OUTLOOK
Strong high pressure will be maintained off the Atlantic coast over the next several days. Southeasterly flow around this high will bring increasing amounts of moisture to the region and return the chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms through the end of next week.
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Local News Update
(National News is published after the Macon Calendar section)
• This Week at the NCDOT for 06-25-2021 [LINK]
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 Monday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light and variable winds increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph by noon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A slight chance of thunderstorms, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming 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 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers in the midafternoon, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto area
Today
Isolated showers between 3pm and 5pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light and variable winds increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Nantahala area
Today
Mostly 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
Scattered showers, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 80.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A tropical wave over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean is producing an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms well south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. The wave is expected to move westward at 15 to 20 mph through the weekend over cooler waters that are located in the central tropical Atlantic, and therefore any development of this system should be slow to occur.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 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 range (1.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 25th
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 41°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1974
Greatest Rainfall 2.19 inches in Highlands in 1960
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
STREAMED LIVE: "The President's Own" Free Country - June 25, 2021
This year marks the 50th anniversary of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band first performing at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center. To celebrate, the Band kicks off a weekend of performances with Free Country, playing classic and modern hits and original songs with special guest vocalist Sara Niemietz of Postmodern Jukebox.
2021 Summer Series Full Schedule and Programs: [http://bit.ly/MarineBandSummer21]
Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s murder
President Biden delivers emotional remarks on COVID-19
Dr John Campbell: Changing symptoms
Dr John Campbell: Delta goes to Europe
On This Day
June 26th is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 188 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)
4 AD – Augustus adopts Tiberius.
• [Wiki Bio: Augustus]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Tiberius]
• [Wikipedia: Principate]
221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
• [Wikipedia: Elagabalus]
• [Severus Alexander]
363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
• [Killing Julian: the Death of an Emperor and the Religious History of the Later Roman Empire] (PDF, 171 pages)
• [Wikipedia: Julian (emperor)]
• [Epimetheus: The Rise and Fall of the Sassanid Persian Empire]
• [Wikipedia: Sasanian Empire]
• [Julian: Rise of the Last Pagan Emperor of Rome]
684 – Pope Benedict II is chosen.
699 – En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
• [Wikipedia: Shugendō]
• [Wikipedia Bio: En no Gyōja]
1243 – Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Köse Dağ]
1284 - According to the Lüneburg manuscript, a piper leads 130 children of Hamelin away
• [Pied Piper of Hamelin]
• [Exodus or Exitus? What happened to the Children of Hamelin?]
1295 – Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
1407 – Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
1409 – Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
1460 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
1483 – Richard III becomes King of England.
1522 – Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Rhodes (1522)]
• [Kings and Generals: Siege of Rhodes 1522 - Ottoman Wars]
• [Siege of Rhodes 1522] (Empires of the Sea: The Contest for the Center of the World By Roger Crowley)
1541 – Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
1579 – Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
1718 – Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1723 – After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
1740 – A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Fort Mose]
• [Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 9 - Fort Mose]
• [The War of Jenkin's Ear and King George's War, 1739 - 1748]
1794 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Fleurus (1794)]
1830 – William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.
1842 - Ellen G. White is baptized by John Hobart in Portland, Maine
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_G._White]
• [The Writings of Ellen G White]
1843 – Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Nanking]
• [HistoryPod Video About Treaty Signing and Background]
• [Wikipedia: First Opium War]
1848 – End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
1857 – The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
1886 – Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• [Henri Moissan: Winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1906]
1889 – Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
1906 – The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
1909 – The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• [The Science Museum Website]
• [Science Museum, London]
• [Science Museum, London | Walkthrough Tour July 2019 | 4k]
1917 – World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• [American Expeditionary Forces arriving in France, during World War I HD Stock Footage] (Silent Newsreel)
• [US Troops Enter WW1 | Timewatch | BBC Studios]
• [World War I: The American Legacy]
• [The Songs of World War I]
1918 – World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Belleau Wood]
• ["Over There! Part 3: Retreat, Hell! We Just Got Here!" U.S. Marines At Belleau Wood]
1924 – The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
1934 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• [Wikipedia: Federal Credit Union Act]
• [MyCreditUnion.gov]
• [12 USC Ch. 14: FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS]
1936 – Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• [Wikipedia: Focke-Wulf Fw 61]
• [Silent Newsreel Footage]
• [Focke Wulf Fw 61 - luftwaffe test pilot Hanna Reitsch]
1940 – World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
1941 – World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
1942 – The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• [Wikipedia Grumman F6F Hellcat]
• [Wings - Grumman F6F Hellcat]
• [LINKTEXT]
1944 – World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Osuchy]
1945 – The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
• [Newsreel]
• [Wikipedia: Charter of the United Nations]
1948 – Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
• [DoD: The Berlin Airlift: What It Was, Its Importance in the Cold War]
• [Harry S Truman Library: The Blockade of Berlin]
• [Assn for Diplomatic Studies and Training: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift of 1948]
1948 – William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• [Engineering and Technology Wiki: Wlliam Shockley]
• [Does the first transistor ever built still work?]
