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OUTLOOK
A surface front will remain nearly stationary across the area for the next few days. The remnants of Fred is expected to move north from the Gulf coast to the Tennessee River Valley Monday night into mid week. Expect cooler than normal temperatures into mid week. Abundant tropical moisture will continue across the region through much of the week leading to areas of heavy rainfall and isolated strong thunderstorms.
Board of Education Meeting Location Change – Tonight at 6pm
Due to the amount of interest in Public Comment and the size of the board room at Macon County Schools Administrative Offices, our upcoming Board of Education Meeting will be held at the Macon County Courthouse- Court Room A- located at 5 West Main Street, Franklin, NC. Attendees may enter through the back entrance of the courthouse. Doors will open at 5:30 pm and the meeting will begin at 6:00 pm.
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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
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 9pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and 11pm, then showers likely after 11pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid-70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three-quarters and one inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers. Lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of showers between midnight and 2am, then a chance of rain after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 11pm, then showers likely after 11pm. Patchy fog before 9pm, then patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday
Showers before 9am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 11am, then showers after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers. Low in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a chance of showers, then a chance of rain after 2am. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Otto area
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 79. Calm winds in the morning out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. 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 before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 11pm, then showers likely after 11pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. East southeast wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday
Showers before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 10am, then showers after 10am. Patchy fog before 9am. High near 74. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three-quarters and one inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers. Low in the mid-to-upper 60s. South southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Wednesday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. High near 81. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of showers between midnight and 2am, then a chance of rain after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 68. Chance of rain is 70%.
Nantahala area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers before 11am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 70. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of rain after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected through daybreak today. Cloud-to-ground lightning and torrential downpours will be possible with any storm. Some localized flooding of poor drainage areas is possible, particularly in areas that have had heavy rain in the last day or two.
Deep tropical moisture associated with the remnants of tropical storm Fred will interact with an old front and the mountains to produce periodic heavy rainfall through the middle part of the week. The flood threat will steadily increase on Monday as showers and thunderstorms wet the soil. At this time, the greatest potential for excessive rain appears to be Tuesday and Tuesday night as a remnant circulation from Fred moves northward to the west of the region. This could result in a flash flooding threat, especially in areas that receive multiple rounds of heavy rainfall.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Sunday / Aug 15] Fred Approaching FL; Grace Nearing Hispaniola; New Storm Forming near Bermuda
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Aug 16 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Fred, located over the east-central Gulf of Mexico, on Tropical Depression Grace, located about 80 miles south of the Dominican Republic, and on newly formed Tropical Depression Eight, located a little over 100 miles east-northeast of Bermuda.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
Tropical Storm Fred Discussion Number 26
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL062021
1000 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021
Fred remains a sheared tropical cyclone however the overall organization of the system has improved somewhat since this afternoon. The low-level center is embedded near the western edge of the primary convective mass, and there has been an overall increase in deep convection near and to the east of the center. An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft that has been investigating Fred this evening has reported that the pressure has fallen to 999 mb and it has found winds to support an initial intensity of 45 kt. The plane found a very small area of slightly stronger flight-level and SFMR winds well east of the center, but those winds appear to have been associated with a strong convective cell and are likely not representative of the system's overall intensity.
Fred is moving north-northwestward or 330/08 kt, and this motion should continue overnight. The dynamical model guidance indicates that the tropical cyclone will turn northward on Monday as it approaches the coast of the Florida panhandle. A north- northeastward motion around the western periphery of a subtropical ridge over the western Atlantic should commence by the time the system makes landfall, and this general heading should continue until the system dissipates in a couple of days. The dynamical models envelope did not change much and the latest consensus aids were essentially along the previous NHC track. As a result, little alteration was made to the previous official track forecast.
The cyclone is located within an area of moderate southwesterly vertical wind shear. However, most of the intensity guidance continues to suggest that Fred will strengthen a little over the next 12-18 hours. As the system nears the northern Gulf coast, the SHIPS guidance forecasts some increase in shear and the intensity models reflect this by showing a leveling off of Fred's intensity at that time. After landfall, Fred should weaken quickly and dissipate over the Tennessee Valley in a little more than 48 hours. The updated NHC intensity forecast is in good agreement within the HCCA and IVCN consensus aids.
Users are reminded not to focus on the exact forecast track of Fred, since rainfall, storm surge, and wind hazards will extend over an area well east of the center.
