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OUTLOOK
Weak high pressure builds into the area today, then becomes established off the Southeast coast to start the work week. This will result in a typical summertime pattern across the region through the week. Moisture, and the chances for showers and thunderstorms, will increase by the middle of the week.
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Local News
Franklin Town Council, August 2021
The Franklin Town Council met last night. The public agenda and agenda packet are posted on [MaconMedia.com]
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 Tuesday Night
Franklin area
Today
Isolated showers in the midafternoon hours, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Monday
A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. 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.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
Otto area
Isolated showers in the midafternoon, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Monday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala area
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Monday
A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs nein the lower 80s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 50%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-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 Sun Aug 8 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure located about a hundred miles southwest of the southwesternmost Cabo Verde Islands have diminished. Strong upper-level winds and cooler waters are expected to prevent significant development of this system while it moves toward the west or west-northwest at about 10 mph during the next few days. Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds still are possible over portions of the westernmost Cabo Verde Islands through Sunday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
2. An area of low pressure located over the tropical Atlantic about a thousand miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce shower and thunderstorm activity to the southwest of its center. Environmental conditions are expected to become a little more favorable for gradual development over the next several days, and this system could become a tropical depression by the middle of this week. The system is forecast to move slowly toward the west-southwest or west during the next couple of days, and then move a little faster toward the west-northwest by mid-week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
3. An area of low pressure is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the tropical Atlantic several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands. Some gradual development of this system is possible while it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph, reaching portions of the Lesser Antilles late Monday and then moving across the eastern Caribbean Sea and Greater Antilles through the middle of this week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the extreme upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the extreme upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
(There is haze from the wildfires out on the west coast.)
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (7.0 out of 12) today with Grasses, Nettle, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.9 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on August 5th
Highest Temperature 98°F in Highlands in 1930
Lowest Temperature 43°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1950
Greatest Rainfall 3.64 inches in Highlands in 1937
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
August Weather Extremes for Macon County
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980 Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968 Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of August
Data available from 1870 to 2020
Highest Temperature 110°F Fayetteville, Cumberland County 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F Banner Elk, Avery County 08-23-1930
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 13.08 in Idlewild, Ashe County 08-14-1930
Monthly Averages for North Carolina
Warmest Weather Station 79.7°F Wilmington, New Hanover County
Coldest Weather Station 59.6°F Mount Mitchell, Yancey County
Wettest Weather Station 7.74 in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County
Driest Weather Station 3.12 in Lexington, Davidson County
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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
Police trainee exposed to fentanyl during arrest collapses and almost dies but is saved by partner [Independent UKT]
Gov. Cuomo Investigation: Albany County Sheriff Says Of Accuser’s Complaint, ‘The Conduct Was Sexual In Nature’ [WLNY-TV]
Latest Olympic Results [New York Times]
NBC Nightly News, August 7th, 2021
PBS NewsHour full episode, August 7th, 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.
Deaths and Hospitalizations Averted by Rapid U.S. Vaccination Rollout https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2021/jul/deaths-and-hospitalizations-averted-rapid-us-vaccination-rollout title [LINKTEXT]
COVID Data Tracker [CDC]
Evidence mounts that delta variant is dangerous for kids [The Hill]
Weekly COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County (August 6, 2021) [Macon Media]
Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful, Effective and Based on Rock-Solid Science [Scientific American]
Dr. Anthony Fauci: Expect 'a flood' of COVID-19 vaccine mandates after full FDA approval [USA Today]
US Hospital Facility Bed Capacity Map [COVIDCareMap]
March In New York City Brings Out Many To Honor Loved Ones Lost To COVID-19 And Those Who Survived [WLNY-TV]
TWiV 790: COVID-19 clinical update #74 with Dr. Daniel Griffin (August 7th, 2021)
In COVID-19 clinical update #74, Daniel Griffin covers infections in vaccinated individuals, expansion of Regeneron monoclonal antibody cocktail for prophylaxis, neutralization of variants by antibodies produced by infection or vaccination, longer hospital stays associated with remdesivir treatment, and post-acute sequelae of nfection and impact on quality of life 1-6 months after illness.
