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OUTLOOK
The cold front draped across the forecast area will bring another round of widespread showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into this evening. Main concerns with this system are excessive rainfall leading to the potential for isolated flooding or flash flooding and isolated strong to severe storms bringing the potential for damaging wind gusts. High pressure nudges into the area middle to late this week leading to dry and hot conditions. Heat indices could climb near or above 100 degrees across the far southern and southeastern zones. Another cold front impacts the area this weekend increasing shower and thunderstorm chances again.
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Local News
Macon County Schools Student Homeroom/Schedule Information
Macon Early College- Student packets will be available beginning the first week of August.
A ParentLink message will go out to parents and students.
Cartoogechaye Elementary- Class lists will be posted on Friday, July 30, 2021.
Highlands School- K-8 class assignments are available now. High School schedules will be available at Open House, Thursday, August 19th from 4:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View Intermediate- Class lists will be posted on Friday, July 30, 2021
South Macon Elementary- Class lists will be posted on Friday, July 30, 2021
Iotla Valley Elementary- Class lists will be posted on Friday, July 30, 2021
Union Academy- Student schedules will be available at Open House on Thursday, August 19, 2021
Franklin High School- Freshman students will receive schedules at Freshman Orientation on Thursday, August 19, 2021
East Franklin Elementary- Class lists will be posted on Friday, August 6, 2021
Nantahala School- Homeroom assignments will be available at Open House- Thursday, August 19th from 5:00-7:00 pm.
Macon Middle School- Homerooms will be posted at the school on Friday, August 6, 2021. 7th graders will receive their schedules during orientation on August 19th at 6:00pm. 8th graders can pick up their schedules on August 20th from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Macon County Board of Education, July 2021
For more information, visit [MaconMedia.com].
Macon County Board of Commissioners, July 2021
Supporting documents can be found at [MaconMedia.com]
Franklin Town Council - July 2021
Supporting documents posted online at [MaconMedia.com]
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Local Weather
National Weather Map for Today
General forecast through Thursday Night
Franklin area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog before 11am. Highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 2am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 90. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 90s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Areas of fog before 10am. Highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s.
Otto area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog before 10am. Highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, then becoming cloudy toward daybreak, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 90. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 90.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 60s.
Nantahala area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A weak area of low pressure is located just inland along the Georgia coastline. Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with the low has increased somewhat tonight, but remains disorganized. This system is expected to meander along the coastline of Georgia and South Carolina over the next day or so, and a small chance of development remains if the system moves back offshore over the warm Gulf Stream waters. Locally heavy rainfall remains possible over portions of the Georgia and South Carolina coast today.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There is haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.0 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on July 16th
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1987
Lowest Temperature 39°F in Highlands in 1911
Greatest Rainfall 3.06 inches in Highlands in 1943
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
July Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1872
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Katie Dean announces Macon Co. Townhall
Katie Dean is running for Congress in North Carolina’s 11th District. Katie is holding a Townhall on Thursday, July 15, 6pm – 7pm at the Big Bear Shelter [E. Main St. and Little Tennessee River].
