Carolina? State officials move closer to deal | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• MCSO deputies recognized for life-saving efforts [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]
• Holbrooks follows in father’s footsteps [Smoky Mountain News]
• Second wave of opioid settlements brings an additional $521 million to North Carolina [BPR]
• Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC lawmakers agree on state worker pay, edge closer to budget deal as session drags on [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
---Recent News Recap---
Sky5 surveys damage left behind by Nash County tornado | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• NC tornado aftermath: 16 people injured between Nash & Edgecombe counties, 89 structures damaged by EF3 tornado [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Year-round schools remain rarity in WNC 30 years after they began [Mountain Xpress]
• The Inflation Reduction Act is clean energy’s ‘Super Bowl.’ How can NC benefit? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 'We definitely don't feel safe:' Gunman at large after Asheville's 19th injury-inducing shooting of 2023 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• A new mental health facility opens in Asheville this August [BPR]
---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
RFK Jr.'s congressional testimony, Pence struggles to qualify for GOP debate, more | America Decides - CBS News
• Federal Reserve officially launches new FedNow instant-payments service [CNBC]
• Supreme Court ethics bill sails through Senate panel against GOP headwinds [Courthouse News Service]
• What no one will say out loud about Nancy Pelosi [Politico]
• Former Trump State Dept. appointee guilty in Jan. 6 tunnel assaults [Washington Post]
• New York to pay $13.7m to George Floyd protesters arrested or beaten by police [The Guardian (UK)]
International News Headlines
Black Sea grain deal: "prices will go up" amid looming global food crisis | Global News
• Kenya doomsday cult deaths top 400 as detectives exhume 12 more bodies, with the pastor in custody [AP News]
• U.S. Ambassador to China Hacked in China-Linked Spying Operation [Wall Street Journal]
• Britain says it was 'regrettable' that the EU called the Falklands by Argentina's preferred name [AP News (via Yahoo News)]
• Why is it so hot in Europe? This summer’s heatwaves explained [Al Jazeera]
• New York to pay $13.7m to George Floyd protesters arrested or beaten by police [The Guardian (UK)]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism • What is the future of journalism? (Aug 2019) | A-Z of ISMs Episode 10 - BBC Ideas
• Google developing AI tools to help journalists report the news [Al Jazeera]
• Q and A: A new documentary tells the story of India’s news crisis [Columbia Journalism Review]
• Lateral reading: The best media literacy tip to vet credible sources [Poynter]
• The Salt Lake Tribune will experiment with a “free-for-all model” after acquiring a Utah weekly [Nieman Lab]
• Threads for journalists, with Matt Navarra (audio podcast) [Journalism (UK)]
Washington Today (7-20-23): Senate committee approves Supreme Court ethics bill on party-line vote | C-SPAN
Global National: July 20, 2023 | Why Paul Bernardo will stay in medium-security prison
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 20
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 20, 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 12:14pm CEST, 12 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 12:14pm CEST, 12 July 2023, there have been 767,972,961 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,950,655 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 9 July 2023, a total of 13,474,185,140 vaccine doses have been administered.
