OUTLOOK
High pressure will linger across the forecast area today, with below normal temperatures and mostly dry weather continuing. The high will settle off the East Coast Friday through the weekend, bringing moisture back into the region and a return of diurnal showers and thunderstorms through the middle of next week.
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Local News Update
(National News is published after the Macon Calendar section)
PRESS RELEASE (06-24-2021)
NCDOT MACON COUNTY
what: Contracting opportunities for small, disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs)
when: Saturday, June 26, 10 a.m. – Noon
where: Macon County Maintenance Yard, 220 Windy Gap Road, Franklin
details: The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division of Highways in partnership with the agency’s Office of Civil Rights is inviting small, disadvantaged business enterprises to learn more about contracting opportunities with the department.
From 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, NCDOT staff will be hosting an in-person, outreach event in your area to explain how to do business with the agency, upcoming work opportunities in the area and how to apply for transportation contracts.
Types of contract work available include mowing, tree cutting, landscaping, snow and ice removal, emergency and janitorial work, traffic control, road maintenance, paving, striping and construction.
The event is hosted by NCDOT’s Chief Engineer’s Office. NCDOT staff will be available for interviews.
Visit NCDOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Outreach webpage for more information at [https://www.ncdot.gov/divisions/highways/Pages/highways-dbe-outreach.aspx]
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 Sunday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 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 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds becoming in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 40%.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5mph in the afternoon. 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 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in ther upper 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the midafternoon hours. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80 Light winds out of the south. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Sunday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Sunday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jun 25 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A strong tropical wave located over the far eastern Atlantic off the African coast is producing a broad and disorganized area of showers and a few thunderstorms. As the system moves west- northwestward into the central Atlantic Ocean during the next few days, conditions appear at best only marginally conducive for development due to relatively cool ocean temperatures. However, some development of this system is still possible by early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper 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 low-medium range (3.3 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 25th
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Highlands in 1922
Greatest Rainfall 4.05 inches in Highlands in 1912
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
Level1 News June 25 2021: Quoth the AG: Let Me Snore!
Dr John Campbell: Update and Delta Plus variant
On This Day
June 25th is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 189 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)
524 – The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Vézeronce]
841 – In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Fontenoy (841)]
1258 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Acre (1258)]
• [Wikiepdia: War of Saint Sabas]
• [History of Venice: Rise to Glory]
1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
• [Wikipedia: Augsburg Confession]
• [Discerning History: The Reasons Behind the Augsburg Confession]
• [The Augsburg Confession by Philipp MELANCHTHON read by Jonathan Lange | Full Audio Book]
• [PDF Copy of The Augsburg Confession]
1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Rio Nuevo]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)]
1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Elena Cornaro Piscopia]
1741 – Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Maria Theresa]
1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
1788 – Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1848 – A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
• [An Actual Photo Of Paris Street In The June Days Uprising, Rue Saint-Maur, June 25, 1848]
1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Little Bighorn]
• [Wikipedia Bio: George Armstrong Custer]
• [Wikipedia: Great Sioux War of 1876]
• [Sioux Wars | 3 Minute History]
• [Battle of the Little Bighorn - Custer's Last Stand | History |]
• [C-SPAN Cities Tour - Billings: Battle of the Little Bighorn]
• [(LibriVox Recording) Custer Battlefield: A History And Guide To The Battle Of The Little Bighorn by Robert Marshall UTLEY]
1900 – The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
• [Wikipedia: Dunhuang manuscripts]
1906 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• [Library of Congress: Murder of Stanford White and the First "Trial of the Century"]
• [A Rooftop Murder: Stanford White, Henry Thaw, and the Trial of the Century]
• [A Murderous Triangle - Stanford White, Harry Thaw & Evelyn Nesbit]
1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
• [Wikipeda: Mann Act]
1910 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
• [Wikipedia: The Firebird]
• [Wikipedia: Igor Stravinsky]
• [Igor Stravinsky Conducts The Firebird (suite)] (09-14-1965)
• [Stravinsky Ballet The Firebird]
1913 – American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913, the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
• [Wikipedia: 1913 Gettysburg reunion]
• [Video Slideshow by Ken Hendricksen]
• [Footage of Civil War Veterans at 50yr Anniversary in 1913 & 75yr Anniversary in 1938]
1929 - US President Herbert Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam]
• [The Hoover Dam - Megastructures - Full National Geographic Documentary]
• [INSIDE The Hoover Dam - A VIP Tour!]
