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GENERAL OUTLOOK
An upper level trough which has been helping to produce mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms will be slowly moving off the East Coast by Tuesday with drier air spreading across our region into mid week. After the early to mid week drier period, A southerly flow of air will develop by late in the week accompanied by a gradual increase in showers and thunderstorms mainly over the mountains. Temperatures and humidity will increase again during the latter half of the week.
Winter Outlook 2023-24: El Niño's potential impacts (07-21-2023) | Matt Makens, Weatherman
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 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. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds becoming north around 5 mph before midnight.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the north around 5 mph early in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the north.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog between 7am and 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.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the west.
Tuesday
Patchy fogbefore midmorning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
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
800 PM 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 Tropical Storm Don, located over the central Atlantic.
1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL95):
An area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms about 700 miles east of the Windward Islands. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next couple of days while it moves westward across the tropical Atlantic and eastern Caribbean Sea. Environmental conditions are expected to become less conducive for development by the middle of the week. 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...low...30 percent.
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Thursday] Bret on Final Approach to Lesser Antilles; TD4 Forms (06-22-2023)
Quick Look at the Tropics - 95L and Don July 22, 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
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.9 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (4.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 24th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 44°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.93 inches in Franklin in 1997
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 24th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1952
Lowest Temperature 37°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1947
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.35 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1938
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
Governor Cooper views tornado damage in Nash and Edgecombe counties | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending July 20 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• How a roadway nerd’s safety message on his pickup went viral, with the help of NCDOT [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Now open: Sign up for NC Mountain State Fair competitions [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---Recent News Recap---
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]
---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
US Department of Justice to sue Texas over floating border wall | Global National
• Why Businesses Can’t Stop Asking for Tips [Wall Street Journal]
• Wall Street cut China’s GDP forecast many times this year. One bank adjusted 6 times [CNBC]
• US Economic Soft Landing Hinges on Fed’s Tolerance of Inflation [Bloomberg]
• As Inquires Compound, Justice System Pours Resources Into Scrutinizing Trump [New York Times]
• DeSantis camp briefs donors, pledges to ‘Let Ron be Ron’ [Politico]
International News Headlines
South Korean Defence Strategy - Mass, Firepower, Industry & Existential Threats | Perun
• Lukashenko arrives in St. Petersburg to meet with Putin [Yahoo News]
• Spain election: Conservatives win but fall short of majority [DW News]
• Japan to see price hikes on 35,000 food, drink items by end of 2023 [The Mainichi]
• S. Korea, Indonesia to boost cooperation on advanced industries, key minerals [Yonhap News Agency]
• Ruto meets with Chinese diplomat Wang Yi ahead of BRICS talks [Africa News]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Journalism Ethics | Alina Żurkówna | TEDxYouth@2SLO | National Endowment for Democracy
• How can UK commercial local news media respond to BBC expansion? [Journalism (UK)]
• The doomed DeSantis media pivot [Columbia Journalism Review]
• What women political candidates think of their local media coverage [Nieman Lab]
• The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/23/2023 (Weekend Edition) [Media Bias/Fact Check]
• Less than a third of Americans believe local news holds public officials accountable, poll finds [Poynter]
Face The Nation: Christie, Murphy, Bowers
Meet the Press full broadcast — July 16
Washington Today (7-21-23): VP Harris says FL's Black History school curriculum 'pushes propaganda' | C-SPAN
Global National: July 23, 2023 | Nova Scotians assess damage after historic floods
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 23
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 23, 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.