More than Rocket Science: JPL’s COVID-19 Ventilator, VITAL (Live Public Talk) | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Study shows dogs can detect COVID-19 faster, better than most PCR tests [ CIDRAP ]
• Mink farming poses risks for future viral pandemics [ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]
• Salvadoran government accused of doctoring true extent of Covid deaths [ The Guardian (UK)]
Beyond the Noise #9: Chemophobia - It's not hard to scare people about vaccines | 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]
The Mesocyclone - Alien Storms | Pecos Hank
• TSMC Delays Start of First Arizona Chip Factory, Citing Worker Shortage [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Ukraine’s Starlink Use Shows Potency Of Megaconstellations: Spacecom [Aviation Week Network]
• Counter-stereotypical messaging and partisan cues: Moving the needle on vaccines in a polarized United States [Science Advances]
• Reddit takes over one of the biggest protesting subreddits [The Reddit]
• Astronomers Have Discovered a Mysterious, Slowly Pulsating Star. The unidentified source has been beaming out a pulse of radio waves every 22 minutes since 1988 [Sky and Telecsope]
• Bot Mess: AI-Generated Clickbait Will Hasten the Demise of Search and Web Publishing [tom's Hardware]
• 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 21 2023: Authoring, Acting and Avocados: Jobs You'll Never Get Again | Level1 Techs
She's Got the Whole Foods in Her Palm - DTNS 4565 | Daily Tech News Show
The Internet is for Stealing JPGs | Coder Radio 527 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Starbucks is Secretly a Massive Bank | ColdFusion
Poverty in Britain - Why are millions of Brits so broke? | DW Documentary
FTC Pauses Microsoft-Activision Merger In-House Trial | Bloomberg
China, Elon Musk and the Space Race to Launch Thousands of Satellites | WSJ U.S. vs. China
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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 20 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 20th ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 513 [Al Jazeera]
**website offline. Here is the most recent post**
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 510: Russia moves reserves to Bakhmut to maintain positions [Euromaiden Press]
• Russian missiles pound Ukrainian port city of Odesa | CBC News
• Belarus Red Cross involved in kidnapping Ukrainian children [Euromaidan Press]
• Wagner Group in Belarus - Polish forces move to the east [TVP World]
• EU draws up plans for $22bn Ukraine weapons fund [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine updates: Russia targets Ukrainian ports [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: White House says Ukraine using US cluster munitions on battlefield [France 24]
Ukraine war: US imposes new Russian sanctions | AL Jazeera
Russian's forces rapidly “demilitarized” | Military Mind | TVP World
Russia is said to keep Ukrainian civilians as slaves | DW News
War in Ukraine: Russia strikes Odesa port for third night after grain deal | FRANCE 24 English
Wheat prices soar as Russia bombs Ukraine's grain stores | BBC News
Why Do We Call the War in Ukraine Unprovoked? - Debunking Russian Claims | Kings and Generals
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
A Massive Russian Force On The Ground Now | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Scoop! Why Ben from Ben and Jerry’s blames America for war in Ukraine [Politico]
• UK intelligence ‘freelancers’ helped Ukraine target Crimean Bridge – The Grayzone [Russia Today]
• TopWar: The 'big naval war' is coming soon. How will Ukraine fight? [Pravda]
• Russian forces wipe out signal center, command post of two Ukrainian army brigades [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 21st is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 163 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)
356 BC – Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
• [Wikipedia: Temple of Artemis]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Herostratus]
• [Exploring the remains of the Temple of Artemis ( 7th Wonder of the ancient World)]
• [Why was the Temple of Artemis one of the Wonders of the Ancient World?]
• [That Time a Guy Destroyed One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]
230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope.
285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
365 – The 365 Crete earthquake affects the Greek island of Crete with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing a destructive tsunami that affects the coasts of Libya and Egypt, especially Alexandria. Many thousands were killed.
• [Wikipedia: 365 Crete earthquake]
• [The Tsunami of 365 // Ammianus Marcellinus // Roman Primary Source]
• [An Earthquake That Shook the World: Seismicity and Society in the Late Fourth Century CE]
• [Did the Universal Event Really Happen? | Earthquakes | BBC Studios]
905 – King Berengar I of Italy and a hired Hungarian army defeats the Frankish forces at Verona. King Louis III is captured and blinded for breaking his oath (see 902).[1]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Louis the
1242 – Battle of Taillebourg: Louis IX of France puts an end to the revolt of his vassals Henry III of England and Hugh X of Lusignan.
1403 – Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Shrewsbury]
• [Bert's Battles: Battle of Shrewsbury 1403 AD]
• [Walks in Shropshire: Battle of Shrewsbury 1403]
1545 – The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.
• [Wikipedia: French invasion of the Isle of Wight]
• [July 21 - The Isle of Wight is attacked!]
