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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front will cross our area today and is likely to bring rainfall to much of the region, and possibly some thunderstorms, a couple of which could produce severe damaging winds. Expect breezy conditions behind the front through Saturday. Dry high pressure slowly builds in through the weekend and remains in place through the middle of next week, with generally mild daytime temperatures.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers likely before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. South wind 5 to 11 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 45. West southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 68.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers likely before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 55. West southwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a northwest wind 21 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny through mid morning, then becoming sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 61.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers likely before 8am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.
South wind 5 to 13 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 70. North wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 45. West northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 68.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers likely before 8am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Southwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. West northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Saturday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 64. West wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Northwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 61.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Isolated thunderstorms are possible late this morning through early afternoon ahead of a cold front. These storms will be capable of producing cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and brief heavy rainfall.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A Finger like Coronal Hole in the Earth-Strike Zone | Space Weather Outlook 12 October 2023 | Dr Tamitha Skov
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 Thu Oct 19 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Tammy, located several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
Tracking Norma and Soon-To-Be Tammy (October 18th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.2 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for October 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1984
Lowest Temperature 21°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
Greatest Rainfall 3.20 inches in Highlands in 1916
Record Weather Events for October (1872-2017) Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on Oct 5, 1954 Lowest Temperature 12°F in Highlands on Oct 30, 1910 Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on Oct 4, 1964 Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on October 20, 1913 Record Weather Events for October 19th in North Carolina Highest Temperature 92°F in Kinston, Lenoir County in 1938 Lowest Temperature 14°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1948 Greatest Rainfall 6.50 inches in Lenoir, Caldwell County in 1879 Greatest Snowfall 3.0 inches in Montreat, Yancey County in 1927 The excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Six of the 1879 Hurricane Season. This was before storms were named. Record Weather Events for October in North Carolina Highest Temperature 102°F in Albemarle, Stanly County on 10-06-1954 Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952 Greatest Rainfall 14.00 inches in Aberdeen, Moore County on 10-06-1913 Greatest Snowfall 11.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990 Climate Normals Accumulated Rainfall for the Year to October 1st
Franklin 42.38 inches
Coweeta Experimental Station 53.91 inches
Highlands 65.66 inches
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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)
10/21/23
Sweet and Sourwood Honey—Guitarist Dan Watkins and Fiddler, Steve Vick head up a group that’s gotten a lot of attention at Frog Quarters (inside and outside) and at other venues. You’ll hear familiar country/bluegrass songs along with some of Dan’s own creations. Whether you’ve heard them or not before, you won’t want to miss these guys!
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
• The President Addresses the Nation on Israel and Ukraine
Remarks As Delivered on Thursday, October 19, 2023 [Macon Media]
• Linda Combs, who served NC and federal government in top financial management positions, dies [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Doctors, patients voice outrage at HCA, Mission over lack of quality health care during public meeting [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Western North Carolina gets ready for December Medicaid expansion launch [Blue Ridge Public Radio]
• Sidney Powell, who grew up in NC, pleads guilty in Trump’s election interference case [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Video: Black bear takes stroll outside City Hall in downtown Asheville, spooks tourists [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
President Biden Addresses the Nation | The White House
Recapping the House speaker chaos and Jim Jordan's uphill battle for the gavel | Face the Nation
Terrifying voicemail left for GOP lawmaker's wife over Jim Jordan vote | CNN
• Biden Links Conflicts in Israel and Ukraine, Vows to Speed Aid to Allies
Deal secured with Egypt, Israel to send 20 trucks of aid to Gaza, U.S. says, as humanitarian crisis worsens[Wall Street Journal]
• Biden: America at ‘inflection point’ in Israel and Ukraine [Politico]
• Speaker saga sparks revolution among mainstream Republicans [The Hill]
• Ken Buck one of multiple Republicans receiving death threats for voting against Rep. Jim Jordan as House Speaker [Colorado Public Radio]
• Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty in Georgia Trump Case [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Army private who fled to North Korea charged with desertion, held by US military, officials tell AP [AP News]
International News Headlines
Pentagon: US warship near Yemen intercepts missiles, drones | Reuters
Taiwan Boosts Coastal Defense, What's Up Taiwan – News at 10:00, October 20, 2023 | TaiwanPlus News
• A main suspect in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested after 2 years [AP News]
• US eases Venezuela oil sanctions after election deal [BBC News]
• Sudan: Number of families suffering from hunger almost doubles [Africa News]
• ‘Suffering and smiling’: Festivalgoers decry state of affairs in Nigeria [Al Jazeera]
• New US export limits on AI chips won’t affect PLA immediately, analysts say [South China Morning Post]
• NK leader vows to build 'forward-looking' ties with Russia in talks with FM [Yonhap News Agency]
What's next for Republicans after Jim Jordan's 2nd defeat in House speaker vote | PBS NewsHour
Washington Today (10-19-23): House GOP reject empowering Speaker Pro Temp until Speaker is elected | C-SPAN
Global National: Oct. 19, 2023 | Israel tech workers on a mission to find hostages
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Oct. 19 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (October 19, 2023)
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 12:20pm CEST, 30 August 2023, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,127,152 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 June 2023, a total of 668,882,018 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 12:20pm CEST, 30 August 2023, there have been 770,085,713 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,956,173 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 August 2023, a total of 13,499,983,736 vaccine doses have been administered.
