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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 Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
`Franklin Area
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog in the early afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then showers likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog after 7pm. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Patchy fog before 10am. Highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog. Highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Showers, mainly before midnight. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers between 9am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 64.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 3pm. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog after 7pm. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 7am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A stationary front to our south will lift north as a warm front today and bring numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms to the area. As multiple rounds of precipitation move over the area today and Friday, there is some potential for isolated flooding, especially where any heavier showers and thunderstorms train over the same locations.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
• The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to November 30, but tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurs before and after these dates, respectively. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is September 10, with most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Aug 3 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected in the next 7 days.
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)
Epic Hurricane Season or Epic Bust? (August 2nd, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 20 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 20 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (0.7 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 3rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1957
Lowest Temperature 46°F in Highlands in 1998
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.80 inches in Highlands in 2018
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 3rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1942
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1900
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 2018
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
North Carolina experiences summer surge in COVID-19 cases | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Macon County News and Shopping Guide Ceases Publication, July 27, 2023 Edition Was the Last
• At least 8 N.C. lawmakers received campaign cash from individuals with ties to Baltimore casino development firm [Carolina Public Press]
• NC county election boards can now issue free ID cards for new voting mandate [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Record-breaking month at Asheville Regional Airport, new report says [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• NC’s Sidney Powell may be a co-conspirator in new Trump indictment, reports say [Raleigh News and Observer]
---Recent News Recap---
August 02, 2023
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]
---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
Jury Calls For Death Sentence in Synagogue Shooting | Associated Press
• US pistol brace rule likely illegal, federal appeals court rules [Reuters]
• Trump has been indicted before. Historians say this time is different. [Washington Post (via Microsoft Start)]
• Donald Trump: Security ramped up ahead of court appearance [BBC News]
• Fulton County sheriff says ‘we’ll have a mugshot’ if former Pres. Trump is indicted locally [WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA)]
• Ramaswamy: I ‘don’t believe’ the 9/11 Commission report [Politico]
International News Headlines
Imam killed after Hindu mob attacks mosque in India’s Gurugram | AL Jazeera
• Niger's military ruler warns against foreign meddling [Africa News]
• France’s AFP sues Elon Musk’s X over payments for news [AL jAzeera]
• Baltic states seek to decouple grid from Russia [DW News]
• Turkish Inflation Surges More Than Forecast to End Long Slowdown [Bloomberg]
• From ‘coolies’ to robots: China is fast-tracking high-speed rail with AI-powered builders [South China Morning Post]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism How the loss of local newspapers fueled political divisions in the U.S. | PBS NewsHour
• Can Local Newspapers Be Saved? City Club of Eugene July 8, 2022 [Youtube]
• How some local newsrooms are using AI [Poynter]
• Meta will remove legit news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada — but may leave the bad stuff up [Nieman Lab]
• Q AND A: Trump whistleblower Miles Taylor on being caught in the media machine[Columbia Journalism Review]
• Solutions journalism superstars: freelance journalist and researcher Nieves Zúñiga [Journalsim (UK)]
Washington Today (8-2-23): Treasury Sec says Fitch cutting U.S. credit rating 'entirely unwarranted' | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 2, 2023 | Potential political implications of Trudeaus' separation
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 02
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 02, 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.
