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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Hot high pressure will continue to dominate the Southeast through Tuesday, resulting in a continued warming trend and dry conditions. A weak, dry cold front will push in from the northeast Tuesday night, bringing only temporary slightly cooler temperatures. Hot high pressure brings back the much above normal temperatures on Friday which will continue into Saturday.
Six years ago today, the path of a total solar eclipse crossed Macon County.
Here are some videos from that day:
Here are some videos from that day:
• [Total Solar Eclipse|2017|Franklin NC|GoPro]
• [Eclipse 2017 in Franklin, NC with ambient shots]
• [Matt Taylor Art]
• [Total Eclipse of My Heart - Carpetvlog 8/21/17]
• [2017 Total Solar Eclipse, Franklin, NC]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 90s. Heat index values as high as 100. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 90s.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Increasing clouds, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. WInds out of the northeast 3 to 5 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph early in the morning becoming calm by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 90s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 90s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 90s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 90.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Aurora Highlights from the G3 Solar Storm and 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]
• August 17, 2023) NOAA doubles the chances for a nasty Atlantic hurricane season due to hot ocean, tardy El Nino [AP News]
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 21 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories recently upgraded Tropical Storm Gert, located several hundred miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, on Tropical Storm Emily, located a little over 1000 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, and on Tropical Storm Franklin, located over the eastern Caribbean Sea.
1. Western Gulf of Mexico (AL91):
Showers and thunderstorms continue in association with a trough of low pressure located in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental conditions appear favorable for development of this system while it moves westward at about 15 to 20 mph across the central Gulf of Mexico. A tropical depression or storm is likely to form while it approaches the western Gulf of Mexico coastline by Tuesday. Interests in the western Gulf of Mexico should monitor the progress of this system. Tropical storm watches or warnings may be necessary on Monday for portions of the southern Texas and northern Mexico coastlines.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL92):
A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is associated with a tropical wave located near the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week while it moves west-northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.
Hilary Poised to Become Storm of Record for California (August 19th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 71 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 77 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.9 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (9.0 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1983
Lowest Temperature 43°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.16 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
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 20th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 110°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1983
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1918
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.72 inches in Williamston, Martin County in 1967
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 House pushes back against proposed crack down on bad landlords | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• The Wrap: Veto overrides, election bills and a stalled budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Dashboard lets NC residents track $1.2B in funds to fight opioid crisis across state [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• A New Medicare Proposal Would Cover Training for Family Caregivers [BPR]
• Could Asheville be the Site of the Next Big AI Supercomputer and Data Center? [AI2 News]
• Biden campaign invests $25 million in North Carolina and other battleground states [Raleigh News and Observer]
---Recent News Recap---
August 21, 2023
NC lawmakers pass changes to election laws | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Next betting push in North Carolina: Play casino games on your phone [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Homelessness surges by 11% nationwide largely due to cost of living, evictions, report says [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC) ]
• Hospitals sued thousands of patients in North Carolina for unpaid bills, report finds [BPR]
• High bids put Highlands Middle School project on hold [Smoky Mountain News]
• Victims of 2016 Gatlinburg wildfire score major victory in lawsuit against Park Service [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• 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
Rains from Tropical Storm Hilary swamp roads, trap cars and flood buildings | WKRN-TV (Nashville, TN)
• ‘It ain’t over yet’: Hilary brings heavy rain, threat of overnight flooding [Los Angeles Times ]
• China’s 40-Year Boom Is Over. What Comes Next? [Wall Street Journal ]
