OUTLOOK
High pressure will build over the region in the wake of a departing trough today. The high tracks east off the Carolina coast Friday, leading to warmer high temperatures Friday and Saturday. A potential tropical low tracking out of the Gulf of Mexico may lead to an influx of moisture later this weekend. Early next week, the low should track out of the southeastern United States, followed by a cold front arriving from the northwest. Past midweek, dry high pressure should return to the region.
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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.
NC Dept of Justice Releases May 2021 Highlights [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Saturday Night
Franklin area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows inthe lower 60s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of rain between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-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
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds early increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of rain between 11pm and 3am, then a chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 72. Light and variable wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday Night
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows inthe lower 60s. Light south southwest wind.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers before 11pm, then a chance of rain, then a chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers likely, mainly after 11am. The rain could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of rain between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 50%.
HAZARDS
Tropical moisture and an associated circulation is expected to pass west to east across the forecast area late this weekend. While confidence is low on the specifics, many areas will likely be at risk of locally heavy rainfall on Sunday and Monday.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jun 18 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Three, located over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
Storm in the Gulf of Mexico expected to bring heavy rains and flooding hazards to the Southern U.S.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle range of yellow.
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 low-medium range (4.1 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range range (3.9 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 17th
Highest Temperature 93°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1944
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest Rainfall 2.18 inches in Highlands in 1971
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
NYC to throw ticker tape parade in July to celebrate health care heroes, essential workers [LINK]
Level1 News June 18 2021: Moonmade Climate Change
On This Day
June 18th is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 196 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)
618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Wikipedia: Tang Dynasty]
• [VIDEO: Establishing Tang Dynasty - Li Yuan & Li Shimin's Family Project - Tang Dynasty Origin 1]
• [VIDEO: How did Tang Dynasty of China dominate East and Central Asia?]
656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
• [Wikipedia: Ali as Caliph]
• [Wikipedia: Rashidun Caliphate]
• [VIDEO: History of Islam, Part 4 of 5: Partisans of Ali]
860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus and starts pillaging the suburbs of the Byzantine capital Constantinople.
• [Slavs and Vikings: Medieval Russia and the Origins of the Kievan Rus]
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Consantinople (860)]
1053 – Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Civitate 1053 - Norman Conquest of Italy]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Civitate]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Humphrey of Hauteville]
• [Wikipedia: Pope Leo IX]
1155 - Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor
• [Wikipedia Bio: Pope Adrian IV]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor]
1178 – Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
• [Wikipedia: Giodorno Bruno (crater)]
• [The Monk’s Tale]
• [Giordano Bruno crater (4K UHD)]
• [KAGUYA taking "Giordano Bruno" by HDTV]
1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
• [Wikipedia: List of Parliaments of Ireland]
1265 – A draft Byzantine–Venetian treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, but is not ratified by Doge Reniero Zeno.
• [Wikipedia: Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1268]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Reniero Zeno]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Michael VIII Palaiologos]
1429 – French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Patay]
• [Wikipedia Bio: John Fastolf]
• [Battle of Patay 1429 AD - Joan of Arc and the Siege of Orleans - Hundred Years' War]
1541 - Irish parliament selects Henry VIII of England as King of Ireland
• [Henry VIII and Ireland]
1629 - Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn beats the Dunkirkers, commerce raiders in the service of the Spanish Monarchy
• [Wikipedia Bio: Piet Pieterszoon Hein]
• [Wikipedia: Dunkirkers]
1633 – Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
1639 - Treaty of Berwick: Ends the First Bishops' War between England and Scotland
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Berwick (1639)]
• [Wikipedia: Bishops' Wars]
• [VIDEO: What were the Bishops' Wars? | The Scottish Prelude to the English Civil War]
1643 - Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies
• [Five Minute Battles #5 The Battle of Chalgrove English Civil War 1643]
• [Battle of Chalgrove Field]
1682 - William Penn founds Philadelphia, US
• [Wikipedia: History of Philadelphia]
• [Wikipedia Bio: William Penn/a>]
1684 – The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
1757 – Battle of KolÃn between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
• [Wikipedia article: Battle of KolÃn]
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
1799 РAction of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perr̩e is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith.