Beyond the Noise #11: The real RFK Jr. | Microbe TV
• NIH launches trials for long-COVID treatments: what scientists think [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02472-1]
• Cognitive impairment after long COVID-19: current evidence and perspectives [Frontiers in Science (EPUB and PDF available)]
• House COVID panel requests briefing on fall vaccine plans from new CDC head [https://news.yahoo.com/house-covid-panel-requests-briefing-202657291.html]
Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 8/2/23 8 pm EST | 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]
This Colossal Prehistoric Whale Was the Heaviest Animal Ever | 7 Days of Science| Ben G Thomas
• A colossal ancient whale could be the heaviest animal ever known [ScienceNews]
• Mimicking Minds: UCLA Finds AI Language Model GPT-3 Can Reason About As Well as a College Student [SciTechDaily]
• Oldest known species of jellyfish discovered in the Canadian Rockies [CNN (Via Yahoo News)]
• Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S. [Digital Journal]
• Academic researchers jailbreak Tesla’s infotainment system to unlock FSD and more [Drive Tesla]
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 Solar Car That Drives For Months | ColdFusion
The Level1 Show August 2 2023: X Gon Take It From Ya | Level1 Techs
Amazon Fresh Tries Not to Drop the Bag - DTNS 4574 | Daily Tech News Show
The Fast and Furious Rise of Korean Semiconductors | Asianometry
Falcon 9 launches Intelsat G-37 and Falcon 9 first stage landing| SciNews
Tonga volcanic eruption may have role in fueling summer heatwaves | Global National
The MySpace Incident and the Ruins of the Web | Captain KRB
Meta Blocks News in Canada | TWiT TV
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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]
Russian drones hit Odesa grain facility in latest attack against Ukraine | Global National
• Ukraine live updates: Russia seeking 'catastrophe' — Zelenskyy [DW News]
• Japan pledges further aid to Ukraine [TVP World]
• NATO allies beef up security due to Wagner troops’ presence in Belarus [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine war: Family reunited 18 months after tearful goodbye on Platform 5 [BBC News]
• HOUR BY HOUR 🔴 Liveblog: 'Almost 15' drones downed over Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials[France 24]
Russia targets Odesa port, angering Ukraine and nearby Romania | Al Jazeera
US geopolitical strategy amid Europe’s power shift | World Today | TVP World
Russia: Naval drills in Baltic Sea held to train for 'protection' | DW News
Ukraine's female front line soldiers facing a disinformation war – BBC News
🔴 (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
This War Is Over, Russia Has Won | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Ukrainian drones downed in Western Russia [Russia Today]
• Ukraine and USA plan to negotiate peace terms with Russia [Pravda]
• US seeking to obtain data on Russia’s strategic arsenal — Russian ambassador [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 150 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)
AD 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae (Great Illyrian Revolt/Bellum Batonianum) on the river Bosna.
• [Wikipedia: Bellum Batonianum]
• [The Great Illyrian Revolt - Rome's Forgotten War] (Invicta)
AD 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished.
435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
881 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu]
• [Ludwigslied (spätes 9.Jh.)] (Old High German, no translation)
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwigslied]
908 – Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Eisenach (908)]
• [Wikipedia: Hungarian invasions of Europe]
1031 – Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
1057 – Frederik van Lotharingen elected as first Belgian Pope Stephen IX.
1342 – The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista. It will last until March 26, 1344.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Algeciras (1342–1344)]
• [Wikipedia: Reconquista]
1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
1527 – The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
1601 – Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Guruslău]
• [Battle of Guruslau, 1601 AD ⚔️ Final victory ⚔️ Story of Michael the Brave (Part 5/5)] (HistoryMarche)
• [Battle of Guruslău: Wallachian-Austrian victory] (Dramatization)
• [Wikipedia: Long Turkish War]
1645 РThirty Years' War: The Second Battle of N̦rdlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Nördlingen (1645)]
• [Wikipedia: Thirty Years' War]
• [Battle of Nordlingen 1645 - Thirty Years' War]
1678 – Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
• [Wikipedia: Le Griffon]
• [Wikipedia Bio: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]
• [Ghost Ship - Le Griffon - Exploring a Great Lakes Shipwreck- Matts Rad Show]
1778 РThe theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the premi̬re of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
• [Wikipedia: La Scala]
• [Wikipedia: Europa riconosciuta]
• [Europa Riconosciuta (2004)]
1790 - North Carolina History Federal Judge John Stokes Appointed by George Washington. Stokes would die about ten weeks later.
• [NC Dept of Natural and Cultural Affairs]
• [Wikipedia: John Stokes (North Carolina judge)]
• [NCpedia article]
1795 – Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Greenville]
1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
1829 – The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Lewistown]
1852 – Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event.
