OUTLOOK
Bermuda high pressure will be present in the western Atlantic while a cutoff low tracks across the south-central United States early next week. This setup will lead to an increase in shower and thunderstorm coverage late this weekend into next week. This summerlike pattern continues into middle to late next week leading to daily diurnal shower and thunderstorm chances.
Weather Alert
General pulse thunderstorms are expected across the region today, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours. The main impacts with these thunderstorms are cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
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Vet's Portrait Project for 2021
Vet's Portrait Project for 2021
The Macon County Art Association in Franklin is pleased to announce that the Vet’s Portrait Project will be held this year. This will be our ninth year for this event. Unfortunately, the pandemic precluded the project last year but the artists are ready to go for 2021. This year there are spots for 4-7 veterans as we had applications remaining from 2019. Please announce the call for Macon County Veterans or their family members to apply to have the Veteran’s portrait painted by one of our local artists. Vets or their families may apply at the gallery between Memorial Day and July 4th of this year. There is no cost to apply or for the portraits. The only requirement is that the Veteran or their family member be present to receive the portrait on Veterans Day November 11, 2021. Community members who wish to help support the costs for this program are also welcome. Contact the project chair by email at karen@programservices.org.
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Monday Night
Franklin area
Today
A 40% chance of rain, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Highlands area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 50%.
Otto area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. MondayShowers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 70%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Nantahala area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southeast wind. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. MondayShowers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 70%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
HAZARDS
General pulse thunderstorms are expected across the region today, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours. The main impacts with these thunderstorms are cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.7 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 4th
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 35°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1946
Greatest Rainfall 3.58 inches in Highlands in 1957
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
June Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°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 measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1872
Macon Calendar
The Macon County Art Association (a not-for-profit member organization) is offering classes in encaustic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday, July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.
For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at karen@programservices.org
National News Update
Federal Judge Overturns California's Ban on Assault Weapons
Facebook continues suspension of Trump for 2 years
PBS NewsHour live episode, June 4, 2021
On This Day
June 5 is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 209 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)
1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno. [Wikipedia article]
1288 – The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors. [Wikipedia article]
1610 – The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
1644 – The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty. [Wikipedia article] [Downfall of the Superpower China - Ming and Qing Dynasty]
1798 – The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated. [Wikipedia article]
1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
1829 – HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
1832 – The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe. [Wikipedia article]
1837 – Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper. [Wikipedia article] [Internet Archive] [1914 Silent Film] [1987 - Uncle Tom's cabin] [Audio Book Volume One] [Audio Book Volume Two]
1862 – As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans. [The French conquest of Vietnam and Indochina (1858 – 1907)] [Wikipedia article]
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners. [Wikipedia article] [NPS Video]
1873 – Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain. [History of Slavery in Zanzibar in the 19th Century] [Wikipedia article]
1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris. [First Orient Express train departs Paris]
1888 – The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place. [Wikipedia article]
1893 – The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia article on Lizzie Borden] [Lizzie Borden Trial Audio Transcript Project 1 Recap] [Smithsonian Channel] [National Humanities Center Lecture]
1900 – Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria. [Wikipedia article] [The Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)]
1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
1916 – Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. [National Constitution Center event] [Wikipedia article]
1916 – World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out. [Wikipedia article] [Dividing the Middle East - The Arab Revolt - Extra History - #2] [The Arab Revolt I THE GREAT WAR Week 98]
1917 – World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day". [THE DRAFT | The Selective Service Act | PBS] [Wikipedia article]
1940 – World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red"). [Wikipedia article] [Newsreels from the week]
1941 – World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing. [General Wikipedia article] [China's Forgotten War: Chongqing Blitz]
1942 – World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. This is the last formal declaration of war by the United States.
1944 – World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
1945 – The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power. [Newsreel] [Wikipedia article]
1946 – A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people. [Chicagology Article] [IFSTA Video: Learning from History - La Salle Hotel]
1947 – Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. [The Marshall Plan Speech (video presentation by the Marshall Foundation)] [George C Marshall Foundation Speech Transcript and Resources] [Wikipedia article] [The Cold War: Documentary on the Marshall Plan]
1949 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements. [Elvis Presley on the Milton Berle Show]
1959 – The first government of Singapore is sworn in. [Marking when Singapore's first fully-elected Government was sworn in]
1960 – The Lake Bodom murders occur in Finland. [Wikipedia article] [The Lake Bodom Murders]
1963 – The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair". [Wikipedia article]
1963 – Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers. [Wikipedia: 1963 demonstrations in Iran] [Newsreel]
1964 – DSV Alvin is commissioned. [Wikipedia article]
1967 – The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border. [Wikipedia article] [Line of Fire Documentary] [Kings and Generals Documentary]
1968 – Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan. [Wikipedia article] [Story Corps Interrview with an Eyewitness] [ABC News Report and Audio of the Assassination] [Live ABC News Coverage]
1975 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War. [Sadat at Re-opening of Suez Canal]
1975 – The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC). [BBC Newsnight Retrospective]
1976 – The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapses. Eleven people are killed as a result of flooding. [LINK TEXT] [Armchair Engineer: Lessons from Teton Dam] [Teton Dam Flood Documentary "One Saturday Morning"]
1981 – The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS. [Original Report]
1983 – More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service. [Wikipedia article]
1984 – Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion. [Wikipedia article]
1989 – The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. [Wikipedia article] [Raw Footage] [The Tank Man (full film) | FRONTLINE] [Vice News: The Story Behind the Iconic ‘Tank Man’ Photo]
1993 – Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
1995 – The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created. [General Wikipedia article]
1997 – The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
2000 – The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.
