Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A nearly stationary front will meander across our region through next week providing a focus for above-normal chances of mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will be near normal or just a bit cooler than normal.
• Extreme, severe drought expand in parts of North Carolina [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then isolated showers after 4am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 8pm and 11pm. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. new rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 2pm and 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. new rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs near 80. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Monday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then a chance of showers. Lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Hazards
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop across the area this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be from frequent cloud to ground lightning and brief torrential rainfall. However, a few storms could briefly become severe and produce isolated damaging wind gusts. In addition, excessive rainfall could occur in isolated locations, resulting in flash flooding of small streams and urban areas.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
Pollen
The pollen forecast is unavailable due to IT issues being suffered by the provider.
Record Weather Events for July 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 46°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.35 inches in Highlands in 1913
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 20th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 106°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1900
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1909
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
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Appalachia in the American Imagination | C-SPAN
---NATIONAL---
How the CrowdStrike-Microsoft global tech outage unfolded | CBC News
CrowdStrike CEO on global outage: Goal now is to make sure every customer is back up and running | CNBC Television
Extended interview: IT expert on what caused CrowdStrike outage and what's next for computer users | KSDK-TV (St Louis, MO)
Bay Area computer experts baffled by Crowdstrike policy that led to outage | (San Fransisco, CA)
• CrowdStrike fixes start at “reboot up to 15 times” and get more complex from there [ARS TECHINCA]
• Faulty Windows cybersecurity update takes out banks, airlines and other major companies worldwide [Engadget]
• Angry admins share the CrowdStrike outage experience [The Register]
• Microsoft-CrowdStrike Outage Causes Chaos for Flights, Hospitals and Businesses Globally [CNET]
• ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from the major Windows outage to the new Amazon Echo Spot [techradar]
• Bad CrowdStrike Update Linked to Major IT Outages Worldwide [Security Week]
Global National: July 19, 2024 | Faulty software update causes chaos worldwide
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 19, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | July 19, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 19, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 19, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Woah! Scientists Created Tiny Machines Driven By Microbes | Antov Petrov
• 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 20th is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 164 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)
AD 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem]
• [Invicta: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) - The Great Jewish Revolt]
• [Invicta: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) - The Destruction of the Second Temple]
• [Fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD (Flavius Josephus)] (Librivox Recording)
• [A Temple in Flames The Final Battle for Jerusalem and the Destruction of the Second Temple]
792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Marcellae]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Kardam of Bulgaria]
• [Wikipedia: Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria]
911 – Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Chartres (911)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Rollo]
• [The Real Rollo & the Foundation of Normandy // Vikings Documentary]
1189 – Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.
1225 – Treaty of San Germano is signed at San Germano between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX. A Dominican named Guala is responsible for the negotiations.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of San Germano]
• [Frederick II a bridge between East and West]
1398 – The Battle of Kellistown between the forces of the English led by Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March against the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles under the command of Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach, the most powerful Chieftain in Leinster.
• [The Irish at War: The Battle of Kellistown]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach]
• [Ireland’s Wars: How Art MacMurragh Brought Down The English Monarchy]
1402 – Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ankara]
• [Wikipedia: Ottoman Interregnum]
• [Timur against Bayezid - Battle of Ankara 1402] (Kings and Generals)
1592 – During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
• [Wikipedia: Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)]
• [Imjin War - Beginning of the Japanese Invasion of Korea] (Kings and Generals)
1715 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
• [Wikipedia: Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)]
1738 – Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
1799 – Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia.
1807 – Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
1810 – Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
1831 – Seneca and Shawnee people agree to relinquish their land in western Ohio for 60,000 acres west of the Mississippi River.
1848 – The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Peachtree Creek]
• [March 2018 Chicago Civil War Round Table: Robert D. Jenkins: The Battle of Peach Tree Creek]
1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea. Also known as the Seven Weeks' War.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Lissa (1866)]
• [Wikipedia: Austro-Prussian War]
• [Drachinifel: The Battle of Lissa - Special]
• [Ocean Explorers: S01E09 History day - Battle of Lissa 2018]
• [Knowledgia: The Austro-Prussian War - Explained in 11 Minutes]
1871 – British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
1885 – The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
1906 – In Finland, a new electoral law was ratified, guaranteeing the country the first and equal right to vote in the world. Finnish women were the first in Europe to receive the right to vote.
1917 – World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• [Wikipedia: Corfu Declaration]
• [TimeGhost History: Enter Yugoslavia Part 1 | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1929 Part 2 of 3]
• [The Rise of Yugoslavia - From a Scrambled Kingdom to Brotherhood and Unity by Josip Broz Tito]
1920 – The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
1922 – The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
1932 – In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
1934 – Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
• [Wikipedia: Minneapolis general strike of 1934]
• [The 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike]
• [KTCA-TV: Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 1]
• [Part 2]
1934 – West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
• [Wikipedia: 1934 West Coast waterfront strike]
1935 – Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
1936 – The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
1938 – The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• [United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.]
