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 allow showers and thunderstorms to develop each day. Later in the week, a broad surface front will likely settle across the mountains and increase the coverage of thunderstorms.
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Local News Update
(National News is published after the Macon Calendar section)
Town of Franklin Announces Independence Day Celebration
(Franklin, NC) The Town of Franklin’s annual celebration of Independence Day will see several changes in 2021.
“Franklin’s celebration this year will be held on Saturday, July 3. It is a true, small town American experience. The Town Council and Employees have planned an event that is open to everyone-- children, residents, visitors, veterans, young, old, and pets—to have the opportunity to take part in the parade and all activities as we celebrate our Nation’s 245 th birthday. It is a celebration where everyone becomes a participant—not just a spectator,” said Mayor Bob Scott. The activities will begin at 12 noon with inflatables for kids including a water slide. The free attractions will be open until 4:00 p.m. on the square in Downtown Franklin near the Macon County Courthouse. Be sure your young ones are dressed appropriately to enjoy the water slide and other inflatables.
At 4:30 the Little Miss and Mister Firecracker Contest will take place. This contest is open to all girls and boys ages 3 to 6. It is patriotic in nature with entrants judged on their patriotic attire and one question. No registration or entry fee is required for this family-friendly contest that will be held at the Gazebo on the Square.
Even pets can get in on the fun with the Patriotic Pet Contest following at approximately 4:45 p.m. Deck your pets out in red, white and blue for this fun event.
“Franklin hosts one of the few parades in the country that visitors can actually participate in,” said Justin Setser, Interim Town Manager. “We encourage locals and visitors alike to be part of the parade. All you have to do is be in the lower parking lot of Town Hall at 5:30 pm for lineup. Entrants can walk, drive or ride and are encouraged to incorporate patriotic colors.”
The Patriotic Parade will begin at 6:00 p.m. and travel down Main Street, turn right on Iotla Street and disband back at Town Hall.
Following the Patriotic Parade, a short break is planned to relax, have dinner, and get ready for Fireworks Over Franklin. The park and watch fireworks show will be displayed in East Franklin at 15 First Street across from the Shops at Riverwalk (formerly East Franklin Shopping Center). Many will not even have to leave their homes to view the show.
“We are again working with Hale Artificier, Inc. of Lexington, North Carolina to produce the show,” said Scott. “These folks have been in business nearly 40 years and produce spectacular fireworks displays all across the Southeast.”
Fireworks Over Franklin is an all-aerial show that will feature hundreds of fireworks with over 250 shells in the grand finale alone.
A perimeter around the site will be secured and spectators will not be allowed to park or walk close to the launching site. Please note that any unauthorized vehicles in the safety zone will be towed.
“Plans are to have a test fireworks shell fired at 9:00 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. These test shells will help those who want to view the display determine if they might need to move to a different location for better viewing,” Scott said. “You will be able to view the display from many different locales in East Franklin and even from Town Hill.”
Prior to the fireworks display, the Town of Franklin will host a live radio broadcast on WFSC Radio beginning at 8:30 p.m. At 9:30 p.m. WFSC will air a patriotic soundtrack for the fireworks display that you will be able to enjoy, no matter where you are. Tune your radios to 104.9 FM for both the live broadcast and fireworks soundtrack.
“Franklin’s Fourth of July event is for everyone. The Town of Franklin is certainly very pleased to host these events for our residents and visitors as we return to normal during the pandemic,” Scott said.
For additional information call (828) 524-2516 or online at TownofFranklinNC.com or follow on Facebook @FranklinNCEvents.
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 Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Franklin area
Today
Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly 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.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Light southeast wind. Chance of rain is 20%. Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 86. Calm winds becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a chance of showers between 2am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph before midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. 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.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
Otto area
Today
Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-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.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 20%.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning oncreasing to come out of the southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala area
Today
Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 30%. Nre rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 1am. Mostly 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 Sun Jun 27 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Some slow development of this system is possible through the middle of next week while it moves a little faster toward the west and then west-northwest at about 20 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
2. A surface trough located a few hundred miles southwest of Bermuda is producing a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Surface pressures remain high across the area, and significant development of this system is not anticipated while it moves westward and then west-northwestward at about 15 mph over the next few days, reaching the coast of the southeastern United States late Monday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 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 (2.5 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.7 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 27th
Highest Temperature 97°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 45°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1979
Greatest Rainfall 3.73 inches in Highlands in 1963
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" Marine Big Band
NC Dept of Justice Releases May 2021 Highlights [LINK]
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Franklin area
Today
Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly 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.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Light southeast wind. Chance of rain is 20%. Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 86. Calm winds becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a chance of showers between 2am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph before midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. 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.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
Otto area
Today
Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-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.