1935 – Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
1940 – World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
• [Newsreel Footage]
1941 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802, which forbids racial discrimination in the defense industry
• [Executive Order 8802]
• [Executive order 8802 a piece of History a Special Report]
• [DOCUMENT: Executive Order 8802 by Franklin D. Roosevelt | June 25, 1941]
1942 - Major General Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of US forces in Europe
• [History.com: Eisenhower takes command]
1943 – The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
• [Wikipedia: Częstochowa Ghetto uprising]
• [Life in the Czestochowa Ghetto]
• [Yale University: Remembering Częstochowa, Poland]
1943 – The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Goldstein]
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Tali-Ihantala]
• [Wikipedia: Continuation War]
• [The-Battle-of-Tali-Ihantala]
• [Battle of Tali-Ihantala: When Finland beat a force 3 times their size...for the second time.]
1944 – World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cherbourg]
• [Masrk Felton: D-Day - The Battle of Cherbourg]
• [Silent Newsreel]
1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
• [Wikipiedia: Krazy Kat]
• [The Best Comic of the 20th Century - Krazy Kat by George Herriman]
• [Wikipedia Bio: George Herriman]
1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• [Wikipedia: The Diary of a Young Girl]
• [ANNE FRANK'S DIARY - An animated feature film]
• [Anne Frank:The Diary of a Young Girl] (Audiobook)
1948 - Harry Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US)
• [Wikipedia: Displaced Persons Act]
1950 – The Cold War: The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• [Wikipedia: Korean War]
• [Korean War 1950-1953 - The Cold War]
• [North Korea Invades South Korea]
• [Newsreel Footage]
1960 – Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• [Wikipedia: Martin and Mitchell defection]
• [(SpyCast) Martin & Mitchell: The Defectors]
• [Defense Department General Counsel J. Vincent Burke on Martin & Mitchell Defection 9/15/1960]
1975 – Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
1975 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
• [Wikipedia: The Emergency (India)]
• [In Depth : The Emergency in India]
• [Summary of Emergency Period (1975 – 1977) in India | Rise and Fall of Indira Gandhi]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Indira Gandhi]
1976 – Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• [Wikipedia: Mormon Extermination Order]
1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1990 - African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela meets with President George H. W. Bush at the White House
• [Nelson Mandela's First Visit to Washington]
• [AP Archive Video]
1991 – Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1992 - STS 50 launches (Columbia)
• [Wikipedia: STS-50]
• [CNN Coverage of The Launch of STS-50]
1993 – Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
• [Khobar Towers bombing]
• [AP Video: B-Roll and Clinton Reaction]
• [BLUE: Episode 15 : Khobar Towers]
1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
• [Wikipedia: Progress M-34]
• [Michael Foale explains the collision of the Progress M-34 resupply spacecraft]
• [Remembering near-death dramas on a Russian space station]
1997 – The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
• [Clinton v. City of New York]
• [JUSTIA: Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998)]
• [Clinton v. City of New York Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
2015 - Obamacare subsidies in The Affordable Care Act preserved by US Supreme Court Ruling in King v Burwell 6-3
• [King v. Burwell]
• [JUSTIA: King v. Burwell, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)]
• [Legal Information Institute]
• [OYEZ: King v. Burwell] (Oral Arguments)
2017 – The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has over 200,000 cases of cholera.