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
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National News Roundup
Level1 News July 27 2021: Come On and Jam, Shut Down the HAM
WeatherBrains 809: For God’s Sake Take Cover
Audio version and links to items discussed in podcast [LINKTEXT]
Ken Burns On Misinformation, Paranoia & Conspiracy
Hospitals Overwhelmed Amid Surge In New Covid Patients
WATCH LIVE AT 9:30AM: House investigation of Jan. 6 attack begins with police testimony
U.S. Capitol Police & the Metropolitan Police Department testify before January 6th Committee - [LIVE at 9:30am ET on C-SPAN3]
U.S. Capitol Police & the Metropolitan Police Department testify before January 6th Committee - [LIVE at 9:30am ET on C-SPAN3]
PBS NewsHour full episode, July 26th, 2021
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Since it looks like we may be in for a new wave of infections, here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
Delta Variant Versus Previous COVID 19 Infection vs. Vaccines (Coronavirus Update 128)
Dr. David Agus on the COVID-19 vaccine booster shots and projection of a deadly surge in October
Dr John Campbell: UK, Decline and Fall (July 26th, 2021)
Covid-19 Delta variant affects younger, unvaccinated populations in NC [Carolina Public Press]
Anti-intellectualism and the mass public’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic [Nature]
Severe reinfection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in a nursing home resident: a case report [PubMed]
Protection afforded by the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines in fully vaccinated cohorts with and without prior infection [MedRix]
Immunogenicity and safety of a third dose, and immune persistence of CoronaVac vaccine in healthy adults aged 18-59 years: interim results from a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trial [MedRix]
The effects of rapid mass vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 and its Variants-of-Concern: Evidence from an early VoCs hotspot [ResearchSquare]
Persistence of SARS CoV-2 S1 Protein in CD16+ Monocytes in Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) Up to 15 Months Post-Infection [BioRxiv]
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On This Day
July 27th is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 157 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)
432 - St Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• [Wikipedia Bio: Pope Celestine I]
1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
1202 – Georgian–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.
• [Battle of Basian]
• [Georgian–Seljuk wars]
1214 – Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.
• [Battle of Bouvines]
• [The Battle of Bouvines 1214 AD]
• [Bouvines 1214 - Anglo-French War] (Kings and Generals)
1299 – According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
1302 – Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
• [Battle of Bapheus]
• [Battles of Bapheus and Dimbos and the Catalan Company (1299-1308)]
1501 - Nicolaus Copernicus formally installed as a canon of Frauenberg Cathedral
1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan. He is the first Christian missionary in that country.
1586 - Walter Raleigh brings the 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.
• [Navigation Acts]
• [The Navigation Acts]
• [Wikipedia: Mercantilism]
1689 – Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
• [Battle of Killiecrankie]
• [Glorious Revolution]
• [The Battle of Killiecrankie and Bonnie Dundee: Jacobite Rebellion or Counter Revolution]
1694 – A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
• [Bank of England]
• [Royal charter]
1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
1778 – American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• [Battle of Ushant (1778)]
• [The U.S. Revolutionary Naval Battle fought between Great Britain and France]
1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
• [Thermidorian Reaction]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Maximilien Robespierre]
• [The Thermidorian Reaction, 1794-5]
• [French Revolution -- Thermidorian Reaction & the Rise of Napoleon]
• [Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror (Full Series)]
• [Rise of Napoleon]
1816 – Seminole Wars: The Battle of Negro Fort ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort's Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Negro Fort]
• [Seminole Wars]
• [Author talks new book about Fort at Prospect Bluff & Battle of Negro Fort]
• [Florida's Negro Seminole Wars with Dr. Anthony Dixon]
1857 – Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
• [Siege of Arrah]
• [Indian Rebellion of 1857]
• [The Indian Rebellion of 1857]
• [This Type of Bullet Caused an Entire Uprising!]
1865 – Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
• [Battle of Maiwand]
• [Malalai Joan of Arc of Afghanistan and the Victors of Maiwand: The Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1882]
• [Second Anglo-Afghan War]
1890 – Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vincent van Gogh]
• [Vincent Van Gogh: The Tragic Story of the Artist’s Life | Full Documentary | Biography]
• [Vincent Van Gogh: The Humble Genius]
1900 – Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• [Hun Speech of 1900]
• [Dramatization of Speech] (choose auto translate and select English for subtitles)
• [The “Hun speech” as an early example of political propaganda]
• [Wilhelm II: "Hun Speech" (1900)]
1917 – World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• [Battle of Passchendaele]
• [The Battle of Passchendaele (1917)]
• [Why Passchendaele Was The Worst Battle Of WWI | The Battle Of Passchendaele | Timeline]
• [Doomsday: World War 1 | Extra Long Documentary]
1919 – The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
• [Chicago race riot of 1919]
• [Wikipedia: Red Summer]
• [919 Chicago Race Riots - Decades TV Network]
• [The "Red Summer" of 1919]
• [If We Must Die By Claude McKay] (Poem)
1921 – Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• [Wikipedia: Geneva Convention (1929)]
• [Text on WikiSource]
1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
• [Wikipedia: A Wild Hare]
• [A wild hare 1940]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1942 – World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• [Wikipedia: First Battle of El Alamein]
• [North African Campaign 1942 | Animated History]
• [Wikipedia: Western Desert campaign]
1947 – In Vatican City, Rome, canonization of Catherine Labouré, the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide diffusion of the Miraculous Medal.