COVID Silicon Valley CEO gets 8 years in prison after COVID-19, allergy test fraud conviction | KTVU-TV (San Fransisco, CA)
• COVID-19 and the impact on Alzheimer's disease pathology [Journal of Neurochemistry]
• America’s Biggest Charities Bankrolled RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Outfit [Rolling Stone]
• Pfizer plans to more than double price of COVID medication Paxlovid [The Hill (via Yahoo News)]
• TWiV 1048: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1049: Long COVID’s book of homeostatic cats [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from October 13 to 20: Annular eclipse over America [Astronomy Magazine]
The Platypus Guardian | Full Episode | NATURE | PBS
Scientists Propose New Law of Nature | Sabine Hossenfelder
• Elon Musk talks Tesla: “We dug our own grave with the Cybertruck” [ARS TECHNICA]
• The collapse of eastern Bering Sea snow crab [Science Magazine]
• Webb telescope discovers intense jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere [Berkeley News ]
• Observed increases in North Atlantic tropical cyclone peak intensification rates [nature: scientific reports]
• Record-breaking fast radio burst offers path to weigh the Universe [scimex]
• Distant RF field sensing with a passive Rydberg-atomic transducer (a new type of radio antenna) [Applied Physical Letters]
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 October 20 2023: Gluttonous Grazer Grabs the Gold | Level1 Techs
23 and Everyone's DNA - DTNS 4628 | Daily Tech News Show
Is Life Extension Ethical? | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
JWST investigates "failed supernova" - did it form a black hole? | Dr Becky
More Data Leaked From 23AndMe Breach | TWiT TV
Why Did Attosecond Physics Win the NOBEL PRIZE? | PBS Space Time
The Power of Wonder || Monica Parker | The Psychology Podcast
Falcon Heavy Metal, Prada's Space Suit, Bennu's Box - Deep Space Updates | Scott Manley
The Coming Fall of Russia | WhatIfAltHist
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Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
Special Section: The Hamas-Israel War of 2023
Israel hammers Gaza with more airstrikes as forces prepare for ground invasion | PBS NewsHour
The Inside Story | Israel at War | Voice of America
• Liveblog: Rocket sirens silent in Israel overnight as war enters 14th day [Jerualem Post]
• China PLA stationed up to 6 warships in Middle East over past week amid rising tensions from Israel-Gaza war: reports [South China Morning Post]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Gaza church bombed; Biden to deepen Israel support [Al Jazeera]
• How the West—and Israel Itself—Inadvertently Funded Hamas [Wall Strteet Journal]
• Israeli community frozen as Hamas atrocities continue to emerge [BBC News]
• This is the drug Hamas terrorists took to help them slaughter Israelis [Jerusalem Post]
🔴 (discretion advised) War Delayed Due to...Weather? | Combat Footage Show
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 604 [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 19, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
ATACMS Unleashed: Ukraine Changes the Rules - Ukraine War Map Update 19/Oct/2023 | Ukraine Matters
Biden's plan to stop Putin after Ukraine ATACMS success | Times Radio
• Why NATO deterrence doesn’t work [Euromaidan]
• Ukraine war: Kyiv troop build-up reported across Dnipro river [BBC News]
• Ukraine’s Risky Bet Pays Off With Ships Streaming to Ports [Bloomberg 9Via Yahoo News)]
• Russia detains journalist with dual Russian and US citizenship [Al Jazeera]
• US commitment to Ukraine a central question as Biden meets with EU leaders amid congressional chaos [AP News]
Ukraine: ATACMS long-range missiles from the US have arrived | DW News
Putin visits China, calls US missile deliveries to Ukraine a "mistake" | Global News
'Russian jets with hypersonic missiles patrolling over Black Sea': Putin 'threatens' US | The Economic Times
Putin filmed in China accompanied by officers with Russian nuclear briefcase | WION Shorts
Russians die in a subterranean network of tunnels | Military Mind | TVP World
'Russia benefits from the war in the Middle East': Ukraine's FM Kuleba | FRANCE 24 English
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
The Situation In Ukraine Grows More And More Dangerous | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Kirill Babaev: Here’s why Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing this week is so important [Russia Today]
• Russia pulls out from Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty [Pravda]
• Russian-North Korean relations reach strategic level — Lavrov [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 73 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)
202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.
439 – The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.
1216 – King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.
1386 – The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
1453 – Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
1466 – The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
1469 – Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
1512 – Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
1579 – James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
1596 – The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities
1649 – New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
1789 – John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
1805 – War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
1813 – War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
1866 – In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
1900 – Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
1914 – World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
1921 – The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
1922 – British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
1935 – The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
1943 – The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1944 – United States forces land in the Philippines.
1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
1950 – China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
1950 – Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
1955 – The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
1956 – The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
1960 – The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
1973 – President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
1974 – Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
1984 – A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy PopieÅ‚uszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.
1986 – The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
1987 – The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
1987 – Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
1988 РThe British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn F̩in and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
2001 – SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2004 – Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, whilst on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.[3]
2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
2005 – Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
2012 – A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
2013 – One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, October 20, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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