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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure centered to our north will control our weather into mid week. A stationary front to our south will lift north as a warm front on Thursday and bring scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the forecast area. As the front moves east of our area, temperatures will warm back to near normal values.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
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Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. 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 chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers likely before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs near 80. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. 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 chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers likely before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs near 80. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the east. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of showers between 11am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers between 9pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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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
Incoming Solar Storm to Hit Earth amid Radiation Storm | Informal Solar Storm Forecast 30 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 Aug 2 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Subtropical Atlantic (AL96):
Showers and thunderstorms remain disorganized in association with a low pressure area located about 500 miles southeast of Bermuda. Environmental conditions are becoming increasingly less favorable for tropical cyclone formation, and the low is expected to move northward and merge with a frontal system over the north-central Atlantic in a couple of days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 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)
So Far, So Good As We End July and Head into August (August 1st, 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 medium range (5.3 out of 12) today with Grasses and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (0.7 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 2nd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature 45°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.66 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
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 August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 2nd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1980
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1997
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.22 inches in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1924
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 August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 110°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County on 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-23-1930
Greatest Rainfall 12.43 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County on 08-12-1955
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Thursday, August 31st
Senior Resource Fair
Macon County Senior Services is hosting a Senior Resource Fair on August 31, 2023, from 4:00-6:00pm at 108 Wayah Street in Franklin. Multiple agencies/organizations will be providing information on what resources are available for older adults in Macon County. For more information, please call 828-349-2058 ext. 0.
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
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Local and State News
Macon County Library Board, Aug 2023 | Macon Media
• New law will make it harder for violent offenders in North Carolina to bond out of jail [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC private-school enrollment has grown 24% in four years, new data show [BPR]
• Is This Asheville Photographer a Wronged Artist or a ‘Copyright Troll’? [the Assembly]
• 16 school districts in North Carolina defy state law, starting school year earlier than legally allowed [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC’s Sidney Powell may be a co-conspirator in new Trump indictment, reports say [Raleigh News and Observer]
---Recent News Recap---
July 31st, 2023
State educators concerned about funding shortfalls | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Letter to the Editor: Keeping the Library "Local"? [Macon Media]
• Inside the Party Switch that Blew Up North Carolina Politics [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Local animal rescue launches innovative 'Working Cat Program' to save feral cats, offer natural pest control [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Enjoy the fiery bursts of color from flame azalea [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• America's 10 best national parks for birding and an interactive map for summer bird-watching [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---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
• Fitch Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating [WSJ] [WSJ]
Complete statement from Special Counsel Jack Smith on Trump Indictment | C-SPAN
Trump indicted on 4 charges in Jan. 6 case | CBS News
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DONALD J TRUMP [45 Page PDF]
• Key revelations, groundbreaking strategies and notable omissions in the new Trump indictment [Politico]
• Pence warns Trump indictment shows it’s time to move on, look to the future [Washington Times]
• Trump is charged under civil rights law used to prosecute KKK violence [Washington Post]
International News Headlines
Taiwan has a secret doomsday plan for China | CaspianReport
• With Tightening Of Blockade, Azerbaijan Presents Karabakh Armenians With A Choice: Surrender Or Starve [Radio Free Europe ]
• Taiwan wants to extend life span of French-built Mirage jets by 20 years [Taiwan News]
• Two dead, five wounded in Senegal bus petrol bomb attack [Africa News]
• U.K. recognizes ‘genocide’ against Yazidis committed by Islamic State [TVP World]
• El Salvador sends 8,000 troops, police to rural province in gang crackdown [AL Jazeera]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Video fact checking: How do I spot fake news? | Fact Check | DW News
• The Fact Checking Process at Fact Check.org [FactCheck.org]
• Truth in Journalism (October 28, 1998 video)[C-SPAN]
• The threats facing student journalism haven’t gone away [Columbia Journalism Review]
• Q&A: Local news can’t be a ‘damsel in distress’ [Poynter]
• Journalists can help explain climate’s role in extreme weather, even before all the data comes in [Nieman Lab]
Washington Today (8-1-23): Fmr. Pres. Trump indicted for trying to overturn his 2020 reelection loss | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 1, 2023 | Trump's "lies" fuelled Jan. 6 riot, special counsel Jack Smith says
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 01
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 01, 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 8:14am CEST, 26 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 8:14am CEST, 26 July 2023, there have been 768,560,727 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,952,522 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 July 2023, a total of 13,474,348,801 vaccine doses have been administered.
