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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front will cross the area today. Expect a few strong to severe storms ahead of the front. As drier high pressure builds across our region beginning Wednesday, we will have milder temperatures and lower humidity lasting thru late week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Franklin Area
Today
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 9am and 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming west northwest 5 to 8 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
Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 84.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers between 9am and 10am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 76. West wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 73. North northwest wind around 6 mph becoming south southeast by midmorning.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 59. South southwest wind around 6 mph becoming north after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 75.
Thursday Night
Clear, with a low around 59.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 10am and 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming west northwest 5 to 8 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 57. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 82.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 76. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 56. West wind 3 to 7 mph.
Wednesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 78.
Thursday Night
Clear, with a low around 61.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A few thunderstorms developing today may pose a risk of localized damaging wind gusts, and/or hail the size of a quarter or larger.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Aurora Highlights from the G3 Solar Storm & A Fast Wind Watch | Solar Storm Forecast 13 August 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 Mon Aug 14 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
An area of low pressure is forecast to develop in a few days over the far eastern Atlantic between the Cabo Verde Islands and the west coast of Africa. Some slow development of this system is possible late this week as it moves slowly west-northwestward or northwestward across the eastern Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
2. Central Tropical Atlantic:
Another area of low pressure could develop by the middle to latter portion of this week over the east-central tropical Atlantic several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Some slow development of this system is also possible as it moves west-northwestward over the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 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)
Tropics Beginning to Wake Up as We Head Deeper Into August (August 14th, 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 50 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (7.9 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature 47°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1964
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.34 inches in Highlands in 1893
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 13th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Dobbins Heights, Richmond County in 1995
Lowest Temperature 40°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1983
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.50 inches in High Point, Guilford County in 1940
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
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)
Saturdays in August from 11am to 1pm
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
8/19/23—Charley Simmons—Award-winning finger-style guitarist of Utah & 2 other states. You’ll be amazed at the sounds this guy gets out of a guitar! The late Chet Atkins has given this guy his blessings. 8/26/23—Zip Robertson—A Singer/Songwriter who’s journeyed from Ky to FL & up to Western NC bringing us lucky listeners acoustic music to touch our hearts. Welcome Zip!
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
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
NC lawmakers back this week for overrides, but not budget | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Silers gather in Macon for 172nd ‘family meeting’ [Smoky Mountain News]
• 'Devastating for our rural communities': Gov. Cooper highlights hospital closures as legislature delays on state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC House Democrats and school board members sound an alarm over lack of state budget [Raleigh News and Observer]
• FOP president links anti-police sentiment to recent acts of vandalism, arson in Asheville [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Asheville Regional Airport breaks ground on $400 million expansion project [BPR]
---Recent News Recap---
August 14, 2023
UNC ecologist speaks with WRAL on increase in shark sightings, shark sightings | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Eastpointe and Sandhills to merge into second-largest NC Medicaid mental health provider [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Cradle of Forestry celebrates Smokey Bear's 79th birthday [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Disagreement on taxes remains biggest hurdle to passing state budget [BPR]
• 2 dead after plane crashes into Lake Hickory [WCNC-TV (CHarlotte, NC) ]
• Sylva set to move forward on project to build public restrooms downtown [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (August 2023) [Macon Media]
• Friends of the Greenway Update County Commissioners on the Use of County Property [Macon Media]
---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
How did Maui wildfires start? | Dig in 2 It | WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
DA Fani Willis details indictment in 2020 Georgia election probe | WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA)
• Copy of Trump Fulton County Indictments [98 Page PDF ]
• Trump, 18 others indicted for trying to overthrow 2020 Georgia election [Atlanta Journal Constitution]
