Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure lingers above the region through Tuesday. A pattern change starts on Wednesday with a cold front forecast to stall west of the area, resulting in cooler and more unsettled weather for the latter half of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2am. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. WInds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 80. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 83. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highsnear 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 11am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (2.8 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.8out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for July 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1960
Lowest Temperature 41°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.77 inches in Highlands in 1916
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 July Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 101°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for July 16th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Red Springs, Robeson County in 1932
Lowest Temperature 35°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1926
Greatest One-Day Rain 14.70 inches in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1916
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of July Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 109°F in Albemarle, Stanly County on 07-28-1940
Lowest Temperature 32°F in Celo, Yancey County on 07-10-1961
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands, Macon County on 07-29-1879
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)
Macon Calendar
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Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
July 2024 Schedule
7-20-24--Jim Austin's Classic Country Band--Always a favorite here at The Frog and elsewhere. They often pack the house! This multi-member group has all the classic country hits that you don't hear on the radio anymore.
7-27-24—Charlie Simmons & Paul Linser--Two accomplished finger-style guitar pickers that have some great songs in their line-up. You'll love their acoustic sound! Their music will take you from the ranges of the Midwest to the Southeastern region of the country. Welcome back, guys.
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
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
---NATIONAL---
Full interview: Biden says his mental acuity ‘pretty damn good,’ defends decision to stay in race | NBC News
New video shows Trump shooter climbing onto the roof at rally | ABC News
• Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Trump [New York Times]
• (video) The missed warnings ahead of the Trump attack [BBC News]
• Misinformation and conspiracy theories swirl in wake of Trump assassination attempt [CBS News]
• Doctored image shows smiling Secret Service agents around Trump amid shooting | Fact check [USA TODAY (via Yahoo News) ]
• 5 human cases of bird flu in Colorado poultry workers, health officials report [CBS News]
• Startups are building balloons to hoist tourists 100,000 feet into the stratosphere [CNBC]
• Okla County jail refuses state Health Dept inspection twice [Oklahoma City Free Press]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Donald Trump Enters 2024 Republican National Convention | C-SPAN
JD Vance speaks at the RNC after being picked as Trump's running mate | MSNBC
Who Is J.D. Vance? Why Trump Nominated Him for VP | WSJ
Republican National Convention (Day 1) | C-SPAN
Republican National Convention (Day 2) | C-SPAN
• GOP confidence prevails on first night of Republican National Convention [Courthouse News Service]
• Trump’s grand RNC entrance, a VP pick and the new GOP: Takeaways from day 1 [AP News]
• Private meeting, billionaires and a G6 Gulfstream: The backstory on how Trump picked Vance [Politico]
• J.D. Vance once compared Trump to Hitler. Now they are running mates [Reuters]
• Trump rewrites Republican convention speech to focus on unity not Biden [Washington Examiner]
• RFK Jr. to receive Secret Service protection after Trump assassination attempt [CNBS]
Military Sealift Command 75th Anniversary | (Ep2) Korea and Vietnam Wars | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (7-15-24): Donald Trump selects Sen. J.D. Vance as vice-presidential running mate | C-SPAN
Global National: July 15, 2024 | Trump formally secures GOP nomination at RNC
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 14, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | July 15, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 15, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 15, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
SpaceX's Booster 12 Begins Testing, Starship V2 Begins Stacking, & a week of launch anomalies | Matt Lowne
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from July 12 to 19: An occultation in Virgo [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 12 – 21 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Meade and Orion Cease Operations — Maybe [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Live Links With Friends July 15 2024 - Hardware, AI, Gov, Biz, You Name IT | Level1 Techs
On This Day
July 16th is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 168 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
• [Wikipedia: Islamic calendar]
997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Spercheios]
• [Wikipedia: Byzantine–Bulgarian wars]
• [The Byzantine Bulgarian Wars (Documentary)]
1054 – Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an Papal bull (of doubtful validity) of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism.
• [Wikipedia: East–West Schism]
1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.
• [Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]
• [Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212)] (Kings and Generals)
• [LINKTEXT]
1228 – The canonization of Saint Francis of Assisi
• [Wiki Bio: Francis of Assisi]
• [Reluctant Saint - Francis of Assisi]
1232 – The Spanish town of Arjona declares independence and names its native Muhammad ibn Yusuf as ruler. This marks the Muhammad's first rise to prominence; he would later establish the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state in Spain.
• [Wikipedia: Emirate of Granada]
1377 – King Richard II of England is crowned.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Richard II of England]
• [The Tyrannical Boy King | Richard II | Real Royalty]
1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
1683 – Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Penghu]
1769 – Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Stony Point]
• [A Moment in History: Battle of Stony Point]
1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
• [Wikipedia: Residence Act of 1790]
• [Wikipedia: Compromise of 1790]
• [The Reason Why DC Is Between Maryland and Virginia]
1809 – The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.
1849 – Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
1858 – The last apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France.