Summer Covid surge? Cases and hospitalizations rise | CBC Television
• As COVID revenues disappoint, once-high-flying Pfizer looks at possible cost cuts [Fierce Pharma]
• Updated Covid boosters could be authorized by end of month, Pfizer says [NBC News]
• Scientists develop breath test that rapidly detects COVID-19 virus [Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis ]
TWiV 1030: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1027: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1029: David Tuller on Long COVID and ME/CFS [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from July 28 to August 4: Starting with a Super Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
Northrop Grumman Launches the Cygnus NG-19 to the ISS | NASASpaceflight
• The cofounder of OceanGate, the firm whose CEO died on a deep-sea dive for the Titanic, now wants to send 1,000 people to Venus [Fortune Magazine]
• Why Are UFOs Still Blurry? A Conversation With David Brin [Forbes Magazine]
• Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting [ARS TECHNICA]
• Fructose Intake Can Lead to Obesity in Humans, Just Like in Hibernating Animals, CU Researchers Say [University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus]
• Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent [AP News]
Generative A.I. Will Change Everything. | Kyle Hill
• 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 August 2 2023: X Gon Take It From Ya | Level1 Techs
Flipping Out With Flip Phones - DTNS 4573 | Daily Tech News Show
TSMC's Newest R&D Fab in Taiwan | Asianometry
We've Had The Giraffe's Neck All Wrong | PBS Eons
Why A 1950's Rocket Engine Design Flies On NASA's 21st Century Moon Rocket. | Scott Manley
Launching Rockets With Electricity | Fraser Cain
Unpack, Unfold and Flip Out! - Android Faithful #4 | Daily Tech News Show
Which AI Behavior Framework Should You Use? | AI Series 46 | LlamAcademy
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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 31 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 31sth ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 524 [Al Jazeera]
• RRusso-Ukrainian War. Day 523: A drone attack on Moscow [Euromaiden Press]
Ukraine war: Kyiv warns Russia as Moscow skyscraper hit in second drone attack | BBC News
• LIVE UPDATES: Russia-Ukraine war live news: Drones shot down over Kyiv, officials say [AL Jazeera]
• Fact check: Are Wagner fighters disguised as migrants? [DW News]
• HOUR BY HOUR - 🔴 Liveblog: Russian drone attacks target Kyiv and Odesa region port [France 24]
• Moscow's everyday life under drone attacks [Le Monde]
• Russia-Ukraine war liveblog: 10 missiles shot down over Kyiv; Russian strikes cause fire at grain store in Odesa [The Guardian (UK) ]
Storm Shadow Missiles: Inside Ukraine’s Nearly $1 Million Weapon | WSJ Equipped
Cluster Bombs: Ukraine's Controversial New Weapon | Megaprojects
How Ukraine is Breaking Through Russia's Naval Blockade | RealLifeLore
Moscow building hit by drone for second time in 2 days | CBS News
Ukraine takes key villages as counteroffensive intensifies | KUSA-TV (Denver, CO)
Ukrainian Counteroffensive Continues - Russian Invasion | Kings and Generals
🔴 (redacted) - Snatch and Grab Raids, Kadyrov's Trenches, Drive-By's | 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 Hit An Enormous Nail On The Head | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Dmitry Trenin: Russia is making its biggest geopolitical shift for 300 years. Here’s how it’s playing out. [Russia Today]
• North Korea to give Russia weapons of shock vengeance [Pravda]
• Russian Air Defense Forces down several drones targeting Moscow, says mayor [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
August 1st is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 152 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)
30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mark Antony]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Augustus]
781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: Sixth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Ten'o (天応) era).
1009 – Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
1201 – Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos.