• [Wikipedia: Harvard–Yale Regatta]
• [The Calling] (Documentary)
• [The Beginning of Organized Collegiate Sport] (PDF)
1859 – The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
1900 – The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
1903 – Macedonian rebels in KruÅ¡evo proclaim the KruÅ¡evo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• [Wikipedia: KruÅ¡evo Republic]
• [Wikipedia: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization]
• [Battle of Krushevo (2 August 1903) - Macedonian Rebellion vs Ottoman Empire] (Dramatization)
1907 – Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
1914 – World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
1936 – A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• [Wikipedia: Kursha-2]
• [#5 of a countdown of 25 most destructure wildfires in history]
1940 – World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
• [Wikipedia: Italian invasion of British Somaliland]
• [Wikipedia: East African campaign (World War II)]
• [051 - Il Duce Kicks Churchill Where it Hurts - The British Lose Somaliland - WW2 - August 17 1940]
• [Somaliland 1940 | BATTLESTORM-LITE Documentary]
1940 - North Carolina History An article about a North Carolinian Bearded Lady, Lady Olda, appeared in the August 3rd issue of The New Yorker.
• [Bearded Lady, Featured in Freaks, at Circuses]
• [Lady Olga] (The New Yorker)
• [Wikipedia Bio: Jane Barnell]
• [Olga Roderick - Freaks' s extras]
• [Freaks - Sideshow Cinema Documentary]
• [Rent or Buy on Youtube]
• [Internet Archive] (free to watch or download)
1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
• [The Park, Formerly Known as Santa Clus Land]
• [1960s 'Santa Claus Land' film (now Holiday World)]
• [WISH-TV: This is the story behind how Santa Claus, Indiana, got its name]
1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Whittaker Chambers]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Alger Hiss]
• [USA Diplomat is Branded a Red Spy (1950)] (Newsreel)
• [Lesson 05 - Whittaker Chambers, “Witness” (Dr. David Corbin)]
1949 – The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
1958 – The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
• [Wikipedia: USS Nautilus (SSN-571)]
• [USS Nautilus Voyage to the North Pole] (Period Documentary)
• [How to Surface a Submarine in the Arctic Ocean - Smarter Every Day 260]
1959 – Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
1960 – Niger gains independence from France.
1972 – The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1975 – A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
• [Wikipedia: TRS-80]
• [TRS-80 Model 1 Overview]
• [Learn how to program your computer - 1977 Tandy TRS-80 Model 1] (Instructional Video)
1981 – Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
1997 – Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
• [Wikipedia: Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre]
1997 – The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
2005 – President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
2007 РFormer Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Ra̼l Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
2010 – Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
2014 – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
2014 – The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.
• [Wikipedia: Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL]
• [7 Years After Islamic State Genocide, Yazidi Survivors Still Seeking Justice]
• [Aftermath of a genocide: Yazidis of Sinjar | DW Documentary]
2018 – Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
2019 – Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Lyubov Sobol]
• [Watch live: Moscow protests over opposition allegedly being stopped from taking part in elections]
• [Moscow police detain hundreds over election protests]
2019 – Twenty-three people are killed and 23 injured in a shooting in El Paso, Texas.
• [Wikipedia: 2019 El Paso shooting]
• [El Paso Walmart Shooting Leaves At Least 20 dead; Suspect In Custody | Sunday TODAY]
• [El Paso shooting: What's in the shooter's reported 'manifesto']
2020 - Spain's former King Juan Carlos announces he will go into exile abroad amid his implication in a corruption inquiry
2020 - Number of Iranian COVID-19 deaths triple that of government tally, showing 42,000 have died instead of 14,405, according to BBC Persian Service investigation
2020 - Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in the US as a Category 1 hurricane near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
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• [Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall In North Carolina As Category 1 Storm | The 11th Hour | MSNBC]
• [The track of Hurricane Isaias (2020)] (Force Thirteen Animation)
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, August 03, 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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