1861 – American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• [Wikipedia: First Battle of Bull Run]
• [First Manassas: Animated Battle Map] (American Battlefield Trust)
• [Civil War - "The First Battle Of Bull Run" 1861 - A Concise History]
1862 – American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• [Wikipedia: David Farragut]
• [60 Years of Service: The Life of Admiral David G. Farragut]
• [Admiral David G. Farragut and the End of the Civil War (Lecture)]
• [David Glasgow Farragut 5 July 1801 – 14 August 1870] (Naval History and Heritage Command)
• [The Farragut Story] (1962 Film)
• [March of Admiral David Farragut] (The guy even had a March named after him!)
1909 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
1910 – John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
1915 – Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
1915 – At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• [Wikipedia: Order of the Arrow]
• [Order of the Arrow - Becoming an Arrowman]
1927 – Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Augusto César Sandino]
• [Sandino's Insurrection, 1927-1933]
1931 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Haile Selassie]
• [Wikipedia: 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia]
1935 – The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• [History.com: World’s first parking meter installed]
• [HISTORY OF THE PARKING METER – PARK-O-METER NO. 1]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Carl Magee]
1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
1942 – Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
• [Wikipedia: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup]
• [Shoah Documentary]
• [Operation Spring Breeze: How German Occupation Changed Rights and Responsibilities in Wartime France]
1945 – World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
• [USS Indianapolis (CA-35)]
• [Top Secret: The Final and Tragic Voyage of USS Indianapolis]
• [Last voyage of the warship Indianapolis: Crew delivers A-Bomb, then is decimated by sharks]
1945 – Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
• [Wikipedia: Trinity (nuclear test)]
• [Trinity Atomic Test complete takes] (silent footage of the test)
• [The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project]
• [TRINITY - THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TEST]
1948 – Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Dekel]
• [Wikipedia: 1948 Arab–Israeli War]
• [First Arab - Israeli War 1948] (Kings and Generals)
1948 – The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
• [Miss Macao]
1950 – Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• [Chaplain–Medic massacre]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Taejon]
• [US Army 24th Infantry in Battle of Taejon, with General William Dean] (Documentary with newsreel footage)
• [Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum - Battle of Taejon Panorama] (North Korean Museum)
• [Korean War: The First Forty Days | US Army Documentary | 1951]
1951 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
1965 – The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
1965 – South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
• [Wikipedia: Apollo 11]
• [Apollo 11 Real-Time Mission Experience] (click the blue button)
• [Wikipedia: Apollo program]
• [Launch of Apollo 11 (CBS)]
1979 – Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Saddam Hussein]
• [LINKTEXT]
1983 – Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
• [Wikipedia: 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash]
1990 – The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.
• [Wikipedia: 1990 Luzon earthquake]
• [1990 Luzon Earthquake] (no English translation)
1990 – The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, died when the Piper Saratoga PA-32R aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
• [Wikipedia Bio: John F. Kennedy Jr.]
• [John F. Kennedy, Jr: The Death Of An American Prince ]
• [Does This Scenario Explain JFK Jr.'s Plane Crash?]
• [ABC News Segment on the search]
2004 – Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
2007 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.
• [Wikipedia: 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake]
• [Live Coverage on Japanese TV] (subtitles available)
2009 – Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission, sparking an inquest that gains nationwide attention.
2013 – As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
2015 – Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• [Wikipedia: 2015 Chattanooga shootings]
• [Raw video of Chattanooga shooting]
• [4 Marines Killed In Chattanooga Shooting; Suspect Also Dead (WTVF-TV)]
• [The President Delivers a Statement on the Shooting in Chattanooga, TN]
• [Chattanooga Shooting Dead Were Decorated Veterans (ABC News)]
2019 – A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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JD Vance speaks at the RNC after being picked as Trump's running mate | MSNBC
Who Is J.D. Vance? Why Trump Nominated Him for VP | WSJ
Republican National Convention (Day 1) | C-SPAN
Republican National Convention (Day 2) | C-SPAN
• GOP confidence prevails on first night of Republican National Convention [Courthouse News Service]
• Trump’s grand RNC entrance, a VP pick and the new GOP: Takeaways from day 1 [AP News]
• Private meeting, billionaires and a G6 Gulfstream: The backstory on how Trump picked Vance [Politico]
• J.D. Vance once compared Trump to Hitler. Now they are running mates [Reuters]
• Trump rewrites Republican convention speech to focus on unity not Biden [Washington Examiner]
• RFK Jr. to receive Secret Service protection after Trump assassination attempt [CNBS]
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Global National: July 15, 2024 | Trump formally secures GOP nomination at RNC
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 14, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | July 15, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 15, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 15, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
SpaceX's Booster 12 Begins Testing, Starship V2 Begins Stacking, & a week of launch anomalies | Matt Lowne
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from July 12 to 19: An occultation in Virgo [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 12 – 21 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Meade and Orion Cease Operations — Maybe [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Live Links With Friends July 15 2024 - Hardware, AI, Gov, Biz, You Name IT | Level1 Techs
On This Day
July 16th is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 168 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
• [Wikipedia: Islamic calendar]
997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Spercheios]
• [Wikipedia: Byzantine–Bulgarian wars]
• [The Byzantine Bulgarian Wars (Documentary)]
1054 – Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an Papal bull (of doubtful validity) of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism.