1949 – Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• [Wikipedia: de Havilland Comet]
• [Why You Wouldn't Want to Fly The First Jet Airliner: De Havilland Comet Story]
• [The DeHaviland Comet: The First Passenger Jet]
1953 – Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• [Wikipedia: Korean Armistice Agreement]
• [Newsreel Coverage]
• [Korean War 1950-1953 - Stalemate and Armistice ] (The Cold War)
1955 – The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
1955 – El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
• [Wikipedia: El Al Flight 402]
1959 – The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• [Continental League]
1964 – Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1974 – Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
• [Judiciary Committee Approves Article to Impeach President Nixon, 27 to 11]
• [Full Text of Articles of Impeachment]
• [AP VIDEO]
1975 – Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
1981 – While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
1983 – Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1989 – While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
• [Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1995]
• [Korean War Veterans Memorial]
• [NPS Website]
1996 – In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• [CNN Video of Response]
• [Olympic Bombing 1996: Richard Jewell, the Wrong Man | Retro Report | The New York Times]
• [Richard Jewell Movie | We Got To Go | Warner Bros. Entertainment] (dramatization)
• [Atlanta Olympic Park bombing, Richard Jewell news reports from 1996]
• [Richard Jewell: The 2002 60 Minutes interview]
• [USA: Man Cleared of Atlanta Bombing Wants Apology From FBI]
1997 – About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
1999 - Tony Hawk is the first skateboarder to land a "900"
• [Tony Hawk's first ever 900!]
• [Wikipedia: 900 (skateboarding)]
2002 – Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
• [Wikipedia: Sknyliv air show disaster]
• [The Deadliest air show in the history of aviation |Sknyliv air show disaster]
• [Compilation Stablized Video]
2005 – After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
• [Wikipedia: STS-114]
2012 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympics in London, United Kingdom (with some help from 007)
• [James Bond and The Queen London 2012 Performance]
2014 - Obama reaffirms Israel's "right to defend itself", but condemns civilian casualties in Gaza
2015 – At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
2016 – At a news conference, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump expresses the hope that Russians can recover thirty thousand emails that were deleted from Hillary Clinton's personal server.
• [Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton's email]
• [Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton. Were They Listening?]
2017 - Reince Priebus resigns as Chief of Staff to US President Donald Trump, shortest non-interim tenure ever
• [Donald Trump Fires Chief Of Staff Via Twitter From Air Force One]
• [Reince Priebus Pushed Out After Rocky Tenure as Trump Chief of Staff]
2020 - US congressman John Lewis becomes the first black lawmaker to lie in state in the Rotunda in Washington D.C.
• [WATCH LIVE: Rep. John Lewis lies in state at the U.S. Capitol - Monday, July 27]
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis]
2020 - Google decides its employees can work from home until July 2021, the largest tech company to commit to working from home
2020 - WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus states that COVID-19 is "easily the most severe" global health emergency the WHO has faced
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Since it looks like we may be in for a new wave of infections, here is a section on COVID-19. It will include local, regional, state, national, and global items.