Roundabouts Are Safer. So Why Does The U.S. Have So Few Of Them? | CNBC
• CNBC Daily Open: A ‘perfect storm’ battered U.S. stocks [CNBC]
• ‘The heat’s different now’: Why the U.S. was unprepared for a deadly summer [Politico]
• Donald Trump confirms he will skip Republican presidential debates [BBC News]
International News Headlines
NATO Rearmament & Spending in 2023 - Is NATO answering the Russian Challenge? | Perun
• Ukraine updates: Netherlands, Denmark to send F-16s to Kyiv [DW News]
• When Economic Policies Go Wrong [Economics Explained (Youtube) ]
• Canada wildfires: At least 30,000 households in British Columbia told to evacuate [BBC News ]
• Pro-coup rally in Niger after threat of military intervention [Al Jazeera]
• Kyodo News Digest: Aug. 20, 2023 [Kyodo News]
A Distant Thud in the Jungle: Exploitation in Papua New Guinea | DW Documentary
Myanmar Junta Combat Footage 12 | WarPig
Washington Today (8-17-23): xxx | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 20, 2023 | Canadian Forces deploying aircrafts to aid with NWT fire evacuation
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 20
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 20, 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 1037: Antibodies, the good (CoV), the bad (Ad), the beautiful | Microbe TV
• Epigenetic memory of coronavirus infection in innate immune cells and their progenitors [Cell]
• Effectiveness of Monovalent and Bivalent mRNA Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters Among Children Aged 6 Months–5 Years — VISION Network, United States, July 2022–June 2023 [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]
• Explainer-Eris, BA.2.86: Do I need to worry about COVID again? [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
• TWiV 1036: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1037: Antibodies, the good (CoV), the bad (Ad), the beautiful [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]
What Makes Pseudoscience So Dangerous? | Dr Paul M Sutter
• New comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura to brighten in September [EarthSky]
• Discover The Most Expensive Precious Metal: It's Not Gold [IFL Science]
• Texas A&M Study Finds Secondhand Smoke May Be Source Of Lead Exposure In Children [Texas A and M Today ]
• Effectiveness of Monovalent and Bivalent mRNA Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters Among Children Aged 6 Months–5 Years — VISION Network, United States, July 2022–June 2023 [xxx]
• Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush hush’ [TechCrunch]
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
What Goes On Inside a Semiconductor Wafer Fab | Asianometry
Lichee Pi 4A: Serious RISC-V Desktop Computing | ExplainingCOmputers
The Level1 Show August 18 2023: Return of the Tank | Level1 Techs
Unfolding Samsung Galaxy Unpacked - DTNS 4569 | Daily Tech News Show
The Great Asian Rice Crisis of 2008 | Asianometry
A Global Mental Health Crisis? Really? | Sabinbe Hossenfelder
TEN Transport Evolved News Episode 448- CATL Breakthrough, Bolt Lives Longer, e-bike Right To Repair | Transport Evolved
SpaceX Drops Bombshell Upgrade, and Starship Flight 2 Date Intention Revealed! | Marcus House
Engineering Breakthroughs That Will FEED The World | Two Bit da Vinci
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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 20 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 20th ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 544 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 542: US OKs F-16 for Ukraine from Denmark and Netherlands [Euromaiden Press]
Can Expensive, American-Made Weapons Like F-16s Turn The Tide In Ukraine’s War Against Russia? | CNBC
• Ukrainian city of Chernihiv reels from missile strike [DW News]
• HOUR BY HOUR: 🔴 Live: Zelensky hails ‘historic’ decision to give Ukraine F-16 jets [France 24]
• Sanctions not working? Russia gets richer while the West loses money: report [TVP World]
• Ukraine ‘sky shield getting stronger’ as allies supply coveted F-16s [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine war: Russia says drone injures five at Kursk railway station [BBC News]
🔴 (descretion advised) - KA-52 Evac, Mine Madness, Training Area Hit | Combat Footage Show
Ukraine war: Zelenskyy hails ‘historic’ Dutch F-16 deal | Al Jazeera
How Putin weaponizes religion in Russia | Diane Francis | TVP World
Denmark, Netherlands to send F-16 figher jets to Ukraine | DW News
Russia launches deadly missile strike on Chernihiv central square | FRANCE 24 English
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
Western Powers Struggling To Deal With Reality - Russia Has Won | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Russia reveals how it would respond to an attack on Belarus [Russia Today]
• RQ-4B Global Hawk drone spotted over Black Sea as Ukraine attack Russian warships [Pravda]
• Russian recon officers, assault team seize Ukrainian stronghold near Krasny Liman [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
August 21st is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 132 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)
684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Constantinople 674–678 and Marj Rahit 684 - Muslim Expansion | Kings and Generals]
• [DBpedia]
959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [郾城之战 battle scene] (dramatization, no translation available)
• [General Yue Fei | The China History Podcast | Ep. 95]
• [Jin–Song Wars]
1192 – becomes Sei-i Taishōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the 7th month in the 3rd year of the Kenkyū (建久) era).