Bernie Sanders: 'Understatement To Say' U.S. Was Prepared For COVID-19 Pandemic | Forbes Breaking News
• Vaccination Ameliorates Cellular Inflammatory Responses in SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infections [The Journal of Infectious Diseases]
• Funding crisis threatens early warning system that alerted world to Covid-19 [Financial Times]
• Japan to roll out COVID-19 booster targeting XBB subvariant in the fall [Japan 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]
JWST finds most distant growing SUPERMASSIVE black hole | Night Sky News July 2023 | Dr Becky
• Twitter CEO says new X platform will deliver ‘everything’ [Digital Trends]
• Dementia risk linked to blood-protein imbalance in middle age [nature]
• Man Found Guilty of Child Porn, Because He Ran a Tor Exit Node (The Story of William Weber) [Low End Box]
• ‘It almost doubled our workload’: AI is supposed to make jobs easier. These workers disagree [CNN]
• Schools Sue Social-Media Platforms Over Alleged Harms to Students [Wall Street Journal]
• 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
Not Of This Star System: Interstellar Object Updates | John Michael Godier
What to expect at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2023 | Engadget
Evidence For a 36 Million Year Long Cycle Affecting Biodiversity | Anton Petrov
Bill Gates Surveys the Risks of AI | TWiT TV
Before The First Nuke Exploded... It Imploded. | Scott Manley
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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 23 [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 515: Russian strikes against Ukrainian South continue [Euromaiden Press]
Blinken says Ukraine has reclaimed about half of land Russia seized | CNN
• Hosting Lukashenko, Putin says Ukraine’s counteroffensive failed [AL Jazeera]
• Kyiv and Warsaw will always be united despite Putin’s actions: Ukrainian FM [TVP World]
• Ukraine live updates: Russian missile attack targets Odesa [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Russia says it thwarted two drone attacks on buildings in Moscow [France 24]
• In Photos: Russian Youth Take Part in 'Military-Patriotic' Games Outside Moscow [Moscow Times]
Preparations of NATO countries for the nuclear threat from Russia and Belarus| World Today |TVPWorld
Russian missile attack on Odesa kills one, damages cathedral | Al Jazeera
What is Russia trying to achieve by attacking Odesa? | DW News
Russian attack on Odesa severely damages cathedral | FRANCE 24 English
Russia defies sanctions by selling oil above price cap | WION Pulse
🔴 (NotSuitableForWhining) - Glide Bombs, Failed Assaults, Gator Tail | 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 articles/video about those who support Russia
The Russians Have Annihilated The Depots In Odessa | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Russia and China stage joint drills in Sea of Japan (VIDEO) [Russia Today]
• Putin speaks of Stalin's gift to Poland and its plans for Western Ukraine [Pravda]
• Mayor reports drone attacks on two non-residential buildings in Moscow [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 24th is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 160 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)
1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Damascus]
1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf, the larget trebucht ever made.
• [Wikipedia: Warwolf]
• [Outlaw King: Siege of Sirlin] (dramatization of Warwolf in action)
• [Wikipedia: Sieges of Stirling Castle]
• [Wikipedia: First War of Scottish Independence]
• [World record trebuchet at Warwick Castle]
• [How to Build a Trebuchet | MythBusters]
1411 – Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Harlaw]
1412 – Behnam Hadloyo becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin.
1487 – Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign beer.
1534 РFrench explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gasp̩ Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her one-year-old son James VI.
1701 – Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
1783 – The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Georgievsk]
1814 – War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
1823 – Afro-Chileans are emancipated.
1823 РIn Maracaibo, Venezuela, the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral Jos̩ Prudencio Padilla defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.
1847 – After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
1847 – Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• [Wikipedia: Second Battle of Kernstown]
• [NPS VIDEO: The Second Battle of Kernstown - July 24, 1864]
1866 – Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to Congress following the American Civil War.
1901 – O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
1910 – The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
1911 – Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
1915 – The passenger ship SS Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
• [Wikipedia: SS Eastland]
• [The Eastland Disaster: New look at 100-year-old tragedy]
• [SS Eastland Disaster – Terrifying last Moments on the Ship]
1922 – The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
1923 – The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
1924 – Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
1927 – The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
1929 – The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).
• [Wikipedia: Kellogg–Briand Pact]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Five Things You Should Know About the Paris Peace Pact]
1935 – The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109 °F (43 °C) in Chicago and 104 °F (40 °C) in Milwaukee.
• [Wikipedia: Dust Bowl]
• [History Brief: the Dust Bowl]
• [Lessons from the Dust Bowl w/ Ken Burns (Live YouTube Event)]
• [The Dust Bowl - 01 - The Great Plow Up]
• [The Dust Bowl - 02 - Reaping the Whirlwind]
1937 – Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian aeroplanes bomb Hamburg by night, and American planes bomb the city by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
1950 – Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
1959 – At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
• [Wikipedia: Kitchen Debate]
• [Nixon vs. Khrushchev - The Kitchen Debate (1959)]
• [The Kitchen Debate and the Soda Pop Navy]
1963 – The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
1966 – Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
1967 РDuring an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Qu̩bec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
• [Apollo 11 in Real Time] (press the blue button)
• [Apollo 11 Splashdown: Celebrating 50 years, live stream]
1974 – Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
• [Washington Post]
• [Wikipedia: United States v. Nixon]
• [Nixon on handing over tapes (video)]
• [Tapes handed over to federal court (video)]
1977 – End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
1980 – The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level.
1982 – Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
1983 – The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
1983 – George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
1987 – US supertanker SS Bridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
1987 – Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
1998 – Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
2001 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
2001 – The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
2012 РSyrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girk̻ Leg̻.
2013 – A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit at 190 km/h (120 mph), killing 78 passengers.
2014 РAir Alg̩rie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people onboard are killed.
2021 Thousands of demonstrators protest COVID-19 lockdown orders in Australia
• [The Hill]
• [Global News (video)]
• [Reuters (video)]
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, July 24, 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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