• [Documentary: Transistorized!]
1948 – Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
1952 – The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
1953 – Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
• [Wikipedia: Lavrentiy Beria]
1955 – The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• [Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter]
1959 – Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
1960 – The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
1960 – Madagascar gains its independence from France.
1963 – Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
• [John F. Kennedy - "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" Speech]
• [Wikipedia: Ich bin ein Berliner]
• [C-SPAN Reel America: President Kennedy in Berlin, 1963]
1967 – Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
• [HistoryPod Video ]
1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
• [American Indian Movement]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Leonard Peltier]
• [Tactical Wire: The Pine Ridge Shootout]
• [Wikipedia: Murder on a Reservation]
1977 – Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
• [Elvis Presley 1977 CBS last concert]
1978 – Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
1981 – Dan-Air Flight 240, flying to East Midlands Airport, crashes in Nailstone, Leicestershire. All three crew members perish.
1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
• [Yugoslavia War : Slovenia 21.6.1991]
• [Slovenian Ten-Day War: The Forgotten Balkan War]
• [News June 29, 1991 - Ten Day War in Yugoslavia/Slovenia]
• [Ten-Day War]
1993 - The U.S. launches a cruise missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H. W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
• [Wikipedia: 1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq]
• [Clinton Orders Missile Attack (1993)]
1995 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.
1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union]
• [Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union]
• [JUSTIA: Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)]
2000 – The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Official Website]
• [The Human Genome Project: The 13-Year Quest to Chart the Mysteries of Human Genetics]
2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
• [Wikipedia: Lawrence v. Texas]
• [JUSTIA: Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)]
• [Lawrence v. Texas Summary | quimbee.com]
2006 – Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
2007 – Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
2008 – A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
2012 – The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
• [Wikipedia: Waldo Canyon Fire]
• [NASA Earth Observatory: Waldo Canyon Fire Burn Scar]
• [PPLDTV In Our Own Backyard: Reflections on the Waldo Canyon Fire]
2013 – Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
2013 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Defense of Marriage Act]
• [Wikipedia: United States v. Windsor]
• [JUSTIA: United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013)]
• [United States v. Windsor Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
2015 – Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.
2015 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Obergefell v. Hodges]
• [JUSTIA: Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWSvCNBZxY]
2016 - Panama Canal's third set of locks opens for commercial traffic, doubling the Canal’s capacity at an estimated cost of $5.25 billion
• [Overview of the new Panama Canal expansion]
2018 - US Supreme Court upholds President Trump's travel ban against mostly Muslim countries
• [Wikipedia: Trump v. Hawaii]
• [JUSTIA: Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. ___ (2018)]
• [Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban]
2018 - Polio outbreak confirmed in New Guinea by WHO, 18 years after it was declared free of the disease
• [Polio was eliminated in the Asia-Pacific. Then it suddenly came back]
• [WHO: Reaching the Hagahai in Papua New Guinea]
• [AFP: Papua New Guinea scrambles to vaccinate as polio returns]
• [Papua New Guinea: Polio Outbreak - Jun 2018]
2020 - New York Times says Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked forces to kill US and coalition troops in Afghanistan
• [New York Times]
• [Wikipedia: Russian bounty program]
• [Fox News: Russian bounties may have led to deaths of three marines]
• [NBC News: Joe Biden Responds To Report Of Russian Bounties On U.S. Troops]
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Published at 4:00am on Saturday, June 26, 2021
NC Dept of Justice Releases May 2021 Highlights [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Monday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light and variable winds increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph by noon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A slight chance of thunderstorms, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming 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 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers in the midafternoon, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto area
Today
Isolated showers between 3pm and 5pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light and variable winds increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the mid-80s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Nantahala area
Today
Mostly 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
Scattered showers, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Sunny, with highs near 80.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
HAZARDS
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A tropical wave over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean is producing an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms well south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. The wave is expected to move westward at 15 to 20 mph through the weekend over cooler waters that are located in the central tropical Atlantic, and therefore any development of this system should be slow to occur.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 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 range (1.3 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 25th
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 41°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1974
Greatest Rainfall 2.19 inches in Highlands in 1960
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
STREAMED LIVE: "The President's Own" Free Country - June 25, 2021
This year marks the 50th anniversary of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band first performing at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center. To celebrate, the Band kicks off a weekend of performances with Free Country, playing classic and modern hits and original songs with special guest vocalist Sara Niemietz of Postmodern Jukebox.