Tonight
Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 20%.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning oncreasing to come out of the southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala area
Today
Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 30%. Nre rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 1am. Mostly 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 Sun Jun 27 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Some slow development of this system is possible through the middle of next week while it moves a little faster toward the west and then west-northwest at about 20 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
2. A surface trough located a few hundred miles southwest of Bermuda is producing a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Surface pressures remain high across the area, and significant development of this system is not anticipated while it moves westward and then west-northwestward at about 15 mph over the next few days, reaching the coast of the southeastern United States late Monday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 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 (2.5 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.7 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on June 27th
Highest Temperature 97°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 45°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1979
Greatest Rainfall 3.73 inches in Highlands in 1963
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" Marine Big Band
- June 26, 2021
This year marks the 50th anniversary of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band first performing at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center. In honor of the occasion, the Big Band performs as part of a weekend of celebratory performances. Under the direction of guest conductor Fred Radke of the Harry James Orchestra, the program will include classic big band favorites such as George Gershwin’s “Strike Up the Band” and Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the A Train.”
2021 Summer Series Full Schedule and Programs: [http://bit.ly/MarineBandSummer21]
On This Day
June 27th is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 187 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)
1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
• [Wikipedia: Republic of Ragusa]
1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
• [Wikipedia: Cornish rebellion of 1497]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Michael An Gof]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Thomas Flamank]
• [The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 - The History of Cornwall]
1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
• [Wikipedia: Stratford Martyrs]
• [The Reason BLOODY Mary Gets Her Name - The Marian Persecutions]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mary I of England]
1743 – In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Dettingen]
• [War of the Austrian Succession]
• [The Battle of Dettingen: the story of a cunning plan]
1760 – Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
• [Wikipedia: Echoee]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Cherokee War]
• [Ben Franklin's World: Episode 056: Daniel J. Tortora, The Anglo-Cherokee War, 1759-1761]
1806 – Napoleonic Wars: British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
• [Wikipedia: British invasions of the River Plate]
1844 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
• [Wikipedia: Death of Joseph Smith]
• [Wikipedia: Anti-Mormonism]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Joseph Smith]
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain]
• [Wikipedia: Atlanta campaign]
• [GettysburgNPS: Kennesaw Mountain and the Atlanta Campaign (Lecture)]
1895 – The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
• [Wikipedia: Royal Blue (train)]
• [VIDEO: B&O's ''Royal Blue'' engine 5304 (Volume 1)]
1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Joshua Slocum]
• [The Mysterious Disappearance Of A Sea Pioneer | Joshua Slocum Documentary | Timeline]
• [Sailing Alone Around The World by Joshua SLOCUM read by Alan Chant | Full Audio Book]
• [Sailing alone around the world: A voyage beyond imagination (Kindle Edition)].....[Internet Archive Free eBook].....[Free Gutenberg Project eBook]
1905 – During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• [Wikipedia: Russian battleship Potemkin]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Silent Film: Battleship Potemkin (1925) with Eng Subtitles].....[1925: How Sergei Eisenstein Used Montage To Film The Unfilmable]
• [Wikipedia: 1905 Russian Revolution]
1914 – The Illinois Monument is dedicated at Cheatham Hill in what is now the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
• [Wikipedia: Illinois Monument]
• [VIDEO TOUR: ILLINOIS Monument Kennesaw Mountain]
• [Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park]
1927 – Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
• [Wikipedia: Tanaka Memorial]
• [Newsreel: Japan's Blueprint for World Conquest - The Tanaka Memorial - Japanese Subtitles]
• Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East [6 Video Playlist]
1941 – World War II: Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
• [Wikipedia: Iași pogrom]
• [Black Sunday - documentary] (Romanian w English subtitles)
• [EuroNews: Romanian pogrom showed Nazis 'how to do mass murder']
1941 – World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
• [Battle of Białystok–Minsk]
• [Barbarossa Visualized: The Battle of Bialystok-Minsk]
• [1941 German Newsreel Battle of Bialystok-Minsk Wwii Eastern Front Tank Battle]
1946 – In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
• [wIKIPEDIA: Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946]
1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• [Korean War: President Truman Reports - June 1950]
• [President Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea]
• [Newsreel: Truman Authorizes U.S. Forces To Enter Korean War]
1954 – The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1954 – The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
1957 – Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
• [Newsreel: Hundreds Die In Hurricane Audrey (1957)]
• [Weather History: Hurricane Audrey 1957]
1973 – The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
1974 – U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
• [AP Video]
1976 – Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• [Wikipedia: Hijacking of the Plane]
1977 – France grants independence to Djibouti.
