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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier air and low chances of thunderstorms will persist through mid- week. Southerly return flow around offshore high pressure will bring about a gradual increase in moisture and associated shower and thunderstorm chances, especially over the mountains through the weekend. Temperatures and humidity will increase through the week and likely peak over the weekend. A weak cold front should be getting close to our region from the north by early next 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 Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the south.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light winds out of the south.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the souitheast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the south.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EDT THURSDAY...
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level Ozone for ridgetop elevations above 4000 feet in Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon, Transylvania, Caldwell, Burke, and McDowell Counties, from 7 PM this evening to 7 AM EDT Thursday.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards.
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 Wed Jul 26 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Southwestern Atlantic:
A weak trough of low pressure is located between Bermuda and the Bahamas. Development of this system is not anticipated while it moves west-northwestward toward the southeastern U.S. coast over the next several days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...near 0 percent.
2. Eastern Atlantic:
A tropical wave is located south of the Cabo Verde Islands. Some development of this system is possible later this week and into the weekend while it moves westward to west-northwestward over the tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 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)
Need to Watch the Gulf for Possible Sneaky Development July 25, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 70 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 101 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (4.4 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1999
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Highlands in 1911 (tied with Banner Elk for the state record low)
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.06 inches in Highlands in 1943
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 26th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 106°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1914
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Banner Elk, Robeson County in 1911
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.39 inches in Bayboro, Pamlico County in 2020
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 July 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
Jim Phillips holds ACC Commissioner's Forum; "'Our athletes are students, not employees." | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Rising health care costs might impact benefits for state employees. Here’s what to know [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Waynesville Rec Center locker room controversy sparks community debate on gender identity [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• 3 found dead in car at North Carolina gas station are identified as Marines stationed nearby [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• A rural Western North Carolina county will keep its public library in the regional system, but not without debate [BPR]
• Patients arrive at Mission Hospital in ambulances, then the waiting begins [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---Recent News Recap---
July 25th, 2023
Runner gains 'wilderness street cred' after being attacked by bear in Asheville | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• A rush to judgement: The mere existence of trans people is not a crime [Smoky Mountain News]
• Adding to the candidate list, ex-North Carolina Sen. Ballard is running for lieutenant governor [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Operating public restrooms in Waynesville proves challenging after repeated vandalism [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Pat McCrory, now with No Labels, is pushing a third way in US politics. Could he be a spoiler? [https://www.bpr.org/2023-07-24/pat-mccrory-now-with-no-labels-is-pushing-a-third-way-in-us-politics-could-he-be-a-spoiler]
• Speedy’s facing demolition, but is hoping to relocate [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
---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
McCarthy raises possible Biden impeachment inquiry | CBS News
• It’s so hot in Arizona, doctors are treating a spike of patients who were burned by falling on the ground [https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/health/arizona-heat-burns-er/index.html]
• Fed Set to Raise Rates to 22-Year High. Here’s What to Focus On. [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Man sentenced to prison for defrauding US border wall supporters [AL Jazeera]
• Biden proposes rules to promote mental health coverage [Courthouse News Services]
• Biden Creates Monument to Emmett Till Amid Fights Over Black History [New York Times]
International News Headlines
IMF forecasts continued high inflation in 2024 | Al Jazeera
• Two teachers called out far-right activities at their German school. Then they had to leave town. [AP News]
• Study: Climate change main driver of July heat waves (video) [DW News]
• China is showing up big for Russia but a Cold War historian says Putin is making a 'potentially grave error' and shouldn't expect the lifeline to last [Insider (via Yahoo News)]
• A proposal to build a sub-Saharan Africa electrical grid across 12 countries [TechXplore]
• Taiwan tracks 13 Chinese military aircraft around country [Taiwan News]
• Apple slammed with $1 billion class action lawsuit in UK over 30% App Store fee [Apple Insider]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Student journalism sparks change at Stanford | MSNBC
• Real estate and food reporting is a missed opportunity [Columbia Journalism Review]
• Elon Musk is changing Twitter to X. Why? [Poynter]
• How Reuters uses AI to speed up discoverability of video news content [Journalism (UK)]
• Massachusetts lawmakers consider a tax on streaming services to help fund public access media [NIeman Lab]
• The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/25/2023 [Media Bias/Fact Check]
Washington Today (7-25:-23): President creates national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother | C-SPAN
Global National: July 25, 2023 | Nova Scotia mourns deaths of 2 children from flash floods
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 25
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 25, 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.
