Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A rainy cold front crossed the region last night night with a few thunderstorms possible through this morning as it departs. A quick moving system will bring a period of accumulating snow across the higher mountain terrain Saturday, before dry weather returns on Sunday. A warming trend begins Monday and highs will reach well above normal levels through Wednesday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the north early in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 33. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers between 8am and 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph shifting and decreasing to light windsout of the north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 36.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of snow showers between 8am and 9am, then a slight chance of rain showers after 9am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the northwest becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers between 9am and 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog between 9am and 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Light winds out of the west early in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest and increasing to 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of rain showers, mixing with snow after 3pm, then gradually ending. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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Record Weather Events for February 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2018
Lowest Temperature 3°F in Highlands in 1939
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.89 inches in Highlands in 1994
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.5 inches in Highlands in 1989
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899 (also a state record)
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
Record Weather Events for February 23rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 84°F in Marshall, Madison County in 2018
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1999
Greatest Rainfall 2.89 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 1994
Greatest Snowfall 18.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1984
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
February 2024 Schedule
2-24-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band---Enjoy hearing Jim’s Band as they play the big sound of real, classic country—songs that you don’t hear on the radio anymore. Jim and the fellas are always a popular group with the crowd at Frog Quarters.
3-2-24—Bill Peterson & Charley Simmons--What a treat! You'll hear originals by both these guys along with some covers. Bill has that booming voice on his blues selections (ask him to play his cheeky dog songs:) & Charley has the finger-style guitar down pat with his songs.
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.
News Briefing
• Surge in Duke Energy bill complaints prompts clarity from NC Utilities Commission [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Decision due soon on Fontana Regional Library [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• A lawsuit that seeks to radically change NC education is back before the state Supreme Court. Here's what you need to know [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• GOP candidate for NC governor on the state of the party and frontrunner Mark Robinson [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Mission sets 10-minute goal for emergency patient care, document obtained by Watchdog shows [Mountain Xpress]
• Former Mission Health doctor describes 'slow-speed train crash' that led to state lawsuit [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Lawsuit filed against HCA by local municipalities can proceed, judge rules [BPR]
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• North Carolina program seeks applications for bike, pedestrian project plans [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Warrant: 12-year-old boy found cold, stiff at NC wilderness camp [WBT=TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• (video) NC candidates, experts respond to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson comments House Bill 2 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Under the Dome podcast: Primary endorsements, Black voters and Cotham challengers [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Swain County Manager headed to Jackson [BPR]
---NATIONAL---
Private spacecraft makes first US landing on the moon in more than half a century | DW News
AT&T restores cellular service after nationwide outage | CBS News
• Nvidia Nears $2 Trillion Valuation on Insatiable AI Chip Demand [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens and having Russian contacts is returned to US custody [AP News]
• Vice to lay off hundreds of staffers, stop publishing content on its website [CNN]
• Japanese mafia boss conspired to traffic nuclear materials, says US [BBC News]
• China’s Hacker Network: What to Know [New York Times]
• Trump clemency recipient Philip Esformes pleads guilty in Medicare fraud case [CNBC]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (The Holocaust) | Dan Carlin
• EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (audio) [Dan Carlin (via Google Podcasts)]
• The Sky This Week from February 16 to 23: Venus meets Mars [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 16-25 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 23 2024: Accosted By Acorns | Level1 Techs
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On This Day
February 23rd is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 311 days remain until the end of the year (312 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.
628 – Khosrow II, last Sasanian shah of Iran, is overthrown.
705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.
1455 – Traditionally the date of publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to help to train the Continental Army.
1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested.[6]
1836 – Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
1885 – Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
1900 – Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
1927 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
1942 – World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
1943 – The Cavan Orphanage fire kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook.
1943 – Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
1947 – International Organization for Standardization is founded.
1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
1958 – Five-time Argentine Formula One champion Juan Manuel Fangio is kidnapped by rebels involved in the Cuban Revolution, on the eve of the Cuban Grand Prix. He was released the following day after the race.[8]
1966 – In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
1971 – Operation Lam Son 719: South Vietnamese General Do Cao Tri was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.
1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
1988 – Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.
1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
2012 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
2017 – The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.
2019 – Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.
2021 – Four simultaneous prison riots leave at least 62 people dead in Ecuador.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, February 23, 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.
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.
News Briefing
• Surge in Duke Energy bill complaints prompts clarity from NC Utilities Commission [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Decision due soon on Fontana Regional Library [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• A lawsuit that seeks to radically change NC education is back before the state Supreme Court. Here's what you need to know [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• GOP candidate for NC governor on the state of the party and frontrunner Mark Robinson [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Mission sets 10-minute goal for emergency patient care, document obtained by Watchdog shows [Mountain Xpress]
• Former Mission Health doctor describes 'slow-speed train crash' that led to state lawsuit [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Lawsuit filed against HCA by local municipalities can proceed, judge rules [BPR]
---RECENT STATE AND LOCAL NEWS---
• North Carolina program seeks applications for bike, pedestrian project plans [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Warrant: 12-year-old boy found cold, stiff at NC wilderness camp [WBT=TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• (video) NC candidates, experts respond to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson comments House Bill 2 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Under the Dome podcast: Primary endorsements, Black voters and Cotham challengers [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Swain County Manager headed to Jackson [BPR]
---NATIONAL---
Private spacecraft makes first US landing on the moon in more than half a century | DW News
AT&T restores cellular service after nationwide outage | CBS News
• Nvidia Nears $2 Trillion Valuation on Insatiable AI Chip Demand [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens and having Russian contacts is returned to US custody [AP News]
• Vice to lay off hundreds of staffers, stop publishing content on its website [CNN]
• Japanese mafia boss conspired to traffic nuclear materials, says US [BBC News]
• China’s Hacker Network: What to Know [New York Times]
• Trump clemency recipient Philip Esformes pleads guilty in Medicare fraud case [CNBC]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (The Holocaust) | Dan Carlin
• EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (audio) [Dan Carlin (via Google Podcasts)]
• The Sky This Week from February 16 to 23: Venus meets Mars [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 16-25 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 23 2024: Accosted By Acorns | Level1 Techs
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On This Day
February 23rd is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 311 days remain until the end of the year (312 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.
628 – Khosrow II, last Sasanian shah of Iran, is overthrown.
705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.
1455 – Traditionally the date of publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to help to train the Continental Army.
1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested.[6]
1836 – Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
1885 – Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
1900 – Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
1927 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
1942 – World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
1943 – The Cavan Orphanage fire kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook.
1943 – Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
1947 – International Organization for Standardization is founded.
1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
1958 – Five-time Argentine Formula One champion Juan Manuel Fangio is kidnapped by rebels involved in the Cuban Revolution, on the eve of the Cuban Grand Prix. He was released the following day after the race.[8]
1966 – In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
1971 – Operation Lam Son 719: South Vietnamese General Do Cao Tri was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.
1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
1988 – Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.
1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
2012 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
2017 – The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.
2019 – Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.
2021 – Four simultaneous prison riots leave at least 62 people dead in Ecuador.
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Support Macon Media
If you receive value from what Macon Media provides to the community, please consider becoming a supporter and contribute at least a dollar a month. Those who support Macon Media with at least a dollar a month receive early access to video of some events and meetings before they are made public on the website. Videos and news involving public safety are not subject to early access.
Or, if you prefer Pay Pal, try PayPal.me/MaconMedia
Published at 5:00am on Friday, February 23, 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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