• [Wikipedia]
1812 – The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom is signed by President James Madison, beginning the War of 1812.
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [The British-American War of 1812 - Explained in 13 Minutes]
• [Wikipedia: War of 1812]
• [History: The War of 1812 Documentary]
1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
• [Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo 1815]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Waterloo]
• [The Napoleonic Wars (PARTS 1-6)]
1821 - Carl Maria von Weber's opera "Der Freischutz" ("The Marksman") premieres at Schauspielhaus, Berlin , Germany
• [Wikipedia: Der Freischütz]
• [VIDEO: Der Freischütz (1968)]
• [AUDIO: Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischutz, Carlos Kleiber]
1822 – Konstantinos Kanaris blows up the Ottoman navy's flagship at Chios, killing the Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Konstantinos Kanaris]
• [Wikipedia: Greek War of Independence]
• [Wikipedia: Chios massacre]
• [Greek Othodox Christian TV: How Chios Saved Civilization 9 - The Massacre of 1822] (poor audio quality at times)
1847 - American photographer Thomas Martin Easterly takes the earliest known photograph of lightning using the daguerreotype process in St. Louis, Missouri
• [The First Photographs of Lightning Crackle with Electric Chaos]
• [Daguerreotype]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1858 – Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
1859 – First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Petersburg - Ulysses S. Grant ends four days of assaults and begins a nine month siege
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Petersburg]
• [Under Siege! - S01E05: Petersburg 1864]
1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• [The Trial of Susan B. Anthony (PDF)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Susan B Anthony]
1887 – The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1900 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
• [Clip from a Documentary on Cixi, the Opium War, and the Boxer Rebellion]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [History China: Cixi Bio Part 1]
• [History China: Cixi Bio Part 2]
1908 – Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• [Wikipedia: Japanese Brazilians]
• [Wikipedia: Kasato Maru]
• [Unseen Japan: The Japanese who Came to Call Brazil Home]
• [Rio de Janeiro Soloists Orchestra: Kasato Maru]
1908 – The University of the Philippines is established.
1912 - The Chicago national Republican Convention splits between President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt; after Taft is nominated, Roosevelt and progressive elements of the Party form the Progressive Party (also known as the 'Bull Moose Party')
• [Wikipedia: 1912 Republican National Convention]
• [Progressive Party (United States, 1912)]
• [VIDEO: The Historical Progressive Movement and The Republicans | The Rise of Teddy Roosevelt]
• [Wikipedia: Fourth Party System] (Mainly for background on the weider political struggles)
1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• [Wikipedia]
1924 - Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque
• [Text of Document]
1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
1935 – Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ballantyne Pier]
• [Documentary: Ballantyne Pier Riot]
1940 – World War II: Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
• [Newsreel]
• [France 24: De Gaulle's 18 June 1940 Call: "Without Churchill's help he would have been nowhere"]
• [Newsreel (French)]
1940 – World War II: The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill to the British House of Commons.
• [Audio of Speech (date given as June 16th)]
• [International Churchill Society]
1941 - World War II: Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany
• [German–Turkish Treaty of Friendship]
• [Knowledgia: Why was Turkey Neutral in WW2?]
1942 - World War II: Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st African American ensign in US Navy
• [The National WW II Museum]
1943 - World War II: SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau
1945 – World War II: William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [The Capture and Execution of William Joyce]
• [BBC Radio: The Story of Lord Haw Haw and his Trial (2015) ]
1946 – Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
1948 - National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time
1948 - American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights
• [LINK TEXT]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [ibrary 101: Library Bill of Rights]
The Library Bill of Rights
I. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
II. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.
IV. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
V. A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.
VI. Libraries which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.
VII. All people, regardless of origin, age, background, or views, possess a right to privacy and confidentiality in their library use. Libraries should advocate for, educate about, and protect people’s privacy, safeguarding all library use data, including personally identifiable information.
1948 – Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
• [WIRED: June 21, 1948: Columbia's Microgroove LP Makes Albums Sound Good]
• [How a forgotten 1949 Format War shaped the future of records]
1948 – Britain, France and the United States announce that on June 21, the Deutsche Mark will be introduced in western Germany and West Berlin. Over the next six days, Communists increasingly restrict access to Berlin.