• [Wikipedia: 2016–2021 Yemen cholera outbreak]
• [The life and death struggle against cholera in Yemen]
• [Yemen's Civil War Has Unleashed A Deadly Cholera Outbreak]
• [Who is to blame for the cholera outbreak in Yemen? | Inside Story]
2018 - Californian Governor Jerry Brown declares State of Emergency for wildfire spread over 8,200 acres in Lake County
• [Wikipedia: Pawnee Fire]
• [CALFIRE: Pawnee Fire]
• [KPIX-TV Raw Video: Lake County Wildfire]
• [State Of Emergency Declared In Lake County Over Pawnee Fire]
2021 - New type of ancient human announced "Nesher Ramla Homo" 140,000-120,000 years ago, possible Neanderthal ancestors uncovered in Ramla, Israel
• [A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel] (login needed for full text)
• [Israeli fossil finds reveal a new hominid group, Nesher Ramla Homo]
• [Nesher Ramla Homo: New fossil discovery from Israel points to complicated evolutionary process]
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Published at 4:00am on Frisday, June 25, 2021
NC Dept of Justice Releases May 2021 Highlights [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Sunday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 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 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds becoming in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 40%.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5mph in the afternoon. 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 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in ther upper 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the midafternoon hours. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80 Light winds out of the south. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Sunday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Sunday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jun 25 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A strong tropical wave located over the far eastern Atlantic off the African coast is producing a broad and disorganized area of showers and a few thunderstorms. As the system moves west- northwestward into the central Atlantic Ocean during the next few days, conditions appear at best only marginally conducive for development due to relatively cool ocean temperatures. However, some development of this system is still possible by early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
Air Quality
Air quality is in the upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper 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 low-medium range (3.3 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 25th
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Highlands in 1922
Greatest Rainfall 4.05 inches in Highlands in 1912
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
Level1 News June 25 2021: Quoth the AG: Let Me Snore!
Dr John Campbell: Update and Delta Plus variant
On This Day
June 25th is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 189 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)
524 – The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Vézeronce]
841 – In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Fontenoy (841)]
1258 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Acre (1258)]
• [Wikiepdia: War of Saint Sabas]
• [History of Venice: Rise to Glory]
1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
• [Wikipedia: Augsburg Confession]
• [Discerning History: The Reasons Behind the Augsburg Confession]
• [The Augsburg Confession by Philipp MELANCHTHON read by Jonathan Lange | Full Audio Book]
• [PDF Copy of The Augsburg Confession]
1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Rio Nuevo]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)]
1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Elena Cornaro Piscopia]
1741 – Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Maria Theresa]
1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
1788 – Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1848 – A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
• [An Actual Photo Of Paris Street In The June Days Uprising, Rue Saint-Maur, June 25, 1848]
1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Little Bighorn]
• [Wikipedia Bio: George Armstrong Custer]
• [Wikipedia: Great Sioux War of 1876]
• [Sioux Wars | 3 Minute History]
• [Battle of the Little Bighorn - Custer's Last Stand | History |]
• [C-SPAN Cities Tour - Billings: Battle of the Little Bighorn]
• [(LibriVox Recording) Custer Battlefield: A History And Guide To The Battle Of The Little Bighorn by Robert Marshall UTLEY]
1900 – The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
• [Wikipedia: Dunhuang manuscripts]
1906 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• [Library of Congress: Murder of Stanford White and the First "Trial of the Century"]
• [A Rooftop Murder: Stanford White, Henry Thaw, and the Trial of the Century]
• [A Murderous Triangle - Stanford White, Harry Thaw & Evelyn Nesbit]
1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
• [Wikipeda: Mann Act]
1910 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
• [Wikipedia: The Firebird]
• [Wikipedia: Igor Stravinsky]
• [Igor Stravinsky Conducts The Firebird (suite)] (09-14-1965)
• [Stravinsky Ballet The Firebird]
1913 – American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913, the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
• [Wikipedia: 1913 Gettysburg reunion]
• [Video Slideshow by Ken Hendricksen]
• [Footage of Civil War Veterans at 50yr Anniversary in 1913 & 75yr Anniversary in 1938]
1929 - US President Herbert Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam]
• [The Hoover Dam - Megastructures - Full National Geographic Documentary]
• [INSIDE The Hoover Dam - A VIP Tour!]