1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cravant]
• [WIkipedia: Hundred Years' War]
1451 – Jacques CÅ“ur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
1492 – The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
1588 – The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
1618 – Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
1655 – Russo-Polish War (1654–67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Vilnius (1655)]
• [Wikipedia: Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)]
1658 – Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Aurangzeb]
• [Mughal Empire]
• [The Hindu Lit for Life 2019: The Myth and Reality of Emperor Aurangzeb - An Illustrated lecture]
1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Daniel Defoe]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Wiki[pedia article about the pamphlet]
• [The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters:] (PDF Copy)
• [Downloadable Copy on Internet Archive]
1712 – Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
• [Wikipedia: Action of 31 July 1712]
1715 – Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
• [Wikipedia: 1715 Treasure Fleet]
• [1715 Fleet Society]
• [The 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet]
1741 – Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
1763 – Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
1777 – The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
• [Wikipedia Bio: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]
1790 – The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
1793 – Oulu Castle was destroyed in an explosion following the burning of a powder cellar.
1856 – Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
1865 – The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
1874 – Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation and forever changed the way naval wars are fought.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Hsimucheng]
• [The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 🇷🇺🇯🇵 Full Documentary] (The Pacific War Channel)
• [Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 - Battle of Tsushima ] (Kings and Generals)
• [The Battle of Tsushima]
1913 – The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Passchendaele]
• [The Battle of Passchendaele - Mutiny in the German Navy I THE GREAT WAR Week 158]
• [The Battle of Passchendaele (1917)]
• [Why Passchendaele Was The Worst Battle Of WWI | The Battle Of Passchendaele | Timeline]
1932 – The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
• [Wikipedia: July 1932 German federal election]
1938 – Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
1938 – Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
1941 РThe Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann G̦ring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question."
• [Preparations for the Final Solution begin] (History.com)
1941 – World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Smolensk (1941)]
• [Wikipedia: Eastern Front (World War II)]
• [Barbarossa Visualized: The Battle of Smolensk [July 1941] [Episode 5]]
1945 – Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
1948 – USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
1964 – Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
• [Ranger 7]
• [NASA: Ranger VII Photographs of the Moon]
• [JPL: Ranger 7 'Meets' the Moon]
1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
• [Wikipedia: Black Tot Day]
• [31st July 1970: Black Tot Day ends the Royal Navy's daily rum ration]
• [Video Playlist Marking the 50th Anniversary of Black Tot Day]
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
1972 – The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Motorman]
• [Newsreel]
• [INSIGHT: OPERATION MOTORMAN 1972]
1973 – A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
1975 – The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
1987 – A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.
1988 – Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
1991 – The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
• [Wikipedia: START I]
• [Trip to Moscow and Kiev, Cuts of Signing Ceremony - 31 July 1991]
• [START I Nuclear Weapons Treaty Signing]
1992 – The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
1992 – Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
1999 – Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface.
• [Lunar Prospector]
• [Spacecraft crash into lunar crater in search for ice]
• [Wikipedia: Discovery Program]
2006 РFidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Ra̼l.
2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
2008 – East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.[5]
2012 – Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
• [Phelps' 19th Medal Breaks 48-Year-Old Record]
2014 – Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.
• [2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions]
• [Video Compilation]
2018 - Facebook discloses and removes Russian-linked network of sites attempting to interfere in American politics
2019 - American officials announce Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza bin Laden and potential successor has been killed in US air strikes in Pakistan
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [The death of Hamza bin Laden and the weakness of al-Qaida]
• [BBC NewsT]
2020 - Eurozone economic activity falls 11.9% for April-June with Spain the worst at -18.5%, its deepest in modern times 2020 - Mexico overtakes the UK to have the world's third highest death toll from COVID-19 with 46,688 fatalities 2020 - Apple wildfire starts near Beaumont, California, forcing the evacuation of nearly 8,000 people over the next few days
• [Wikipedia: Apple Fire]
• [InciWeb: Apple Fire]
• [Massive Apple Fire burns out of control in Riverside County I ABC7 (video feed, no audio)]
• [Wildfire Today: Apple Fire Archive (newest articles first)]
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, August 02, 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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