2021 Summer Series Full Schedule and Programs: [http://bit.ly/MarineBandSummer21]
Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s murder
President Biden delivers emotional remarks on COVID-19
Dr John Campbell: Changing symptoms
Dr John Campbell: Delta goes to Europe
On This Day
June 26th is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 188 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)
4 AD – Augustus adopts Tiberius.
• [Wiki Bio: Augustus]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Tiberius]
• [Wikipedia: Principate]
221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
• [Wikipedia: Elagabalus]
• [Severus Alexander]
363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
• [Killing Julian: the Death of an Emperor and the Religious History of the Later Roman Empire] (PDF, 171 pages)
• [Wikipedia: Julian (emperor)]
• [Epimetheus: The Rise and Fall of the Sassanid Persian Empire]
• [Wikipedia: Sasanian Empire]
• [Julian: Rise of the Last Pagan Emperor of Rome]
684 – Pope Benedict II is chosen.
699 – En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
• [Wikipedia: Shugendō]
• [Wikipedia Bio: En no Gyōja]
1243 – Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Köse Dağ]
1284 - According to the Lüneburg manuscript, a piper leads 130 children of Hamelin away
• [Pied Piper of Hamelin]
• [Exodus or Exitus? What happened to the Children of Hamelin?]
1295 – Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
1407 – Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
1409 – Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
1460 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
1483 – Richard III becomes King of England.
1522 – Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Rhodes (1522)]
• [Kings and Generals: Siege of Rhodes 1522 - Ottoman Wars]
• [Siege of Rhodes 1522] (Empires of the Sea: The Contest for the Center of the World By Roger Crowley)
1541 – Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
1579 – Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
1718 – Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1723 – After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
1740 – A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Fort Mose]
• [Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 9 - Fort Mose]
• [The War of Jenkin's Ear and King George's War, 1739 - 1748]
1794 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Fleurus (1794)]
1830 – William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.
1842 - Ellen G. White is baptized by John Hobart in Portland, Maine
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_G._White]
• [The Writings of Ellen G White]
1843 – Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Nanking]
• [HistoryPod Video About Treaty Signing and Background]
• [Wikipedia: First Opium War]
1848 – End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
1857 – The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
1886 – Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
• [Henri Moissan: Winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1906]
1889 – Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
1906 – The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
1909 – The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• [The Science Museum Website]
• [Science Museum, London]
• [Science Museum, London | Walkthrough Tour July 2019 | 4k]
1917 – World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• [American Expeditionary Forces arriving in France, during World War I HD Stock Footage] (Silent Newsreel)
• [US Troops Enter WW1 | Timewatch | BBC Studios]
• [World War I: The American Legacy]
• [The Songs of World War I]
1918 – World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Belleau Wood]
• ["Over There! Part 3: Retreat, Hell! We Just Got Here!" U.S. Marines At Belleau Wood]
1924 – The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
1934 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• [Wikipedia: Federal Credit Union Act]
• [MyCreditUnion.gov]
• [12 USC Ch. 14: FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS]
1936 – Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• [Wikipedia: Focke-Wulf Fw 61]
• [Silent Newsreel Footage]
• [Focke Wulf Fw 61 - luftwaffe test pilot Hanna Reitsch]
1940 – World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
1941 – World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
1942 – The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• [Wikipedia Grumman F6F Hellcat]
• [Wings - Grumman F6F Hellcat]
• [LINKTEXT]
1944 – World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Osuchy]
1945 – The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
• [Newsreel]
• [Wikipedia: Charter of the United Nations]
1948 – Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
• [DoD: The Berlin Airlift: What It Was, Its Importance in the Cold War]
• [Harry S Truman Library: The Blockade of Berlin]
• [Assn for Diplomatic Studies and Training: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift of 1948]
1948 – William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• [Engineering and Technology Wiki: Wlliam Shockley]
• [Does the first transistor ever built still work?]