1980 – The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
• [Wikipedia: Itavia Flight 870]
• [A Toilet Bomb Sends Flight 870 Down]
1981 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
• [Wilson Center Digital Archive] (PDF)
1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
• [Launch and Landing]
• [Wikipedia: STS-4]
1988 – The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
• [Gare de Lyon rail accident]
• [AP VIDEO]
• [Seconds from Disaster S02E11 Paris Train Crash]
1988 – Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kills nine to 12 and injures over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants.
• [Wikipedia: Villa Tunari massacre]
1994 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
• [Wikipedia: TMatsumoto sarin attack]
• [The Sarin Gas Attack in Japan and the Related Forensic Investigation]
• [CDC: Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat?]
• [Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult behind the Tokyo Sarin attack]
• [Japan executes cult members behind deadly 1995 sarin subway attack]
2007 – Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. His Chancellor, Gordon Brown succeeds him.
2007 – The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
• [Wikipedia: Complexo do Alemão massacre]
2008 – In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
2013 – NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
• [Wikipedia: Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph]
• [NASA's IRIS Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph) Launches On A Pegasus Rocket]
• [NASA Mission Page: IRIS]
2014 – At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
• [Wikipedia: 2014 GAIL pipeline explosion]
• [15 killed in blast at GAIL pipeline in Andhra Pradesh]
• [Victims of Gail Gas Pipeline Explosion | Completes One Year of Gail Incident]
2015 – Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
• [Wikipedia: 2015 New Taipei water park fire]
• [Nearly 500 injured by fireball at Taiwan water park]
2017 – A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
• [Petya Ransomware Attack – What’s Known]
• [Microsoft: Update on Petya malware attacks]
• ['Petya' ransomware attack: what is it and how can it be stopped?]
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band first performing at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center. In honor of the occasion, the Big Band performs as part of a weekend of celebratory performances. Under the direction of guest conductor Fred Radke of the Harry James Orchestra, the program will include classic big band favorites such as George Gershwin’s “Strike Up the Band” and Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the A Train.”
2021 Summer Series Full Schedule and Programs: [http://bit.ly/MarineBandSummer21]
On This Day
June 27th is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 187 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)
1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
• [Wikipedia: Republic of Ragusa]
1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
• [Wikipedia: Cornish rebellion of 1497]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Michael An Gof]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Thomas Flamank]
• [The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 - The History of Cornwall]
1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
• [Wikipedia: Stratford Martyrs]
• [The Reason BLOODY Mary Gets Her Name - The Marian Persecutions]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mary I of England]
1743 – In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Dettingen]
• [War of the Austrian Succession]
• [The Battle of Dettingen: the story of a cunning plan]
1760 – Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
• [Wikipedia: Echoee]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Cherokee War]
• [Ben Franklin's World: Episode 056: Daniel J. Tortora, The Anglo-Cherokee War, 1759-1761]
1806 – Napoleonic Wars: British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
• [Wikipedia: British invasions of the River Plate]
1844 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
• [Wikipedia: Death of Joseph Smith]
• [Wikipedia: Anti-Mormonism]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Joseph Smith]
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain]
• [Wikipedia: Atlanta campaign]
• [GettysburgNPS: Kennesaw Mountain and the Atlanta Campaign (Lecture)]
1895 – The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
• [Wikipedia: Royal Blue (train)]
• [VIDEO: B&O's ''Royal Blue'' engine 5304 (Volume 1)]
1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Joshua Slocum]
• [The Mysterious Disappearance Of A Sea Pioneer | Joshua Slocum Documentary | Timeline]
• [Sailing Alone Around The World by Joshua SLOCUM read by Alan Chant | Full Audio Book]
• [Sailing alone around the world: A voyage beyond imagination (Kindle Edition)].....[Internet Archive Free eBook].....[Free Gutenberg Project eBook]
