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Friday, March 29, 2024

It is Finished

 Petra - It Is Finished 


It took Jesus about six hours to die on the cross, from about 9am to 3pm, which translates to from 2am to 8am Eastern Daylight Time.


The King on a Cross

32 Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross. 33 And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, 34 they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.

35 Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet:

They divided My garments among them,

And for My clothing they cast lots.”

36 Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there. 37 And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him:

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.

39 And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads 40 and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

41 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said, 42 “He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. 43 He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

44 Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.

Jesus Dies on the Cross

45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” 48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.

49 The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”

50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.

51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

55 And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, 56 among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

--Matthew 27:32-56 (NKJV)

Weekend Weather Briefing for March 29, 2024





Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

Dry high pressure settles over the region to start the weekend. A warming trend is expected through the first part of next week, with temperatures well above normal. A cold front is forecast to reach our region from the northwest in the middle of next week, bringing another chance of rain and cooler temperatures.






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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Sunday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Increasing clouds, with a low around 39. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Saturday



Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind becoming west 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 49. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Easter

Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight

Increasing clouds, with a low around 41. West northwest wind around 7 mph.

Saturday

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 67. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 49. West northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Easter

Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Sunny, with a high near 67. Light north wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tonight

Increasing clouds, with a low around 42. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Easter

Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. West wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.


Nantahala Area



Today

Sunny, with a high near 64. Light west northwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Tonight

Increasing clouds, with a low around 42. Southwest wind around 6 mph.

Saturday

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 69. West southwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 50. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Easter

Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Light west southwest wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.


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Hazards



Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.


Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (10.6 out of 12) today with Maple, Oak, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.7 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for March 29th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
Lowest Temperature 11°F in Highlands in 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date in Macon County since record-keeping began in 1872. This is the first date in the year this has occurred).

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021 (also a state record for this date)
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993

Record Weather Events for March 29th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 97°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1907
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2015
Greatest Rainfall 6.43 inches in Highlands, Macon Countyin 1898
Greatest Snowfall 3.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1916
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of March Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 03-27-1921
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-03-1980
Greatest Rainfall 10.10 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 03-04-1979
Greatest Snowfall 36.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-13-1993




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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)

March 2024 Schedule

3-30-24---Sonia Brooks & Chuck Dorling--Come hear and sing along with a gal who loves folk and popular music of the past decades. She loves to entertain and make sure that the songs are preserved and shared with all age groups. Chuck is right along with her & on his own.... singin' the blues.

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.










On This Day

March 29th is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 277 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)




845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.

1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses.

1500 – Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.

1549 – The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.

1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.

1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.

1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.

1809 РKing Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'̩tat. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.

1831 – Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.

1847 – Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.

1849 – The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.

1857 – Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.

1865 – American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.

1867 – Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.

1867 – Congress approves Lincoln Memorial

1871 – Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.

1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.

1882 – The Knights of Columbus is established.

1886 – John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.

1911 – The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.

1927 – Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.

1930 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.

1936 – The 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for the recent remilitarization of the Rhineland.

1941 – The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.

1941 – World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.

1942 – The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.

1945 – World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.

1945 – World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.

1946 – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.

1947 – Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.

1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.

1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.

1961 – After a four year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge

1962 – Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11​1⁄2 day constitutional crisis.

1971 – My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.

1973 – Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.

1973 – Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.

1974 – NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.

1974 – Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.

1982 – The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.

1984 – The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.

1990 – The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.

1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.

1994 – Serbs and Croats sign a peace treaty to end the war in Croatia

1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.

1999 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.

2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. 2004 – Bulga

ria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.

2010 – Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.

2013 – At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

2014 – The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.

2017 – Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

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Published at 5:00am on Friday, March 29, 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. 


Thursday, March 28, 2024

News and Weather Briefing for Thursday, March 28, 2024





Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

Low pressure will develop along a stalled frontal boundary over the eastern Carolinas, keeping clouds and intermittent rain along and east of Interstate 77 through early today then the front will move to the East Coast. Drier and warmer weather is expected Friday into the first part of next week. A cold front is forecast to reach our region from the northwest in the middle of the week bringing another chance of rain and cooler temperatures.






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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Saturday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Friday

Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday

Sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Windy.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Friday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs near 70. Windy.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 50.