• [Wikipedia: East–West Schism]
1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.
• [Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]
• [Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212)] (Kings and Generals)
• [LINKTEXT]
1228 – The canonization of Saint Francis of Assisi
• [Wiki Bio: Francis of Assisi]
• [Reluctant Saint - Francis of Assisi]
1232 – The Spanish town of Arjona declares independence and names its native Muhammad ibn Yusuf as ruler. This marks the Muhammad's first rise to prominence; he would later establish the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state in Spain.
• [Wikipedia: Emirate of Granada]
1377 – King Richard II of England is crowned.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Richard II of England]
• [The Tyrannical Boy King | Richard II | Real Royalty]
1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
1683 – Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Penghu]
1769 – Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Stony Point]
• [A Moment in History: Battle of Stony Point]
1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
• [Wikipedia: Residence Act of 1790]
• [Wikipedia: Compromise of 1790]
• [The Reason Why DC Is Between Maryland and Virginia]
1809 – The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.
1849 – Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
1858 – The last apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France.
1861 – American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• [Wikipedia: First Battle of Bull Run]
• [First Manassas: Animated Battle Map] (American Battlefield Trust)
• [Civil War - "The First Battle Of Bull Run" 1861 - A Concise History]
1862 – American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• [Wikipedia: David Farragut]
• [60 Years of Service: The Life of Admiral David G. Farragut]
• [Admiral David G. Farragut and the End of the Civil War (Lecture)]
• [David Glasgow Farragut 5 July 1801 – 14 August 1870] (Naval History and Heritage Command)
• [The Farragut Story] (1962 Film)
• [March of Admiral David Farragut] (The guy even had a March named after him!)
1909 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
1910 – John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
1915 – Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
1915 – At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• [Wikipedia: Order of the Arrow]
• [Order of the Arrow - Becoming an Arrowman]
1927 – Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Augusto César Sandino]
• [Sandino's Insurrection, 1927-1933]
1931 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Haile Selassie]
• [Wikipedia: 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia]
1935 – The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• [History.com: World’s first parking meter installed]
• [HISTORY OF THE PARKING METER – PARK-O-METER NO. 1]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Carl Magee]
1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
1942 – Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
• [Wikipedia: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup]
• [Shoah Documentary]
• [Operation Spring Breeze: How German Occupation Changed Rights and Responsibilities in Wartime France]
1945 – World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
• [USS Indianapolis (CA-35)]
• [Top Secret: The Final and Tragic Voyage of USS Indianapolis]
• [Last voyage of the warship Indianapolis: Crew delivers A-Bomb, then is decimated by sharks]
1945 – Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
• [Wikipedia: Trinity (nuclear test)]
• [Trinity Atomic Test complete takes] (silent footage of the test)
• [The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project]
• [TRINITY - THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TEST]
1948 – Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Dekel]
• [Wikipedia: 1948 Arab–Israeli War]
• [First Arab - Israeli War 1948] (Kings and Generals)
1948 – The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
• [Miss Macao]
1950 – Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• [Chaplain–Medic massacre]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Taejon]
• [US Army 24th Infantry in Battle of Taejon, with General William Dean] (Documentary with newsreel footage)
• [Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum - Battle of Taejon Panorama] (North Korean Museum)
• [Korean War: The First Forty Days | US Army Documentary | 1951]
1951 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
1965 – The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
1965 – South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
• [Wikipedia: Apollo 11]
• [Apollo 11 Real-Time Mission Experience] (click the blue button)
• [Wikipedia: Apollo program]
• [Launch of Apollo 11 (CBS)]
1979 – Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Saddam Hussein]
• [LINKTEXT]
1983 – Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
• [Wikipedia: 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash]
1990 – The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.
• [Wikipedia: 1990 Luzon earthquake]
• [1990 Luzon Earthquake] (no English translation)
1990 – The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, died when the Piper Saratoga PA-32R aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
• [Wikipedia Bio: John F. Kennedy Jr.]
• [John F. Kennedy, Jr: The Death Of An American Prince ]
• [Does This Scenario Explain JFK Jr.'s Plane Crash?]
• [ABC News Segment on the search]
2004 – Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
2007 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.
• [Wikipedia: 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake]
• [Live Coverage on Japanese TV] (subtitles available)
2009 – Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission, sparking an inquest that gains nationwide attention.
2013 – As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
2015 – Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• [Wikipedia: 2015 Chattanooga shootings]
• [Raw video of Chattanooga shooting]
• [4 Marines Killed In Chattanooga Shooting; Suspect Also Dead (WTVF-TV)]
• [The President Delivers a Statement on the Shooting in Chattanooga, TN]
• [Chattanooga Shooting Dead Were Decorated Veterans (ABC News)]
2019 – A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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