2004 – Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
2006 – Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
2009 – After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
2015 – An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0 struck Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on Mount Kinabalu, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.
2017 – Montenegro becomes the 29th member of the NATO.
2017 – Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.
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Published at 4:40am on Friday, June 04, 2021
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Monday Night
Franklin area
Today
A 40% chance of rain, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Highlands area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 50%.
Otto area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. MondayShowers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 70%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Nantahala area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southeast wind. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. MondayShowers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-70s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 70%.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
HAZARDS
General pulse thunderstorms are expected across the region today, mainly in the afternoon and evening hours. The main impacts with these thunderstorms are cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Jun 5 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.7 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 4th
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 35°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1946
Greatest Rainfall 3.58 inches in Highlands in 1957
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
June Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°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 measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1872
Macon Calendar
The Macon County Art Association (a not-for-profit member organization) is offering classes in encaustic painting on Specified Fridays from 10AM-12PM at the Uptown Gallery 30 E Main St Franklin NC. Specific class dates are Friday, July 9 and 23, August 3 and 27, September 3 and 17, October 29.
For more information contact the instructor, Karen Smith, at karen@programservices.org
National News Update
Federal Judge Overturns California's Ban on Assault Weapons
Facebook continues suspension of Trump for 2 years
PBS NewsHour live episode, June 4, 2021
On This Day
June 5 is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 209 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)
1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno. [Wikipedia article]
1288 – The Battle of Worringen ends the War of the Limburg Succession, with John I, Duke of Brabant, being one of the more important victors. [Wikipedia article]
1610 – The masque Tethys' Festival is performed at Whitehall Palace to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
1644 – The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty. [Wikipedia article] [Downfall of the Superpower China - Ming and Qing Dynasty]
1798 – The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated. [Wikipedia article]
1817 – The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
1829 – HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.
1832 – The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe. [Wikipedia article]
1837 – Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
1849 – Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution.
1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper. [Wikipedia article] [Internet Archive] [1914 Silent Film] [1987 - Uncle Tom's cabin] [Audio Book Volume One] [Audio Book Volume Two]
1862 – As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans. [The French conquest of Vietnam and Indochina (1858 – 1907)] [Wikipedia article]
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners. [Wikipedia article] [NPS Video]
1873 – Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain. [History of Slavery in Zanzibar in the 19th Century] [Wikipedia article]
1883 – The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris. [First Orient Express train departs Paris]
1888 – The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place. [Wikipedia article]
1893 – The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia article on Lizzie Borden] [Lizzie Borden Trial Audio Transcript Project 1 Recap] [Smithsonian Channel] [National Humanities Center Lecture]
1900 – Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria. [Wikipedia article] [The Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)]
1915 – Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
1916 – Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. [National Constitution Center event] [Wikipedia article]
1916 – World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out. [Wikipedia article] [Dividing the Middle East - The Arab Revolt - Extra History - #2] [The Arab Revolt I THE GREAT WAR Week 98]
1917 – World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day". [THE DRAFT | The Selective Service Act | PBS] [Wikipedia article]
1940 – World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red"). [Wikipedia article] [Newsreels from the week]
1941 – World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing. [General Wikipedia article] [China's Forgotten War: Chongqing Blitz]
1942 – World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. This is the last formal declaration of war by the United States.
1944 – World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
1945 – The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power. [Newsreel] [Wikipedia article]
1946 – A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people. [Chicagology Article] [IFSTA Video: Learning from History - La Salle Hotel]
1947 – Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. [The Marshall Plan Speech (video presentation by the Marshall Foundation)] [George C Marshall Foundation Speech Transcript and Resources] [Wikipedia article] [The Cold War: Documentary on the Marshall Plan]
1949 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements. [Elvis Presley on the Milton Berle Show]
1959 – The first government of Singapore is sworn in. [Marking when Singapore's first fully-elected Government was sworn in]
1960 – The Lake Bodom murders occur in Finland. [Wikipedia article] [The Lake Bodom Murders]
1963 – The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair". [Wikipedia article]
1963 – Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers. [Wikipedia: 1963 demonstrations in Iran] [Newsreel]
1964 – DSV Alvin is commissioned. [Wikipedia article]
1967 – The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border. [Wikipedia article] [Line of Fire Documentary] [Kings and Generals Documentary]
1968 – Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan. [Wikipedia article] [Story Corps Interrview with an Eyewitness] [ABC News Report and Audio of the Assassination] [Live ABC News Coverage]
1975 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War. [Sadat at Re-opening of Suez Canal]
1975 – The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC). [BBC Newsnight Retrospective]
1976 – The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapses. Eleven people are killed as a result of flooding. [LINK TEXT] [Armchair Engineer: Lessons from Teton Dam] [Teton Dam Flood Documentary "One Saturday Morning"]
1981 – The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS. [Original Report]
1983 – More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service. [Wikipedia article]
1984 – Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion. [Wikipedia article]
1989 – The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. [Wikipedia article] [Raw Footage] [The Tank Man (full film) | FRONTLINE] [Vice News: The Story Behind the Iconic ‘Tank Man’ Photo]
1993 – Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
1995 – The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created. [General Wikipedia article]
1997 – The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
2000 – The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
2003 – A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region.
2004 – Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
2006 – Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
2009 – After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
2015 – An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0 struck Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on Mount Kinabalu, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.
2017 – Montenegro becomes the 29th member of the NATO.
2017 – Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.
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