KEY MESSAGES:
1. Through Tuesday, heavy rainfall may lead to flash, urban, small stream, and isolated river flooding impacts across the Southeast, including portions of southern Florida, the Big Bend and Panhandle of Florida, southeast Alabama, portions of Georgia, and the western Carolinas. By the middle of the week as Fred lifts north and inland toward the Tennessee Valley, heavy rainfall and flooding may impact the southern and central Appalachians, and the Piedmont of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
2. Dangerous storm surge inundation is possible along portions of the coast of the Florida Panhandle and the Florida Big Bend region, and a Storm Surge Warning is in effect for this area. Interests in these areas should follow any advice given by local officials.
3. Tropical storm conditions are expected in the Tropical Storm Warning area in the Florida Panhandle beginning on Monday.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 16/0300Z 27.3N 85.9W 45 KT 50 MPH
12H 16/1200Z 28.6N 86.2W 50 KT 60 MPH
24H 17/0000Z 30.2N 86.1W 50 KT 60 MPH
36H 17/1200Z 32.3N 85.7W 30 KT 35 MPH...INLAND
48H 18/0000Z 34.4N 84.9W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/INLAND
60H 18/1200Z...DISSIPATED
Tropical Storm Grace Discussion Number 11
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL072021
1100 PM AST Sun Aug 15 2021
An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter Aircraft investigated Grace earlier this evening and found maximum flight level winds just less than 40 kt at 925 mb, which supports Grace's estimated 30 kt intensity. The plane also found that the depression still has a slightly elongated but closed surface circulation. During the past few hours, satellite imagery has shown a slight increase in convective banding features and associated heavy rain associated with Grace. That activity highlights the primary threat from Grace during the next 24 hours: prolonged heavy rainfall that could lead to flash and urban flooding along with the potential for mudslides over Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.
The forecast for Grace is incredibly challenging. Imminent interactions with the high terrain of Hispaniola and Cuba could cause Grace to dissipate as soon as Monday evening. However, a track south of Cuba, as shown by recent runs of the GFS and COAMPS-TC, may allow Grace to maintain its tropical cyclone status and possibly even intensify. The HWRF even shows it becoming a hurricane over the western Caribbean, with the caveat that the model has produced several poor forecasts for Grace thus far. Although it is not explicitly forecast, slight intensification is still possible tonight or tomorrow morning before the center of Grace moves inland. After that time, the NHC forecast assumes Grace will continue as a tropical depression through 72 h. Once/if Grace makes it to the western Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in 3-4 days, it could have an opportunity to reorganize and intensify, and this is again shown in the official intensity forecast. That said, users are encouraged to not focus on the exact track or intensity forecasts at days 4 and 5.
The track guidance has shifted south for this advisory, and generally calls for Grace to move westward to west-northwestward through the forecast period. The official track forecast has been shifted a little south once again, but is north of the most recent multi-model consensus.
Key Messages:
1. Heavy rainfall across Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti may lead to flash, urban, and small stream flooding, along with the potential for mudslides.
2. Tropical storm conditions are possible over portions of Hispaniola Monday and Monday night.
3. There is a risk of some wind and rainfall impacts across Cuba beginning Tuesday morning, but forecast uncertainty is much higher than usual. Interests there areas should monitor the progress of Grace and updates to the forecast.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 16/0300Z 17.3N 68.6W 30 KT 35 MPH
12H 16/1200Z 17.7N 70.3W 30 KT 35 MPH
24H 17/0000Z 18.7N 72.8W 30 KT 35 MPH
36H 17/1200Z 19.5N 75.3W 30 KT 35 MPH
48H 18/0000Z 20.4N 78.1W 30 KT 35 MPH
60H 18/1200Z 21.2N 81.0W 30 KT 35 MPH
72H 19/0000Z 22.2N 84.0W 30 KT 35 MPH...INLAND
96H 20/0000Z 23.5N 89.0W 35 KT 40 MPH...OVER WATER
120H 21/0000Z 24.5N 93.5W 45 KT 50 MPH
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Almanac
Air Quality
Air quality is in the middle range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the middle 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 range (0.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (1.9 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on August 16th
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 46°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1961
Greatest Rainfall 2.81 inches in Highlands in 1969
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
Kabul Residents Crowd Outside Bank To Withdraw Savings as Taliban Takes Control of The City
US troops ‘secure’ Kabul airport as Afghans, foreigners flee Taliban takeover
Meet The Press Broadcast (Full) - August 15th, 2021
Washington Journal: Gordon Lubold on Latest Developments in Afghanistan
NBC Nightly News, August 15th, 2021
PBS NewsHour full episode, August 15th, 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.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [August 13, 2021]
Unvaccinated workers could end up paying $50 more for health insurance — per paycheck [CBS News]
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans to get COVID vaccine, unite against ‘common enemy’ in the virus [MASS LIVE]
Justice Barrett leaves Indiana University’s vaccine mandate in place [SCOTUSblog]
How do vaccinated people spread Delta? What the science says [Nature]
Virus claims more young victims as deaths climb yet again [AP News]
WHO’s Solidarity clinical trial enters a new phase with three new candidate drugs [WHO]