Bronny James Suffered Cardiac Arrest, Out Of ICU: Internet Users Infer Myocarditis, Covid Vax Blame | The Hill
• Are your ears ringing? Experts are studying whether its linked to COVID or the vaccine. [USA TODAY]
• Association between duration of SARS-CoV-2 positivity and long COVID [Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic]
• U.S. sees biggest rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations since December [CBS News]
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]
Why are wildfires happening? | Sky News
• Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm [ARS TECHNICA]
• Cigna Sued Over Algorithm Allegedly Used To Deny Coverage To Hundreds Of Thousands Of Patients [Forbes Magazine]
• Elon Musk’s new ‘X’ brand has a problem: He doesn’t own the trademark [Fortune Magazine]
• Scoop: Inside Musk's plan for an "everything app" to replace Twitter [AXIOS]
• Threads is rolling out its Following feed [The Verge]
• Scientists Discover That Metals Heal Themselves in 'Astonishing' Breakthrough [Vice News]
• 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 26 2023: ThAnKs FoR ThE GoLd StRaNgEr! | Level1 Techs
Apple TV Gets Messi - DTNS 4568 | Daily Tech News Show
All The AMAZING SCIENCE of James Webb's First Year in Space (4K) | Fraser Cain
Linux Mint, Slackware, RHEL Clones, Solus, blendOS & more Linux news! | MIchael Tunnell
The Giant Prehistoric Crushing Shark - Ptychodus | Ben G Thomas
Electric Vehicles: Will they save or destroy us? | xxx
Linux Desktop Marketshare Increases & RHEL's Attack of the Clones | Destination Linux 333
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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 25 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 26th ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 518 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 517: Ukraine conducts a drone strike on Moscow [Euromaiden Press]
Inside Ukraine's counteroffensive as forces step up grueling fight against Russia | gSMlhTexJWk
• The Russians Packed Hundreds Of Vehicles Into A Crimean Repair Depot. The Ukrainians Just Hit It With A Cruise Missile. [Forbes Magazine]
• Ukraine updates: IAEA confirms mines near Zaporizhzhia plant [DW News]
• UK warns Russia may begin targeting civilian ships in Black Sea [AL JAzeera]
• U.S. military aid to Ukraine to feature Black Hornet spy drone for first time [TVP World]
• Ukraine war: Russia expands pool of men eligible for call-up [BBC News]
Ukraine War: The deminers leading the counteroffensive on the frontline | Sky News
Ukrainian war logistics under threat by hybrid warfare Ops of Putin and Lukashenka? | Rock Rachon | TVP World
Momentum is with Ukraine, despite German criticism | General Rupert Jones | Times Radio (UK)
Russia raises maximum conscription age (from 27 to 30) | Al Jazeera
Ukraine War | Ukraine BREAKS the Russian DEFENSE in BAKHMUT | Russia expands Zherebets BRIDGEHEAD | Military Lab
🔴 (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
Massive Russian Offensive On The Lyman Slovyansk Axis | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Kremlin reveals details of Russia-Africa summit [Russia Today]
• Ukrainian unmanned boats try to attack Russian patrol ship off Sevastopol [Pravda]
• US keeps sponsoring Kiev’s terrorist plans — Russian ambassador [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 26th is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 158 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)
657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Siffin]
• [Wikipedia: First Fitna]
• [Muslim Schism: How Islam Split into the Sunni and Shia Branches] (Kings and Generals)
• [The Battle that changed Humanity FOREVER - Siffin Series (Part 1)] [Part 2]
• [The Fitna [Al-Jamal And As-Siffin]]
811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded.
• [Battle of Pliska]
• [Bio: Nikephoros I]
• [Bio: Staurakios]
920 – Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at the Battle of Valdejunquera.
• [Battle of Valdejunquera]
1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
1469 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Edgecote Moor, pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England, takes place.
• [Battle of Edgcote]
• [Tudors Dynasty Podcast - Understanding the Wars of the Roses]
• [Wars of Roses 1455-1487 - English Civil Wars] (Kings and Generals)
1509 – The Emperor Krishnadevaraya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
• [Vijayanagara Empire]
• [Rise and Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire | History of Medieval India]
• [Bharat Ek Khoj 28: The Vijayanagar Empire] (English subtitles via the closed caption button)
1529 – Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru.
• [Bio: Francisco Pizarro]
• [Pizarro In Peru]
• [Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire | 3 Minute History]
• [Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru (FULL Audiobook)]
1581 – Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.