1905 – During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
• [Wikipedia: Russian battleship Potemkin]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Silent Film: Battleship Potemkin (1925) with Eng Subtitles].....[1925: How Sergei Eisenstein Used Montage To Film The Unfilmable]
• [Wikipedia: 1905 Russian Revolution]
1914 – The Illinois Monument is dedicated at Cheatham Hill in what is now the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
• [Wikipedia: Illinois Monument]
• [VIDEO TOUR: ILLINOIS Monument Kennesaw Mountain]
• [Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park]
1927 – Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
• [Wikipedia: Tanaka Memorial]
• [Newsreel: Japan's Blueprint for World Conquest - The Tanaka Memorial - Japanese Subtitles]
• Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East [6 Video Playlist]
1941 – World War II: Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
• [Wikipedia: Iași pogrom]
• [Black Sunday - documentary] (Romanian w English subtitles)
• [EuroNews: Romanian pogrom showed Nazis 'how to do mass murder']
1941 – World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
• [Battle of Białystok–Minsk]
• [Barbarossa Visualized: The Battle of Bialystok-Minsk]
• [1941 German Newsreel Battle of Bialystok-Minsk Wwii Eastern Front Tank Battle]
1946 – In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
• [wIKIPEDIA: Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946]
1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• [Korean War: President Truman Reports - June 1950]
• [President Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea]
• [Newsreel: Truman Authorizes U.S. Forces To Enter Korean War]
1954 – The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
1954 – The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
1957 – Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
• [Newsreel: Hundreds Die In Hurricane Audrey (1957)]
• [Weather History: Hurricane Audrey 1957]
1973 – The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
1974 – U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
• [AP Video]
1976 – Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
• [Wikipedia: Hijacking of the Plane]
1977 – France grants independence to Djibouti.
1980 – The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
• [Wikipedia: Itavia Flight 870]
• [A Toilet Bomb Sends Flight 870 Down]
1981 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
• [Wilson Center Digital Archive] (PDF)
1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
• [Launch and Landing]
• [Wikipedia: STS-4]
1988 – The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
• [Gare de Lyon rail accident]
• [AP VIDEO]
• [Seconds from Disaster S02E11 Paris Train Crash]
1988 – Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kills nine to 12 and injures over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants.
• [Wikipedia: Villa Tunari massacre]
1994 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured.
• [Wikipedia: TMatsumoto sarin attack]
• [The Sarin Gas Attack in Japan and the Related Forensic Investigation]
• [CDC: Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat?]
• [Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult behind the Tokyo Sarin attack]
• [Japan executes cult members behind deadly 1995 sarin subway attack]
2007 – Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. His Chancellor, Gordon Brown succeeds him.
2007 – The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
• [Wikipedia: Complexo do Alemão massacre]
2008 – In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
2013 – NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
• [Wikipedia: Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph]
• [NASA's IRIS Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph) Launches On A Pegasus Rocket]
• [NASA Mission Page: IRIS]
2014 – At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
• [Wikipedia: 2014 GAIL pipeline explosion]
• [15 killed in blast at GAIL pipeline in Andhra Pradesh]
• [Victims of Gail Gas Pipeline Explosion | Completes One Year of Gail Incident]
2015 – Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
• [Wikipedia: 2015 New Taipei water park fire]
• [Nearly 500 injured by fireball at Taiwan water park]
2017 – A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.
• [Petya Ransomware Attack – What’s Known]
• [Microsoft: Update on Petya malware attacks]
• ['Petya' ransomware attack: what is it and how can it be stopped?]
CROWDFUNDING OR DAY SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
If you receive value from what Macon Media provides to the community, please consider becoming a supporter and contribute at least a dollar a month. Those who support Macon Media with at least a dollar a month receive early access to video of some events and meetings before they are made public on the website. Videos and news involving public safety are not subject to early access.
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