1935 – Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
1940 – World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
• [Newsreel Footage]
1941 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802, which forbids racial discrimination in the defense industry
• [Executive Order 8802]
• [Executive order 8802 a piece of History a Special Report]
• [DOCUMENT: Executive Order 8802 by Franklin D. Roosevelt | June 25, 1941]
1942 - Major General Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of US forces in Europe
• [History.com: Eisenhower takes command]
1943 – The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
• [Wikipedia: Częstochowa Ghetto uprising]
• [Life in the Czestochowa Ghetto]
• [Yale University: Remembering Częstochowa, Poland]
1943 – The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Goldstein]
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Tali-Ihantala]
• [Wikipedia: Continuation War]
• [The-Battle-of-Tali-Ihantala]
• [Battle of Tali-Ihantala: When Finland beat a force 3 times their size...for the second time.]
1944 – World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cherbourg]
• [Masrk Felton: D-Day - The Battle of Cherbourg]
• [Silent Newsreel]
1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
• [Wikipiedia: Krazy Kat]
• [The Best Comic of the 20th Century - Krazy Kat by George Herriman]
• [Wikipedia Bio: George Herriman]
1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• [Wikipedia: The Diary of a Young Girl]
• [ANNE FRANK'S DIARY - An animated feature film]
• [Anne Frank:The Diary of a Young Girl] (Audiobook)
1948 - Harry Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US)
• [Wikipedia: Displaced Persons Act]
1950 – The Cold War: The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• [Wikipedia: Korean War]
• [Korean War 1950-1953 - The Cold War]
• [North Korea Invades South Korea]
• [Newsreel Footage]
1960 – Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• [Wikipedia: Martin and Mitchell defection]
• [(SpyCast) Martin & Mitchell: The Defectors]
• [Defense Department General Counsel J. Vincent Burke on Martin & Mitchell Defection 9/15/1960]
1975 – Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
1975 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
• [Wikipedia: The Emergency (India)]
• [In Depth : The Emergency in India]
• [Summary of Emergency Period (1975 – 1977) in India | Rise and Fall of Indira Gandhi]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Indira Gandhi]
1976 – Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• [Wikipedia: Mormon Extermination Order]
1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1990 - African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela meets with President George H. W. Bush at the White House
• [Nelson Mandela's First Visit to Washington]
• [AP Archive Video]
1991 – Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1992 - STS 50 launches (Columbia)
• [Wikipedia: STS-50]
• [CNN Coverage of The Launch of STS-50]
1993 – Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
• [Khobar Towers bombing]
• [AP Video: B-Roll and Clinton Reaction]
• [BLUE: Episode 15 : Khobar Towers]
1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
• [Wikipedia: Progress M-34]
• [Michael Foale explains the collision of the Progress M-34 resupply spacecraft]
• [Remembering near-death dramas on a Russian space station]
1997 – The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
• [Clinton v. City of New York]
• [JUSTIA: Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998)]
• [Clinton v. City of New York Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
2015 - Obamacare subsidies in The Affordable Care Act preserved by US Supreme Court Ruling in King v Burwell 6-3
• [King v. Burwell]
• [JUSTIA: King v. Burwell, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)]
• [Legal Information Institute]
• [OYEZ: King v. Burwell] (Oral Arguments)
2017 – The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has over 200,000 cases of cholera.
• [Wikipedia: 2016–2021 Yemen cholera outbreak]
• [The life and death struggle against cholera in Yemen]
• [Yemen's Civil War Has Unleashed A Deadly Cholera Outbreak]
• [Who is to blame for the cholera outbreak in Yemen? | Inside Story]
2018 - Californian Governor Jerry Brown declares State of Emergency for wildfire spread over 8,200 acres in Lake County
• [Wikipedia: Pawnee Fire]
• [CALFIRE: Pawnee Fire]
• [KPIX-TV Raw Video: Lake County Wildfire]
• [State Of Emergency Declared In Lake County Over Pawnee Fire]
2021 - New type of ancient human announced "Nesher Ramla Homo" 140,000-120,000 years ago, possible Neanderthal ancestors uncovered in Ramla, Israel
• [A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel] (login needed for full text)
• [Israeli fossil finds reveal a new hominid group, Nesher Ramla Homo]
• [Nesher Ramla Homo: New fossil discovery from Israel points to complicated evolutionary process]
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