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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A trough of low pressure deepening west of the Appalachians will produce scattered to numerous thunderstorms across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia today through this evening. Drier air will filter into the area Monday and linger into mid-week. Temperatures and humidity will increase again during the latter half of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Monday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasiong to live out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the north around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Monday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, 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.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the northwest. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across the region this afternoon and evening. Cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, hail, and heavy downpours will be possible with these thunderstorms. Some may produce damaging wind gusts and hail the size of quarters, with wind being the more significant threat. Repeated thunderstorms affecting the same areas could produce localized flooding of streams and poor drainage locations.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A Whopper of a Storm Speeds Towards Earth | Space Weather News 20 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 Sun Jul 23 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Don, located over the central Atlantic.
1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL95):
Shower activity remains limited in association with a small area of low pressure located about 1000 miles east of the Windward Islands. Although environmental conditions are only forecast to be marginally conducive for some gradual development, this system could still become a tropical depression during the next few days while it moves westward across the tropical Atlantic and eastern Caribbean Sea. Unfavorable upper-level winds are forecast when the system moves into the central Caribbean around midweek, decreasing the chances of formation. Interests in the Lesser Antilles should monitor the progress of this system.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 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)
Quick Look at the Tropics - 95L and Don July 22, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.2 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (4.0 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 44°F in Highlands in 1915
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.89 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1970
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 23rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 106°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1952
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1947
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.76 inches in New Bern, Craven County in 2015
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
Pfizer plant damage: Workers to be paid, possible nationwide impact | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending July 20 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Prosecutors lobbied NC lawmakers to kill criminal justice reform bills, emails show [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC House unlikely to proceed with education overhaul, speaker says [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Swain teens push for youth center [Smoky Mountain News]
• Retiree turns inventor [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]
---Recent News Recap---
Pfizer plans to pay all employees during Rocky Mount plant closure after EF3 tornado devastation (Press Conference) | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Tornado damage to Pfizer plant unlikely to cause major drug supply shortages, FDA says [AP News]
• Casinos! NC lawmakers weigh massive increase in legalized gambling (audio podcast) [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Cooper vetoes NC bill that would allow more students at charter schools [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Former President Trump makes unpublicized visit to WNC [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Farmer focuses on detention, patrol with JCSO [Smoky Mountain NEws]
---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
Broken gate leads to 100+ car break-ins | WAGA-TV (Atlanta, GA)
• Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position [CBS News]
• Democrats scramble to reach voters after Florida cancels mail-in ballot requests [NBC News (via Yahoo News)]
• Court strikes down limits on filming of police in Arizona [AP News]
• The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis’s Vaccine Turnabout [New York Times]
• Senator releases FBI source's claim of Biden bribes from Ukraine [BBC News]
International News Headlines
Tens of thousands march into Jerusalem to protest judicial overhaul | The Times and The Sunday Times
• Russia Defies Sanctions by Selling Oil Above Price Cap [Wall Street Journal]
• Oil markets will face ‘serious problems’ as demand from China and India ramps up, IEF secretary general says [CNBC]
• Why Kissinger Went to China — Again [Politico]
• Greece fires: Thousands flee homes and hotels on Rhodes as fires spread [BBC News]
• India: Further reports of sexual violence emerge in Manipur [DW News]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism 7 things I’ve learned about journalism in 7 years of being a journalist (Jan 2021) | Johnny Harris
• AI, the media, and the lessons of the past [Columbia Journalism Review]
• I Watched Russian Television for Five Days Straight [The Atlantic]
• Google wants you to let its AI bot help you write news articles [Nieman Lab]
• Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online [Pew Research Center]
• MBFC’s Weekly Media Literacy Quiz Covering the Week of July 16th – July 22nd [Media Bias/Fact Check]
Washington Week full episode, July 21, 2023 | Washington Week PBS
Washington Today (7-21-23): VP Harris says FL's Black History school curriculum 'pushes propaganda' | C-SPAN
Global National: July 22, 2023 | Nova Scotia floods leave at least 4 missing, more displaced
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 22
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 22, 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.