Show notes at [https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-790/ ]
Dr John Campbell: US, high cases in low vaccine areas
TWiV 791: A mad virologists' T party
TWiV reviews SARS-CoV-2 infection of wild white-tailed deer in the US, mRNA vaccine-mediated protection by spike-specific T cells before detection of neutralizing antibodies, and recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection in T-cell depleted rhesus macaques. Show notes at [https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-791/]
Public health collides with politics as latest wave of mask wars take off [greenwichtime.com]
Fake Covid Vaccination Cards Are on the Rise in the U.S., Europe [Wall Street Journal]
South Dakota’s Sturgis rally roars back as delta rising [AP News]
New ‘Delta Plus’ COVID Variant Detected In San Francisco Bay Area: ‘It’s At Least As Bad’ As Original [CBS SF Bay Area]
Viral Load of SARS-CoV-2 in Respiratory Aerosols Emitted by COVID-19 Patients while Breathing, Talking, and Singing [Oxford Academic]
Safety and immunogenicity of heterologous versus homologous prime-boost schedules with an adenoviral vectored and mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Com-COV): a single-blind, randomised, non-inferiority trial [The Lancet]
Risk assessment for SARS-CoV-2 variant VUI-21JUL-01 (B.1.621): 6 August 2021 [Public Health England]
A single intramuscular injection of monoclonal antibody MAD0004J08 induces in healthy adults SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibody titres exceeding those induced by infection and vaccination [MedRxiv]
Three things to know about the long-term side effects of COVID vaccines [University of Alabama]
Rapid assessment of SARS-CoV-2 evolved variants using virus-like particles [BioRxiv]
Dick Farrel, Anti-Vax Radio Host and Former Newsmax Anchor, Dies at 65 of COVID Complications [The Wrap]
Funeral of man who died of COVID-19 is turned into vaccine and testing event [ABC News]
'COVID-19 Q and A with A and V Livestream (August 4th, 2021)
Coronavirus Briefing: NC Gov. Roy Cooper (August 4th, 2021)
PRESS RELEASE (08-04-2021)
GOVERNOR ROY COOPER
Governor Cooper Announces Third COVID-19 Cash Drawing Winner and Highlights HOPE Program for Rental and Utility Assistance
HOPE Program has increased cap on awards and is now accepting landlord referrals
Today, amid higher COVID-19 numbers statewide, Governor Roy Cooper again urged North Carolinians to get vaccinated. He also announced the third winner of North Carolina’s Your Shot at $1 Million Summer Cash Drawing. Winston-Salem resident and incoming Fayetteville State University freshman Audrey Chavous received the $1 million prize as part of the cash drawing that includes North Carolinians 18 and over who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
“The highly contagious Delta variant makes vaccination all the more important,” said Governor Cooper. “We can’t afford for people to wait any longer. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 are up. Simply put, get your shot.”
Kody Kinsley, Chief Deputy Secretary for Health at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), said he hopes Chavous will inspire other young adults to get vaccinated right away and take advantage of the state’s new $100 Summer Cards for people who get their first dose of the vaccine.
“New cases of COVID-19 are on the rise and most of these cases are among young adults,” said Kinsley. “Vaccination is our way out of this pandemic and putting masks behind us. Our $1 Million Summer Cash drawings might be over, but you can still get a $100 Summer Card through the end of August. Don’t wait to vaccinate.”
In the last couple of weeks, North Carolina has seen a 42% increase in first shots.
“Facts about COVID-19 vaccines are key,” said Chavous, the cash drawing winner. “If you take your time and do the research, you’ll see that it’s backed by science and that the benefits of COVID-19 vaccines far outweigh any short-term side effects or rare risks.”
Governor Cooper was also joined by Laura Hogshead, Director of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency to update on the progress of emergency rental assistance.
The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) stood up the HOPE program last year and it is helping people across the state stay in their homes with the lights on. The average turnaround from application to payment on claims is 14-18 days. Since the HOPE Program opened last fall, more than $328 million has been awarded to help North Carolina families, with over $234 million already paid to landlords and utility providers statewide.
The HOPE Program has recently implemented program changes that will expand landlord participation and increase the amount of assistance going to families across the state. As of August 1, HOPE is accepting landlord referrals of tenants who need assistance. If you are a landlord whose tenant is struggling to pay rent, you can submit their name and contact information at the HOPE website.
In addition, the HOPE Program has increased the cap on financial awards to applicants The monthly rent award limit has increased by 30 percent and the utility award limit has increased a full 100 percent for all new applications as of August 1.
For more information on the HOPE program visit WWW.HOPE.NC.GOV or call 888-9ASK HOPE to get help.
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On This Day
August 8th is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 145 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)
870 – Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions.
1220 – Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
1264 – Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison.
1503 – King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1509 – Krishnadeva Raya is crowned Emperor of Vijayanagara at Chittoor.
1576 – The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
1585 – John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gravelines]
• [Battlefield Britain - Spanish Armada]
• [The Epic Failure of the Spanish Armada I PIRATES]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]
• [Spanish Armada / Battle Speech-Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)] (Dramatization)
1605 – The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
1647 – The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
1648 – Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman Emperor.
1709 – Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
1786 – Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
1794 – Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
1831 – Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta.
1844 – The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
1863 – American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
• [Robert E. Lee offers resignation as commander of the Confederate army]
Camp Orange, August 8, 1863
His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederate States
Mr. President,
Your letters of July 28 and August 2 have been received, and I have waited for a leisure hour to reply, but I fear that will never come. I am extremely obliged to you for the attention given to the wants of this army, and the efforts made to supply them. Our absentees are returning, and I hope the earnest and beautiful appeal may stir up the virtue of the whole people; and that they may see their duty and perform it. Nothing is wanted but their fortitude should equal their bravery to insure the success of our cause. We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. Our people have only to be true and united, to bear manfully the misfortunes incident to war, and all will come right in the end.