Nantahala Area



Today

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight

Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Friday

Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 50.


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Hazards



Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.


Back to Top Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (11.5 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.1 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for March 28th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 85°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Franklin in 1982
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.64 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 2.3 inches in Highlands in 1893

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993

Record Weather Events for March 28th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 94°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1907
Lowest Temperature 7°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1982
Greatest Rainfall 4.52 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 2005
Greatest Snowfall 11.0 inches in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1947
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of March Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 03-27-1921
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-03-1980
Greatest Rainfall 10.10 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 03-04-1979
Greatest Snowfall 36.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-13-1993




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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)

March 2024 Schedule

3-30-24---Sonia Brooks & Chuck Dorling--Come hear and sing along with a gal who loves folk and popular music of the past decades. She loves to entertain and make sure that the songs are preserved and shared with all age groups. Chuck is right along with her & on his own.... singin' the blues.

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---

Homelessness numbers surged 64 percent in a year in one North Carolina county | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)



NCAA president calls for ban on prop bets in college sports | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)



• Not even hungry caterpillars like Bradford pears [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]

• NCAA president calls for ban on prop bets in college sports [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• As WCU set to expand engineering department, defense contractor to add nearly 100 jobs [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• All together now: Haywood Tourism Development Authority eyes countywide approach [Smoky Mountain News]

• Gardening with Xpress: Replenish the soil so your plants can ‘eat’ [Mountain Xpress]

• NC Wildlife to stock over 600,000 trout in 1,000 miles of hatchery supported waters [Asheville Citizen-Times]



---NATIONAL---

What the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse means for shipping companies | Yahoo Finance



NTSB provides update on timeline of bridge collapse | WBFF-TV (Baltimore, MD)



• No timeline for Baltimore port reopening following bridge collapse [Journal of Commerce]

• Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82 [Washington Post]

• L.A. Times reporters attacked by Minnesota troopers will settle lawsuit for $1.2 million [Los Angeles Times]

• TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit [AP News]

• Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a sharp rise in dengue cases [PBS NewsHour]

• Disney Ends Its Fight With DeSantis Over Resort Development [New York Times]


International News Headlines

Paris prepares security operation for 2024 Olympics | NBC News



ISIS-K Moscow attacks – who is at risk? | DW News Desk



Why is ISIS-K attacking Russia? | About That | CBS News



• Strikes by IDF, Hezbollah kill several in Lebanon and Israel [DW News]

• Haiti's future governing council vows to restore public order [France 24]

• Burnings and beheadings: Myanmar junta escalates terror tactics against its people [CNN]

• Russia executed at least 32 Ukrainian POWs since December 2023: report [TVP World]

• Denying Russia’s Only Strategy for Success [xxx]

• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Unarmed Palestinians killed, buried by bulldozer [Al Jazeera]

• Israel prepares for Rafah incursion as rescued hostages detail time in captivity [Jerusalem Post]



MV Dali and Port of Baltimore Update - March 27, 2024 | What's Going on With Shipping?



Washington Today (3-27-24): Sec Buttigieg: no timeline yet to reopen Baltimore port, rebuild bridge | C-SPAN



Global National: March 27, 2024 | 2 bodies recovered in Baltimore bridge crash, 4 still missing



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 27, 2024


"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | March 27 2024


NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 27 NBC News


PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 27 2024)



---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---

Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil | Economics Explained



• The Sky This Week from March 22 to 29: The Full Moon eclipsed [Astronomy Magazine]

• This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 22 – 31 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

The Level1 Show March 27 2024: 2 Remote 2 Promote | Level1 Techs



State of the Video Game Biz - DTNS 4735 Extended | Daily Tech News Show





On This Day

March 28th is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 278 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 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.

193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.

364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.

1566 – The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.

1801 – Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.

1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.

1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.

1814 – War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.

1842 – First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.

1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.

1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.

1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.

1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near in France.

1918 – General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector.[17] Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".

1918 – Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.

1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.

1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.

1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.

1942 – World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.

1946 – Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.[25]

1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.

1965 – An Mw  7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.

1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.

1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.

1970 – An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.

1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.

1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.

1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.

1990 – United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

1994 – In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.

1999 – Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.

2003 – In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.

2005 – An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.

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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, March 28, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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