1953 – The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
• [Wikipedia article on the revolution]
• [Wikipedia: Muhammad Ali dynasty]
• [Newsreel: Egyptian Coup D'etat (1952)]
1953 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• [The Tachikawa Air Disaster ： Uncovering the Evanescent Memories] (English subtitles)
• [The Tachikawa Air Disaster ： the American Breaved Families's Memories] (follow on video)
• [Wikipedia article]
1954 РThe Cold War: Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'̩tat.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [1954 Guatemalan coup d'état]
• [The Cold War: Latin America post World War II, Guatemalan coup d'etat 1954]
1965 – Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
1972 – Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after takeoff from London's Heathrow Airport.
• [Documentary: British European Airways Flight 548 (BEA Flight 548)]
• [Wikipedia article]
1973 - Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev visits the US and President Nixon
• [Richard Nixon Foundation: Summit II, 1973: Brezhnev Visits the United States]
• [WikipediaL Washington Summit (1973)]
• [Nixon Foundation Video]
1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Jimmy Carter SALT II Treaty signing June 18 1979 archival footage]
• [SALT 2 Strategic Arms Negotiations]
• [Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: SALT II and the U.S. Senate]
1981 – The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
• [2001: In-Depth look at the Elusive F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter]
• [History Channel Documentary]
• [Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk: The Futuristic Ghost Plane]
1982 – Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Roberto Calvi Gods Banker Life & Death]
1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
• [NASA Mission Page]
• [Wikipedia Mission Page]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Post Flight Presentation]
• [Sally Ride: An Inspiration for a Generation]
1983 – Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the Baháʼà Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Yahoo! News Article on Iranian Religiius Persection of the Baha’is]
1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Orgreave]
• [2001 Documentary]
• [Yvette Vanson Documentary]
1987 - Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
• [AP VIDEO]
• [Dartmouth Lecture: Charles Glass - The Horror of Syria|| What Happened, What Might Have Been Different]
• [Strafor Podcast: Conversation with Former Hostage Charles Glass]
1991 - Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, arrives in US
1991 - Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
1994 – The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
• [Wikipedia: Loughinisland massacre]
1996 - Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1998 – Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11.
2006 – The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [14th Annivesary Retrospective] (Russian language-select closed caption, then translate)
2007 – The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
• [Fire Engineering: The Fires That Forged Us: Sofa Super Store Fire]
• [FIPT 107 Group Project: Charleston Sofa Super Store Incident]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [NIST Study on Charleston Furniture Store Fire Calls for National Safety Improvements] (Scroll down to stop auto-playing video)
2009 – The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.
• [NASA Mission Page]
• [Wikipedia Mission Page]
• [Arizona University LROC Mission Page]
2014 - King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicates the Spanish throne to make way for his son Felipe VI
• [Wikipedia Bio: Juan Carlos I]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Felipe VI]
2015 - Pope Francis blames human selfishness for global warming in his encyclical, named "Laudato Si (Be Praised), On the Care of Our Common Home"
• [Text and Video from US Conference of Bishops]
2016 - Soyuz capsule returns to Earth 1st British International Space Station astronaut Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Timothy Kopra after 186 days
2017 - Rare magnitude-four earthquake causes a tsunami to hit Nuugaatsiaq in northwestern Greenland
• [Gelogoly Page Collected Video]
• [Weather.com article]
2018 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes northern Osaka.
• [Wikipedia article]
2018 - President Trump orders US military to set up sixth branch of the military - a space force
• [Official Website: USSF History]
• [Wikipedia article]
• [LINK TEXT]
2018 - Ferry sinks on Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia, with 193 suspected dead
2019 - US President Donald Trump announces his campaign for reelection
2019 - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announces the suspension of the pro-China and highly controversial extradition law, after massive protests in the city
2020 - US Supreme Court rules the Obama-era Dreamers Program (DACA), enabling undocumented migrant children ability to study and work, can stay
2020 - Global COVID-19 death toll passes 450,000 (451,118) with 8,421,357 cases known according to Johns Hopkins figures
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