Delta Variant Versus Previous COVID 19 Infection vs. Vaccines (Coronavirus Update 128)
Dr. David Agus on the COVID-19 vaccine booster shots and projection of a deadly surge in October
Dr John Campbell: UK, Decline and Fall (July 26th, 2021)
Covid-19 Delta variant affects younger, unvaccinated populations in NC [Carolina Public Press]
Anti-intellectualism and the mass public’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic [Nature]
Severe reinfection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in a nursing home resident: a case report [PubMed]
Protection afforded by the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines in fully vaccinated cohorts with and without prior infection [MedRix]
Immunogenicity and safety of a third dose, and immune persistence of CoronaVac vaccine in healthy adults aged 18-59 years: interim results from a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trial [MedRix]
The effects of rapid mass vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 and its Variants-of-Concern: Evidence from an early VoCs hotspot [ResearchSquare]
Persistence of SARS CoV-2 S1 Protein in CD16+ Monocytes in Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) Up to 15 Months Post-Infection [BioRxiv]
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On This Day
July 27th is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 157 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)
432 - St Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• [Wikipedia Bio: Pope Celestine I]
1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
1202 – Georgian–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.
• [Battle of Basian]
• [Georgian–Seljuk wars]
1214 – Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.
• [Battle of Bouvines]
• [The Battle of Bouvines 1214 AD]
• [Bouvines 1214 - Anglo-French War] (Kings and Generals)
1299 – According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
1302 – Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
• [Battle of Bapheus]
• [Battles of Bapheus and Dimbos and the Catalan Company (1299-1308)]
1501 - Nicolaus Copernicus formally installed as a canon of Frauenberg Cathedral
1549 – The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan. He is the first Christian missionary in that country.
1586 - Walter Raleigh brings the 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
1663 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.
• [Navigation Acts]
• [The Navigation Acts]
• [Wikipedia: Mercantilism]
1689 – Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
• [Battle of Killiecrankie]
• [Glorious Revolution]
• [The Battle of Killiecrankie and Bonnie Dundee: Jacobite Rebellion or Counter Revolution]
1694 – A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
• [Bank of England]
• [Royal charter]
1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
1778 – American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• [Battle of Ushant (1778)]
• [The U.S. Revolutionary Naval Battle fought between Great Britain and France]
1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution".
• [Thermidorian Reaction]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Maximilien Robespierre]
• [The Thermidorian Reaction, 1794-5]
• [French Revolution -- Thermidorian Reaction & the Rise of Napoleon]
• [Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror (Full Series)]
• [Rise of Napoleon]
1816 – Seminole Wars: The Battle of Negro Fort ends when a hot shot cannonball fired by US Navy Gunboat No. 154 explodes the fort's Powder Magazine, killing approximately 275. It is considered the deadliest single cannon shot in US history.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Negro Fort]
• [Seminole Wars]
• [Author talks new book about Fort at Prospect Bluff & Battle of Negro Fort]
• [Florida's Negro Seminole Wars with Dr. Anthony Dixon]
1857 – Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
• [Siege of Arrah]
• [Indian Rebellion of 1857]
• [The Indian Rebellion of 1857]
• [This Type of Bullet Caused an Entire Uprising!]