Resurgence of Covid renews calls for health measures in Michigan | WJBK-TV (Detroit, MI)
• FACT SHEET: White House Launches Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy [The White House]
• The CDC is preparing for a winter with '3 bugs out there': Covid, flu and RSV [NBC News]
• Defense Department’s COVID-19 data is unreliable, watchdog says [Military Times]
TWiV 1028: Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and T cells | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1027: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1028: Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection and T cells [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from July 21 to 28: Enjoy the starry summer sky [Astronomy Magazine]
The Uncertain Future of Nuclear Power | Real Engineering
• White House wins big tech commitments to voluntary AI guidelines [Couthouse News Service]
• Re-Examining the Link Between Premarital Sex and Divorce [Sage Journals]
• Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world [AP News]
• Threads Is the New Cool Hangout—for Brands [Wired]
• Amazon is getting ready to launch a lot of broadband satellites [ARS TECHNICA]
• 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
Glorbo for President, 2024 - DTNS 4566 | Daily Tech News Show
The Astronomy behind "Bluey"'s most beloved episode, "Sleepytime" | ParallaxNick
The Terrifying Solution To The Fermi Paradox. | Hello Future Me
The Führer Adolf Hitler is Dead!? - WW2 Documentary Special | World War Two
Why So Few Americans Live In This HUGE Area Of The West Coast | Geography By Geoff
This Week in Spaceflight: India Crew Vehicle Test, NASA Budget Crisis, Another Blue Origin Patent | NASA Spaceflight
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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 22 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 23rd ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 515 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 514: Russia attacks Ukrainian South four days in a row [Euromaiden Press]
Ukraine drone strike hits ammunition depot in Russia-occupied Crimea | Global National
• Putin’s Fear of Strong Generals Is as Old as Russia Itself [Foreign Policy]
• Russia accuses Kyiv of using cluster bombs as journalist killed [Al Jazeera]
• Frontline report: Ukraine strikes Crimea with drones while Russia destroys more food terminals [Euromaidan Press]
• How will the end of the Ukraine grain deal hurt Africa? [DW News]
• Zelenskyy wants NATO-Ukraine Council to convene over Black Sea grain issue [TVP World]
🔴 (NotSuitableForWhining) - Glide Bombs, Failed Assaults, Gator Tail | Combat Footage Show
Shelling in Zaporizhzhia region: Russian journalist killed near front line | Al Jazeera
Russia’s Withdrawal from Grain Deal Raises Global Food Supply Concerns | World Today | TVP World
Ukrainian drones strike ammunitions depot in Crimea | DW News
A thousand rockets, just lying there': Ukrainian soldiers refurbish Russian weapons | FRANCE 24
How a pro-Russian nationalist movement grew in Serbia | 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
The Russians Have Annihilated The Depots In Odessa | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Russian journalist killed in Ukrainian shelling [Russia Today]
• S-70 Okhotnik heavy combat drone flies escorted by fighter jet – Video [Pravda]
• Russian senator blames Ukraine, West for journalist Zhuravlev’s death in Zaporozhye Region [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 23 is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 161 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)
811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Pliska]
• [Wikipedia: First Bulgarian Empire]
• [Micahistory 2: The Battle of Pliska]
• [Kings and Generals: Pliska 811 - Byzantine - Bulgarian Wars]
1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Chios (1319)]
1632 – Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
1677 – Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
1793 – Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
1813 – Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony.
1821 – While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Asia Minor's coasts.
1829 – In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
1840 – The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
1862 – American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
1874 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
1881 – The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
1885 – President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
1908 – The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
1914 – Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
1919 – Prince Regent Aleksander KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
1921 – The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
1927 – The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
1936 – In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
1940 – The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1942 – World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
1942 – Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
1943 – The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
1943 – World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
1945 РThe post-war legal processes against Philippe P̩tain begin.
1952 – General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
1961 – The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
1962 – Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
1962 – The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
1962 – Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1967 – Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
1968 – Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
1968 – The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
1970 – Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
1972 – The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
1974 – The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.
1980 – Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
1982 – Outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie.
1983 – Thirteen Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
1983 – Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
1988 – General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1992 – A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
1992 – Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
1995 – Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
1997 – Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
1999 – ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
1999 – Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
2005 – Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
2010 – English-Irish boy band One Direction is formed by judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor (British series 7), later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on pop music of the 2010s.
2012 – The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.
2014 – TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Phengu Airport. 48 of the 58 people on board are killed and five more people on the ground are injured.
2015 – NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by Kepler.
2016 – Kabul twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang when protesters, mostly from the Shiite Hazara minority, were marching against route changing of the TUTAP power project. At least 80 people were killed and 260 were injured.
2018 – A wildfire in East Attica, Greece caused the death of 102 people. It was the deadliest wildfire in history of Greece and the second-deadliest in the world, in the 21st century, after the 2009 bushfires in Australia that killed 180. Back to Top
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, July 23, 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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