• [The day the Supreme Court killed Hollywood’s studio system]
• [Why are Movie Theater Concessions So Expensive? (The US v Paramount)]
• [The Paramount Case]
1940 – Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
1941 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
1944 – World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
• [Wikipedia: 20 July plot]
• [Wikipedia: Operation Valkyrie]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Claus von Stauffenberg]
• [The Secret Plot To Kill Hitler | Operation Valkyrie | Timeline]
• [75th Anniversary of the 20 July plot - Claus von Stauffenberg] (Germand with English subtitles)
• [Conspirators of July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler appears at People's Court] (German, English translation does not)
• [The German Resistance and July 20 Plot | Operation Valkyrie (1944)]
1949 – The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
1950 – Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Harry Gold]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Klaus Fuchs]
• [Digging for Gold: The Story of Harry Gold, NE Philly's Atom Spy]
1951 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Abdullah I of Jordan]
• [Newsreel: King Abdullah Assassinated (1951)]
1954 – Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
1960 – Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
1960 – The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
1961 – French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
1968 – The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
• [Apollo 11 landing from PDI to Touchdown]
• [Apollo 11 - Day 5 (Full Mission)]
• [Apollo 11 Real-Time Mission Experience] (blue button for real-time)
1969 – A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
• [Wikipedia: Football War]
• [El Salvador-Honduras 1969 Football War] (includes newsreel footage)
• [Football War - MiniWars #2]
1974 – Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• [Wikipedia: Viking 1]
• [How Viking Conquered Mars: Entry, Descent, and Landing]
• [Homemade Documentaries: The Viking Mission]
• [Viking Landing Commentary First Picture 7-20-76]
• [Carl Sagan Mars the Search Begins Nasa Mariner & Viking Missions] (Narrated by Carl Sagan)
• [Mission Website]
1977 – The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.
1977 – The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
• [Wikipedia: Johnstown flood of 1977]
• [WJAC-TV: 1977 Johnstown Flood]
1981 – Somali Airlines Flight 40 crashes in the Balad District of Somalia, killing 40 people.
1982 – Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
1985 – The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
1989 – Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
1992 – Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
1994 - Alexander Lukashenko is inaugurated as the first president of Belarus
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Lukashenko: The story of 'Europe's Last Dictator | EuroNews]
• [Why is Belarus a country? - History of Belarus in 10 Minutes | Knowledgia (video)]
1997 – The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
• [Wikipedia: USS Constitution]
• [The USS Constitution Old Ironsides (Documentary)]
• [USS Constitution: The US Navy's Most Iconic Ship? | Timeline]
1999 – The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
2005 – The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
2012 – James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
• [Wikipedia: 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting]
• [Aurora, Colorado Mass Shooting at Movie Theater (ABC News RAW VIDEO)]
• [What James Holmes thought and felt during the massacre | 60 Minutes]
• [James Holmes | Mental Health & Personality | What is Schizotypal Personality? | Dr Todd Grande]
• [After Aurora | KUSA-TV (Denver, CO)]
2012 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.
2013 – Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
2013 – Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn ends with the expulsion of Islamist forces from the city by the People's Protection Units (YPG).
• [Wikipedia: Syrian civil war (2011-present)]
• [Wikipedia]
• [Syria 2013 | A Guide to Watching Syria's War | The New York Times]
• [Wikipedia: Ras al-Ayn]
2015 – A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
2015 – The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.
2017 – O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.
• [AP News (video)]
• [O.J. Simpson Parole Hearing (Full) | NBC News]
• [Wikipedia: OJ Simpson robbery case]
2020 - Scientists find evidence of volcanoes on Venus, showing the planet is not as dormant as previously thought (Nature Geoscience)
• [Corona structures driven by plume–lithosphere interactions and evidence for ongoing plume activity on Venus | Nature Geoscience]
• [37 Enormous Strangely Shaped Volcanoes Found on Venus | Antov Petrov (video)]
• [Lunch Break Science: Volcanic Activity on Venus | Science Museum of Virginia (video lecture)]
2021 - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos goes into space in first unpiloted suborbital flight with all-civilian crew, aboard rocket developed by his company Blue Origin
• [Replay - New Shepard First Human Flight (Blue Origin Video)]
• [Replay - First Human Flight Post-Flight Press Conference (Blue Origin Video)]
• [Wikipedia: Blue Origin]
• [CNET Highlights Video]
• [Jeff Bezos returns to Earth after successful Blue Origin space flight (ABC News VIdeo Coverage)]
2021 - New York records the worst air quality in the world due to smoke from 80 wild fires on the US west coast
• [The Guardian] Back to Top
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, July 20, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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