• 19 defendants: Here are all the people charged in the new Trump indictment [Politico]
• US Navy joins Army, Marine Corps in having no Senate-confirmed leader, in historic first [Reuters]
• Wall Street Is Ready to Scoop Up Commercial Real Estate on the Cheap [Wall Street Journal]
• New Footage Shows Cops Plotting to Make Up Charges Against Driver Who Flipped Them Off [The Messenger]
Additional Video Coverage of Trump Indictments in Georgia LIVE: Grand jury returns indictment in 2020 election probe | NBC News
Scene in front of Fulton County's courthouse | Georgia Trump Indictments | WXIA-TV (Atlanta, GA)
Ted Cruz: This is disgraceful | Fox News
International News Headlines
2020 US election probe - Iran attack - Niger coup - Nigeria attack | Al Jazeera Headlines
• China Slashes Rates, Suspends Youth Jobless Data as Economy Signals Sharper Downturn [Wall Street Journal]
• Five key moments in the crushing of Afghan women's rights [BBC News]
• Egypt's Rabaa massacre: Still waiting for justice [DW News]
• How China’s Communist Party seeks to win friends and influence through Mideast political groups [South China Morning Post]
• In Mali, the army recovers a UN base coveted by the former Tuareg rebellion [Africa News]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Kansas newspaper co-owner dies after police raid. Son: Her 'world' was invaded | NewsNation Now
• Industry response to the raid on Kansas newspaper [Editor and Publisher]
• Letter from the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press [Facing History]
• Award-winning journalist Sally Hayden: "I never chased this story, it came to me" [Journalism (UK)]
• The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 08/14/2023 [Media Bias/Fact Check]
• Climate and colonialism in coverage of Hawai‘i’s wildfires [Columbia Journalism Review]
Washington Today (8-14-23): FEMA Admin. Criswell gives update on response to Maui wildfires | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 14, 2023 | Maui wildfires aftermath prompts call for Hawaiian Electric lawsuit
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 14
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 06, 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.
TWiV 1035: Poxvirus wars, warp speed COVID-19 vaccine rollout | Microbe TV
• COVID keeps evolving, but so does our immunity. Are we now at a ’stalemate’ with this virus? [Radio Canada]
• Number of excess COVID-19 deaths drops to pre-pandemic levels [KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA)]
• International Guidance on Preventing Long Covid [The John Snow Project]
• TWiV 1032: 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 August 11 to 18: The Perseids put on a show [Astronomy Magazine]
Virgin Galactic launches passengers to the edge of space | Yahoo News
Hotstaging, Starfactory Expansion, Post Booster 9 Static Fire and More! Starbase Uptate Episode 12! | RGV Aerial Photography
• Many of Chicago’s girls live with PTSD. This group helps them [News nation Now]
• INSIDE SYNCHRON: The Aussie brain chip start-up racing ahead of Elon Musk’s Neuralink [Forbes Magazine]
• Bots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study finds [Independent (UK)]
• Dual intron-targeted CRISPR-Cas9-mediated disruption of the AML RUNX1-RUNX1T1 fusion gene effectively inhibits proliferation and decreases tumor volume in vitro and in vivo [Nature: Leukemia ]
• Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet [Popular Science]
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 15 2023: Who Watches the Watch History? | Level1 Techs
TechTV Scrapbook: Kate Botello – DTNS 4582 | Daily Tech News Show
10 Mind Blowing Recent Space Discoveries | John Michael Godier
The Creatures That Thrive in the Pacific Garbage Patch | Real Science
The Mystery of the Megaraptors | Ben G Thomas
The Last Planet | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
LUP 523 Ubuntu: The Next Generation (Live Version) | Jupiter Broadcasting: Linux Unplugged
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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, August 13 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 13th ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 533 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 536: Ukraine makes ‘tactically significant’ progress – NYT [Euromaiden Press]
Day 537: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
• Ukraine liveblog updates: Russia fires missiles at several regions [DW News]
• AS IT HAPPENED: Zelensky visits troops as Ukraine recaptures frontline territory near Bakhmut [France 24]
• Ukraine’s western region hit by large-scale Russian air attack [Al Jazeera]
• Evening of mysterious blasts across Russia [TVP World]
• Ukraine therapist: I've got no weapon but knowledge [BBC News]
🔴 (Viewer Discretion) - Armored Assaults, CASEVAC Nightmares | Combat Footage Show
How Ukraine's Naval Drones are suppressing Russian Navy | Interesting Engineering
Has Russia pulled the plug on Wagner? | Inside Story
German Finance Minister in Kyiv: More financial and military aid for Ukraine | DW News
Russia-Ukraine War: Why is Bakhmut an inflection point? | WION Originals
Ukrainians Reach the Surovikin Line - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals
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
They Turned In The Direction Of The Russians To Get Assistance | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• 'At the front, you start looking at things differently': An interview with a Russian conscript fighting Ukraine [Russia Today]
• Russia's success in Kupyanks will crush Ukrainian counteroffensive completely [Pravda]
• Explosions heard in Odessa for the third time [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
August 14 is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 139 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)
74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating the 1127 offences (sexual debauchery, fiscal negligence, cronyism, etc.) that the ministers found the new emperor to have committed over the course of his 27-day rule, result in the unprecedented impeachment — and summary deposition on the same day — of the emperor by the bureaucracy.