1568 – Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Jemmingen]
• [Wikipedia: Eighty Years' War]
• [History With Hilbert: The Eighty Years' War]
1645 – Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
1656 – The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
• [Wikipedia: Raid on Málaga (1656)]
1718 – The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
1774 – Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
1798 – French campaign in Egypt and Syria: Napoleon's forces defeat an Ottoman-Mamluk army near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Pyramids]
1831 – Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
1861 – American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
• [Wikipedia: First Battle of Bull Run]
• [Civil War - "The First Battle Of Bull Run" 1861 - A Concise History]
• ["Manassas: End Of Innocence" 2002 Civil War NPS Museum Film]
1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
• [Hickok–Tutt shootout]
• [he Great Western Standoff: Wild Bill Vs. Davis Tutt]
• [Making the Hickok Tutt Shot]
1873 – At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
• [Wikipedia Segment: First Successful Train Robbery West of the Mississippi] (text highlighted)
• [Jesse James First Train Robbery]
• [(1903) The Great Train Robbery: The First Western]
1877 – After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia, killing 20 people and wounding 29. 20 more workers are killed the following day.
• [Wikipedia: Great Railroad Strike of 1877]
• [Railroad Strike 1877 | Eugene Debs | Socialist Party 1900s || US History Lecture 59]
• [The Great Strike of 1877: Railroads and Resistance]
1904 – Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• [July 21, 1904 and 1925: 2 Land Speed Record Milestones]
1907 – The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
• [Wikipedia: SS Columbia (1880)]
1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
• [Wikipedia: Wingfoot Air Express crash]
• [Did You Know: Wingfoot Air Express]
1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
• [Wikipedia: Scopes Trial]
• [Innes Lecture 2020 - The 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial: why did so many people hate evolution?]
• [Inherit the Wind (1960) - The Sentence Is Delivered Scene (10/12) | Movieclips] (Inherit the Wind is a parable that fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means to discuss McCarthyism.)
• [Wikipedia: Inherit the Wind (1960 film)]
• [1988 TV Adaptation]
1925 – Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).
• [July 21, 1904 & 1925: 2 Land Speed Record Milestones]
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
• [Wikipedia: Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia]
1944 – World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Guam (1944)]
• [WW II Guam & The Marianas - In Color]
• [1944 War Department Film Wwii Mariana Islands Campaign Pt 2: Liberation of Guam]
1944 – World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
• [The RUTHLESS Execution Of Claus Von Stauffenberg - The Plan To Kill Hitler]
• [Commemorating WWII hero Claus von Stauffenberg | DW News]
• [Claus von Stauffenberg - The Man behind Valkyrie Documentary]
1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
1952 – The 7.3 Mw Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
1954 – First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
1959 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
• [Wikipedia: Mercury Redstone 4]
• [Mercury-Redstone 4 / Liberty-Bell 7 / Gus Grissom] (video playlist full mission coverage)
• [In Search of Liberty Bell 7 (9/10)]
1969 – Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
• [Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk - Original NASA EVA Mission Video - Walking on the Moon]
• [First EVA on the Moon]
• [Apollo 11 Real-Time Mission Experience]
1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
• [Wikipedia: Aswan Dam]
• [History.com]
1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
• [Wikipedia: Bloody Friday (1972)]
• [BBC Northern Ireland Bloody Friday Documentary]
• [LINKTEXT]
1973 – In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
1977 – The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
• [Wikipedia: Egyptian–Libyan War]
• [The four-day war between Egypt and Libya, (July 1977)]
1979 – Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1983 – The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
1990 – Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
• [Third Taiwan Strait Crisis]
2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
• [Wikipedia: Akashi pedestrian bridge accident]
• [Akashi fireworks incident] (English subtitles available)
2005 – July 2005 London bombings occur.
• [21 July 2005 London bombings]
2008 – Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
• [Wikipedia: STS-135]
• [Atlantis's Final Landing at Kennedy Space Center]
• [The Last Space Shuttle Landing - Atlantis (STS-135)]
2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
2020 - Stage 1 of the controversial filling of Blue Nile River dam (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) announced completed by Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed.
• [VOA: Massive Nile Dam Hits First Filling Target, Says Ethiopia's Prime Minister]
• [Al Jazeera: Ethiopia’s Blue Nile mega-dam explained]
• [Wikipedia: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam]
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, July 21, 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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