Adenoviral Vector DNA- and SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccines: Possible Integration into the Human Genome - Are Adenoviral Genes Expressed in Vector-based Vaccines? [US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health]
Long-term sequelae following previous coronavirus epidemics [Clinical Medecine Journal]
Feds tell Florida superintendents money is there if state blocks pay over mask mandates [The Gainesville Sun]
"Vaccine marathon" in the city of São Paulo vaccinates more than 500 thousand people in 34 hours; 99.2% of adults received at least one dose [Globo.com]
(Portuguese) Mississippi Gov. Refuses School Mask Mandates, Compares Covid-19 in Kids to 'Sniffles' [Rolling Stone]
'Please send help now': Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital staff say they're beyond breaking point [KTRK-TC]
US could see 200,000 Covid cases a day again: ‘Unvaccinated are sitting ducks’ [The Guardian]
Pandemic drinking soars among Blacks, Hispanics, women with young children, study says [NJ.com]
'No beds anywhere': As COVID wards expand, Louisiana's small hospitals have nowhere to turn [NOLA.com]
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 16th is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.
It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. It is also known as the "Glorious Twelfth" in the United Kingdom, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who had died the previous day, had no heirs.
• [The Fall of the Han China]
• [Fall of Civilizations Podcast #10. The Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Wang Mang]
942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad.
963 – Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
1513 – Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
1570 – The Principality of Transylvania is established after John II Zápolya renounces his claim as King of Hungary in the Treaty of Speyer.
1652 – Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Camden]
• [SCETV: Camden: Defeat and Destruction | The Southern Campaign]
• [Part 5 of 8: Battle of Camden, Francis Marion and Guerrilla Warfare]
• [The Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War: Animated Battle Map]
1792 – Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
• [Wikipedia: Revolutionary Tribunal]
• [Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror (Part 3)]
• [Robespierre - Fatal Revolutionary Terror Documentary]
1793 – French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
1812 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Detroit]
• [Siege of Detroit - War of 1812]
1819 – Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
1841 – U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
• [Looking back: One of the ugliest protests in White House history]
• [President Tyler is burned in effigy outside White House]
• [Crime History: White House riots lead to formation of police force]
1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
1859 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
1863 – The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
1869 – Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
1891 – The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1900 – The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Elands River (1900)]
• [Wikipedia: Second Boer War]
• [The Siege of Elands River: Koos De La Rey vs Australian's and Rhodesian's]
• [Folk Song: John Edmond sings The Siege at Elands River]
1906 – The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
1913 – Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
1916 – The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
1918 – The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
1923 – The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
1929 – The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
1930 – The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
• [Wikipedia: Fiddlesticks (1930 film)]
• [Flip The Frog - Fiddlesticks (1930)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Ub Iwerks]
1930 – The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
1933 – Christie Pits riot takes place in Toronto, Ontario.
1942 – World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
1944 – First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
• [Wikipedia: Junkers Ju 287]
• [The Junkers Ju 287 German Jet Bomber - Complete Documentary of The Forward Swept Wing Frankenplane]
1945 – The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.
1946 – Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
1946 – The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
1960 – Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
• [Space Jump-Col. (Ret.) Joe Kittinger]
• [Inside the Original Space Dive: Joseph Kittinger on 1960 Record Jump]
• [Wikipedia: Project Excelsior]
1962 – Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
1964 – Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
1972 – In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat
1975 – Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration.
1987 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
1989 – A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
1991 – Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.
2005 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
2012 – South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
2013 – The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
2015 – More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
2015 – Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibl, Pegunungan Bintang, killing all 54 people on board.
2017 – The Minamata Convention on Mercury enters in force.
• [Wikipedia: Minamata Convention on Mercury]
• [The Minamata Convention on Mercury]
2020 – The enormous August Complex fire in California is reported on this day. It burned more than one million acres of land.
• [Wikipedia: August Complex fire]
• [Overflight of the active fire area - August Complex - NW Zone - 11:00 AM, October 15, 2020]
• [2020 August Complex Fire (California) - an ARA Overview]
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