I know how prone we are to censure and how ready to blame others for the non-fulfillment of our expectations. This is unbecoming in a generous people, and I grieve to see its expression. The general remedy for the want of success in a military commander is his removal. This is natural, and in many instances, proper. For, no matter what may be the ability of the officer, if he loses the confidence of his troops disaster must sooner or later ensue.
I have been prompted by these reflections more than once since my return from Pennsylvania to propose to Your Excellency the propriety of selecting another commander for this army. I have seen and heard of expression of discontent in the public journals at the result of the expedition. I do not know how far this feeling exends in the army. My brother officers have been too kind to report it, and so far the troops have been too generous to exhibit it. It is fair, however, to suppose that it it does exist, and success is so necessary to us that nothing should be risked to secure it. I therefore, in all sincerity, request Your Excellency to take measures to supply my place. I do this with the more earnestness because no one is more aware than myself of my inability for the duties of my position. I cannot even accomplish what I myself desire. How can I fulfill the expectations of others? In addition I sensibly feel the growing failure of my bodily strength. I have not yet recovered from the attack I experienced the past spring. I am becoming more and more incapable of exertion, and am thus prevented from making the personal examinations and giving the personal supervision to the operations of the field which I feel to be necessary. I am so dull that in making use of the eyes of others I am frequently misled. Everything, therefore, points to the advantages to be derived from a new commander, and I the more anxiously urge the matter upon Your Excellency from my belief that a younger and abler man than myself can readily be attained. I know that he will have as gallant and brave an army as ever existed to second his efforts, and it would be the happiest day of my life to see at its head a worthy leader -- one that would accomplish more than I could perform and all that I have wished. I hope Your Excellency will attribute my request to the true reason, the desire to serve my country, and to do all in my power to insure the success of her righteous cause.
I have no complaints to make of any one but myself. I have received nothing but kindness from those above me, and the most considerate attention from my comrades and companions in arms. To Your Excellency I am specially indebted for uniform kindness and consideration. You have done everything in your power to aid me in the work committed to my charge, without omitting anything to promote the general welfare. I pray that your efforts may at length be crowned with success, and that you may long live to enjoy the thanks of grateful people.
With sentiments of great esteem, I am, very respectfully and truly, yours,
R.E. Lee,
General
1870 – The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
1903 – Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.
1908 – Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• [Wilbur Wright Flying at Hunaudieres Race Course, Le Mans, France, August 1908] (Photograph)
• [Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, France (1908)]
• [Wright Brothers' Flight at Le Mans (1908)] (silent video)
1918 – World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Amiens (1918)]
• [The Black Day Of The German Army - The Battle of Amiens I THE GREAT WAR Week 211 ]
• [BBC 100 Days to Victory-Spring Offensive]
1919 – The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
1929 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
1940 – The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
• [Wikipedia: Aufbau Ost (1940)]
1942 – Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence. 1945 – The London Charter (also called the Nuremberg Charter) is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
• [Wikipedia: Nuremberg Charter]
• [Wikipedia: Nuremberg trials]
1946 – First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
• [Wikipedia: Convair B-36 Peacemaker]
• [Discovery Wings Great Planes - Convair B 36 Peacemaker]
• [The Plane That Threatened The World With Nuclear War | Story of the Convair B-36 | Timeline]
1963 – Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes.
• [Wikipedia: Great Train Robbery (1963)]
• [The Big Mystery Behind the Great Train Robbery May Finally Have Been Solved] (Smithsonian Magazine)
• [The Real Story Behind Britain's Most Notorious Train Robbery | The Great Train Robbery | Timeline]
• [The Great Train Robbery (p1) (2013)] (Dramatization)
• [The Great Train Robbery (p2) (2013)] (Dramatization)
1963 – The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
1967 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
1969 – At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
• [The story behind The Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover]
1973 – Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
1974 – President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
• [Wikipedia: Richard Nixon's resignation speech]
• [CBS News vault: 1974 Nixon resignation]
• [Document for August 9th: Richard M. Nixon’s Resignation Letter, 08/09/1974]
1988 – The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
1988 – The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
1988 – Rap group N.W.A release their debut studio album Straight Outta Compton.
1989 – Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
• [CBS News Coverage STS-28 Launch]
• [Wikipedia: STS-28]
1990 – Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
1991 – The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
1993 – The 7.8 Mw Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
1998 – Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan is raided by Taliban leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist.
2000 – Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
• [Wikipedia: H. L. Hunley (submarine)]
• [History's Mysteries - Raise The Hunley]
• [A Walk Through the H.L. Hunley Submarine museum]
• [Museum Website]
• [Wikipedia Bio: E. Lee Spence]
2007 – An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
• [Wikipedia: 2007 Brooklyn tornado]
• [bay ridge brooklyn tornado unedited]
• [Brooklyn Becomes Tornado Alley]
• [Radar Loop]
2008 – A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
2008 – The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24.
• [Wikipedia: 2008 Summer Olympics]
• [Full Opening Ceremony from Beijing 2008]
• [Yao Ming and heroic child lead Chinese delegation into Beijing opening ceremony | NBC Sports]
2010 – China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
2013 – A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
2015 – Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.
2016 – Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
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Published at 4:00am on Sunday, August 08, 2021
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