29 BC – Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
• [2045th Anniversary of Octavian’s 3 Triumphs (written in 2016) | Latin Language Blog]
1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.
1264 – After tricking the Venetian galley fleet into sailing east to the Levant, the Genoese capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the Battle of Saseno.
• [Battle of Saseno]
• [War of Saint Sabas]
1352 – War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron.
1370 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to Karlovy Vary.
1385 – Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by John I of Portugal defeat the Castilian army of John I of Castile.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Aljubarrota]
• [BazBattles: The Battle of Aljubarrota 1385 AD]
• [1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum]
1592 – The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis.
1598 – Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
1720 – The Spanish military Villasur expedition is defeated by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
• [Wikipedia: Villasur expedition]
• [War of the Quadruple Alliance]
• [A Pawnee perspective on the Villasur Expedition]
• [The Pedro de Villasur Expedition and Some Frenchmen in New Mexico!]
• [An Otoe-Missouria perspective on the Villasur Expedition]
1790 – The Treaty of Wereloe ended the 1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War.
1791 – Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
1816 – The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
1842 – American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida.
1848 – Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
1900 – The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
• [Battle of Peking (1900)]
• [Boxer Rebellion]
• [Eight-Nation Alliance]
• [History of China: The Boxer Rebellion Explained]
• [55 Days at Peking: The Song of 11 Nations [COMPILATION]]
• [When America, Russia, And Germany Were Allies: The Relief Of Peking (1900)]
• [55 Days at Peking (1963): The Battle of Peking Scene]
• [5 Days at Peking (1963) - Full length movie]
• [The Boxer Rebellion l HISTORY OF CHINA]
1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Gustave Whitehead]
• [Whitehead No. 21]
1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive.
• [Battle of Lorraine]
• [Battle of the Frontiers]
• [Mountain Combat In The Vosges - The Battle For Alsace-Lorraine I THE GREAT WAR Special]
1921 – Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
1933 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; destroying 240,000 acres (970 km2) of land.
• [Wikipedia: Tillamook Burn]
• [The Tillamook Burn forest fire of August, 1933]
• [Legacy of Fire: The Story of the Tillamook Burn]
1935 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Rainey Bethea]
• [Off the Books: Bill Shelton - Rainey Bethea]
• [The Last Public Hanging in the United States]
1941 – World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
1947 – Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire.
1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
1967 – UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
1969 – The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.
1971 – Bahrain declares independence from Britain
1972 РAn Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near K̦nigs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people.
1980 – Lech WaÅ‚Ä™sa leads strikes at the GdaÅ„sk, Poland shipyards.
1994 – Ilich RamÃrez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Carlos the Jackal]
• [August 14, 1994: World’s Most Famous Hit Man, Carlos the Jackal, Arrested]
1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
2003 – A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
• [Northeast blackout of 2003]
• [News coverage of 2003 blackout in New York City: ABC7]
• [CBS News - Northeast blackout - 2003-08-14]
2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew. 2006 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
2007 – The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 500 people.
2013 – Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
2013 – UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.
2015 – The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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