• [Documentary: Transistorized!]
1948 – Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
1952 – The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
1953 – Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
• [Wikipedia: Lavrentiy Beria]
1955 – The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• [Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter]
1959 – Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
1960 – The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
1960 – Madagascar gains its independence from France.
1963 – Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
• [John F. Kennedy - "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" Speech]
• [Wikipedia: Ich bin ein Berliner]
• [C-SPAN Reel America: President Kennedy in Berlin, 1963]
1967 – Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
• [HistoryPod Video ]
1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
• [American Indian Movement]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Leonard Peltier]
• [Tactical Wire: The Pine Ridge Shootout]
• [Wikipedia: Murder on a Reservation]
1977 – Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
• [Elvis Presley 1977 CBS last concert]
1978 – Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
1981 – Dan-Air Flight 240, flying to East Midlands Airport, crashes in Nailstone, Leicestershire. All three crew members perish.
1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
• [Yugoslavia War : Slovenia 21.6.1991]
• [Slovenian Ten-Day War: The Forgotten Balkan War]
• [News June 29, 1991 - Ten Day War in Yugoslavia/Slovenia]
• [Ten-Day War]
1993 - The U.S. launches a cruise missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H. W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
• [Wikipedia: 1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq]
• [Clinton Orders Missile Attack (1993)]
1995 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.
1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union]
• [Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union]
• [JUSTIA: Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)]
2000 – The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Official Website]
• [The Human Genome Project: The 13-Year Quest to Chart the Mysteries of Human Genetics]
2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
• [Wikipedia: Lawrence v. Texas]
• [JUSTIA: Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)]
• [Lawrence v. Texas Summary | quimbee.com]
2006 – Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
2007 – Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
2008 – A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
2012 – The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
• [Wikipedia: Waldo Canyon Fire]
• [NASA Earth Observatory: Waldo Canyon Fire Burn Scar]
• [PPLDTV In Our Own Backyard: Reflections on the Waldo Canyon Fire]
2013 – Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
2013 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Defense of Marriage Act]
• [Wikipedia: United States v. Windsor]
• [JUSTIA: United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013)]
• [United States v. Windsor Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
2015 – Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.
2015 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Obergefell v. Hodges]
• [JUSTIA: Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWSvCNBZxY]
2016 - Panama Canal's third set of locks opens for commercial traffic, doubling the Canal’s capacity at an estimated cost of $5.25 billion
• [Overview of the new Panama Canal expansion]
2018 - US Supreme Court upholds President Trump's travel ban against mostly Muslim countries
• [Wikipedia: Trump v. Hawaii]
• [JUSTIA: Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. ___ (2018)]
• [Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban]
2018 - Polio outbreak confirmed in New Guinea by WHO, 18 years after it was declared free of the disease
• [Polio was eliminated in the Asia-Pacific. Then it suddenly came back]
• [WHO: Reaching the Hagahai in Papua New Guinea]
• [AFP: Papua New Guinea scrambles to vaccinate as polio returns]
• [Papua New Guinea: Polio Outbreak - Jun 2018]
2020 - New York Times says Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked forces to kill US and coalition troops in Afghanistan
• [New York Times]
• [Wikipedia: Russian bounty program]
• [Fox News: Russian bounties may have led to deaths of three marines]
• [NBC News: Joe Biden Responds To Report Of Russian Bounties On U.S. Troops]
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Published at 4:00am on Saturday, June 26, 2021
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