• [Act of Abjuration]
• [Dutch Revolt]
• [Ten Minute History - The Dutch Revolt (Short Documentary)]
1703 – During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
• [Bavarian Rummel]
• [War of the Spanish Succession]
• [War of the Spanish Succession | Animated History]
1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
1758 – French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
• [BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Postmaster General July 26, 1775, to November 1776] (USPS PDF)
• [Benjamin Franklin: Postmaster General]
• [Ben Franklin and the U.S. Postal Service]
1788 – New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
1814 – The Swedish–Norwegian War begins.
• [Swedish–Norwegian War (1814)]
• [The Swedish Norwegian War Of 1814 - Scandinavian History]
1822 – José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
1822 – First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
• [Expedition of Dramali]
• [The Battle At Dervenakia]
1847 – Liberia declares its independence.
1861 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Richard Wagner]
• [Wikipedia: Parsifal]
• [Performance of the Opera] Conducted by Horst Stein
1882 – The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
1887 – Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
• [Wikipedia: Unua Libro]
• [Wikipedia Bio: L. L. Zamenhof]
• [Learn Esperanto]
1890 – In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
• [Wikipedia: Revolution of the Park]
1891 – France annexes Tahiti.
1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
1897 – Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
• [Siege of Malakand]
• [Churchill on the Afghan Frontier - Past is Present (2009)]
1899 – Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
1918 – Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
• [Wikipedia: Noether's theorem]
• [Emmy Noether and The Fabric of Reality]
• [The most beautiful idea in physics - Noether's Theorem]
• [Noether's Theorem and The Symmetries of Reality] (PBS Space Time)
1936 – Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [The Role of Foreigners in the Spanish Civil War]
• [The Deadly Dry Run for WW2 - The Spanish Civil War | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1939 Part 1 of 3]
1936 – King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
• [Battle of Brunete]
• [GREAT BATTLES OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR - EP.8 - THE BATTLE OF BRUNETE] (subtitled)
1941 – World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments.
• [United States freezes Japanese assets]
• [Bankrupting the Enemy: The U.S. Financial Siege of Japan Before Pearl Harbor] (Library of Congress)
1944 – World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
• [Entry of Soviet Troops Into Lviv: Expectations and Fears (Concerns)]
• [1944: Russian Troops Seize Lwow From Nazis, Find the Jews Gone]
• [The Vanished JEWISH Community in Lviv, Ukraine!] (Travel Video)
1945 – The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
• [The 1945 UK General Election]
• [The Election Scene Landslide For Socialists (1945)]
• [Beveridge Report]
• [How did Churchill lose the 1945 general election?]
• [Why Churchill Lost the 1945 Election]
1945 – World War II: The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
• [Potsdam Declaration]
• [Truman's Ultimatum Regarding Hiroshima - Hiroshima - BBC]
• [The Potsdam Conference - When the Cold War began]
1945 – World War II: HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
• [HMS Vestal (J215)]
1945 – World War II: The USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.
• [Most Secret Cargo of WWII - How a Lone US Warship Delivered the Atomic Bomb]
1946 – Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
• [National Security Act of 1947]
• [The National Security Act of 1947: The Law that Created the CIA]
• [Military Industrial Complex: NSA 1947]
1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
1951 – Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
1952 – King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
1953 – Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
1953 – Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
1956 – Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
1963 – An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
1963 – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
1968 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
1971 – Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
• [Wikipedia: Apollo 15]
• [Apollo 15 Remastered (50th Anniversary) [4K]]
• [Apollo 15 - In The Mountains Of The Moon (1971)]
• [Apollo 15 in 60fps: Rover Traverse To Station 4]
1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
• [Wikipedia: Morris worm]
1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.
• [Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]
• [The Americans with Disabilities Act, Signing Ceremony, July 26, 1990]
1993 – Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people onboard are killed.
1999 – Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
• [Scott Bakula for NASA's Return to Flight (2005)] (Several PSA's by Scott Bakula)
• [STS-114 Return to Flight, launch & landing (7-26-05)]
• [Space Shuttle Flight 114 (STS-114) Post Flight Presentation]
2005 – Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
2008 – Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
2009 – The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
2011 – A Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes near Guelmim Airport in Guelmim, Morocco. All 80 people on board are killed.
2016 – The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
• [Sagamihara stabbings]
• [Japan knife attack: 19 killed at care centre in Sagamihara - BBC News]
2016 – Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
• [2016 Democratic National Convention]
• [Watch Hillary Clinton's full speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Hillary Clinton]
2016 – Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
• [Solar Impulse 2 (HB-SIB)]
• [LIVE: Solar Impulse Airplane - Landing in Nagoya]
• [Solar Impulse - It's a place in aviation history]
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, July 26, 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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