• [Wikipedia Bio: Minamoto no Yoritomo]
• [Genpei War 1: How the Samurai Took Over Japan | History of Japan 60]
• [The Origins of the Shogun and the Bushi | Setting the Stage Episode 1]
1331 – King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
1415 – Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Conquest of Ceuta.
1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Grandfather Po'pay & The Pueblo Revolt (1680): Tewa-Pueblo Spiritual Leader & War Leader] (subtitled in English)
• [Spanish colonization of the Americas]
• [Indigenous Peoples' Day: Pueblo Revolt Story | Web Extra]
1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. 1716 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
• [Siege of Corfu (1716)]
• [1716 - Corfu, the bastion of Europe] (Greek with English subtitles)
• [Battle of Petrovaradin]
1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
1791 – A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
• [Bois Caïman]
• [The Haitian Revolution - Documentary (2009)]
• [Haitian Revolution]
• [Haitian Voodoo | National Geographic]
1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
• [Battle of Vimeiro]
• [||Kings and Generals|| Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Vimeiro (1808) - Peninsular War ]
• [||Redcoat History Podcast|| The Peninsular War: Part 2, The Battle of Vimeiro]
1810 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.
• [Nat Turner's slave rebellion]
• [Nat Turner & The Rebellion That Shook the South]
• ["Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property" 2003 Charles Burnett Docu-Drama]
1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1858 – The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
• [Lincoln–Douglas debate held in Ottawa, Illinois]
• [Lincoln 101: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858]
• [The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text]
• [National Park Service]
• [Various Books at The Internet Archive]
1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
• [Lawrence massacre]
• [Eyewitness to the Raid on Lawrence Kansas]
• [Music Video About the Incident]
1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• [1883 Rochester tornado]
• [How the Mayo Clinic grew out of a devastating tornado]
• [Weather History: 1883 Rochester Tornado]
1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1897 – Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
1901 – Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
1918 – World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
1942 – World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru (sometimes called the Battle of the Ilu River or the Battle of Alligator Creek).
• [Battle of the Tenaru]
• [Pvt Al Schmid (2/1 Marines) Battle of the Tenaru, Guadalcanal 21AUG1942]
• [Guadalcanal 1942 - The Battle of Alligator Creek]
• [Battle of Alligator Creek - Guadalcanal] (Walking Tour of Battlefield)
1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
• [Dumbarton Oaks Conference]
• [Newsreel]
• [History and Charter of the United Nations]
1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
1945 – Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• [Wikipedia: Demon core]
• [Kyle Hill: The True Story of The Demon Core]
• [History And Physics: The Demon Core]
1957 – The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
1963 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
1968 – Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
1968 – James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
1982 – Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
• [Killer Fog | National Geographic]
• [Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode]
1988 – The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
1994 – Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
1995 – Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.
2000 – Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
2013 – Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
• [Ghouta chemical attack]
• [Hell on Earth: Horrific aftermath of alleged Syria chemical attack]
• [Russia blocks UN probe into Syria chemical attacks]
2017 – A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
• [Total Solar Eclipse|2017|Franklin NC|GoPro]
• [Eclipse 2017 in Franklin, NC with ambient shots]
• [Matt Taylor Art]
• [Total Eclipse of My Heart - Carpetvlog 8/21/17</ a>]
• [2017 Total Solar Eclipse, Franklin, NC]
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, August 21, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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