1865 – Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1866 – The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
1880 – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
• [Battle of Maiwand]
• [Malalai Joan of Arc of Afghanistan and the Victors of Maiwand: The Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1882]
• [Second Anglo-Afghan War]
1890 – Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vincent van Gogh]
• [Vincent Van Gogh: The Tragic Story of the Artist’s Life | Full Documentary | Biography]
• [Vincent Van Gogh: The Humble Genius]
1900 – Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• [Hun Speech of 1900]
• [Dramatization of Speech] (choose auto translate and select English for subtitles)
• [The “Hun speech” as an early example of political propaganda]
• [Wilhelm II: "Hun Speech" (1900)]
1917 – World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• [Battle of Passchendaele]
• [The Battle of Passchendaele (1917)]
• [Why Passchendaele Was The Worst Battle Of WWI | The Battle Of Passchendaele | Timeline]
• [Doomsday: World War 1 | Extra Long Documentary]
1919 – The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
• [Chicago race riot of 1919]
• [Wikipedia: Red Summer]
• [919 Chicago Race Riots - Decades TV Network]
• [The "Red Summer" of 1919]
• [If We Must Die By Claude McKay] (Poem)
1921 – Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
1929 – The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• [Wikipedia: Geneva Convention (1929)]
• [Text on WikiSource]
1940 – The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
• [Wikipedia: A Wild Hare]
• [A wild hare 1940]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1942 – World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• [Wikipedia: First Battle of El Alamein]
• [North African Campaign 1942 | Animated History]
• [Wikipedia: Western Desert campaign]
1947 – In Vatican City, Rome, canonization of Catherine Labouré, the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide diffusion of the Miraculous Medal.
1949 – Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• [Wikipedia: de Havilland Comet]
• [Why You Wouldn't Want to Fly The First Jet Airliner: De Havilland Comet Story]
• [The DeHaviland Comet: The First Passenger Jet]
1953 – Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• [Wikipedia: Korean Armistice Agreement]
• [Newsreel Coverage]
• [Korean War 1950-1953 - Stalemate and Armistice ] (The Cold War)
1955 – The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
1955 – El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
• [Wikipedia: El Al Flight 402]
1959 – The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• [Continental League]
1964 – Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
1974 – Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
• [Judiciary Committee Approves Article to Impeach President Nixon, 27 to 11]
• [Full Text of Articles of Impeachment]
• [AP VIDEO]
1975 – Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
1981 – While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
1983 – Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1989 – While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
• [Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1995]
• [Korean War Veterans Memorial]
• [NPS Website]
1996 – In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• [CNN Video of Response]
• [Olympic Bombing 1996: Richard Jewell, the Wrong Man | Retro Report | The New York Times]
• [Richard Jewell Movie | We Got To Go | Warner Bros. Entertainment] (dramatization)
• [Atlanta Olympic Park bombing, Richard Jewell news reports from 1996]
• [Richard Jewell: The 2002 60 Minutes interview]
• [USA: Man Cleared of Atlanta Bombing Wants Apology From FBI]
1997 – About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
1999 - Tony Hawk is the first skateboarder to land a "900"
• [Tony Hawk's first ever 900!]
• [Wikipedia: 900 (skateboarding)]
2002 – Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 77 and injuring more than 500 others, making it the deadliest air show disaster in history.
• [Wikipedia: Sknyliv air show disaster]
• [The Deadliest air show in the history of aviation |Sknyliv air show disaster]
• [Compilation Stablized Video]
2005 – After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
• [Wikipedia: STS-114]
2012 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympics in London, United Kingdom (with some help from 007)
• [James Bond and The Queen London 2012 Performance]
2014 - Obama reaffirms Israel's "right to defend itself", but condemns civilian casualties in Gaza
2015 – At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
2016 – At a news conference, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump expresses the hope that Russians can recover thirty thousand emails that were deleted from Hillary Clinton's personal server.
• [Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton's email]
• [Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton. Were They Listening?]
2017 - Reince Priebus resigns as Chief of Staff to US President Donald Trump, shortest non-interim tenure ever
• [Donald Trump Fires Chief Of Staff Via Twitter From Air Force One]
• [Reince Priebus Pushed Out After Rocky Tenure as Trump Chief of Staff]
2020 - US congressman John Lewis becomes the first black lawmaker to lie in state in the Rotunda in Washington D.C.
• [WATCH LIVE: Rep. John Lewis lies in state at the U.S. Capitol - Monday, July 27]
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis]
2020 - Google decides its employees can work from home until July 2021, the largest tech company to commit to working from home
2020 - WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus states that COVID-19 is "easily the most severe" global health emergency the WHO has faced
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