Today is the first day of school in Macon county, so watch out for little ones and school busses.
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National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
On This Day
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OUTLOOK
Warmer and drier conditions will develop across the region today under a building ridge aloft. The ridge of high pressure will remain dominant the rest of the week, and into the weekend, but with Atlantic moisture increasing over the area. This will lead to above normal rainfall chances each afternoon and evening from Wednesday onward, especially in the mountains.
PIgeon River Flood of 2021 Coverage by Haywood County Outlets
• Smoky Mountain News [The Pigeon River Flood of 2021]
• The Mountaineer [Flood Coverage]
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Local News
Board of Education Continuation Meeting Tonight at 6pm
The Macon County Board of Education will be meeting tonight at 6pm in the boardroom at the Cental Offices located at 1202 Old Murphy Road in Franklin. The meeting is open to the public and masks will be required. Macon Media will webcast the meeting live.
Macon County Board of Education - August 16, 2021
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 Monday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 66. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the north.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by noon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto area
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds. TonightPatchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light inds out of the east.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall. One or two storms may become strong to severe.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Aug 23 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center has issued its last advisory on Tropical Depression Henri, located inland over southern New England. Future advisories on Henri will be issued by the Weather Prediction Center.
1. Disorganized shower activity over the eastern tropical Atlantic several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands is associated with a broad area of low pressure. Little, if any, development is expected to occur during the next couple of days. Some gradual development, however, is possible by the middle to latter part of the week as the system moves northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the central Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
2. A broad area of low pressure is forecast to form over the western Caribbean Sea late this week. Environmental conditions are expected to be favorable for gradual development of this system thereafter while it moves west-northwestward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 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
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.5 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on August 21st
Highest Temperature 92°F in Franklin in 1975
Lowest Temperature 45°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest Rainfall 2.81 inches in Highlands in 2008
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)
IMAGE A TASTE OF TUSCANY
A Taste of Tuscany
September 11, 2021
The Zonta Club is proud to announce its upcoming fundraising event to aid the Franklin Fire Department’s infant car seat program and the Special Liberty Project. Now headquartered in Macon County, the Special Liberty Project is a non-profit organization serving the entire veteran family, focusing on Gold Star families, spouses of suicide victims and healing veterans.
The nature-based, therapeutic programs offered include fun, educational activities for children with Veteran Mentors, retreats and support groups for Gold Star families and family members of suicide victims, as well as peer-supported outdoor pursuits to help veterans return to civilian life.
The Taste of Tuscany event will be held on September 11 at 5 p.m. at 757 Harrison Avenue in Franklin and will honor our first responders. It will feature an open air wine tasting of Slanted Window wines from SenAmore Vineyards in Tellico, accompanied by food and music. There will be a live auction, as well as a silent auction featuring artwork and designer goods. Slanted Window wines will be available for purchase. A limited number of tickets are still available at $100 per person, to include a wine tasting flight and commemorative wine glass. VIP tickets are available for $150 that feature an exclusive evening with the vintner and more. Tables of eight, including two VIP tickets, may be reserved.
For more information visit the Zonta Franklin NC Facebook page or their website, zontafranklinnc.org
Encastic Painting Classes
The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encastic 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
5 dead in Haywood County floods
22 dead, many missing after 17 inches of rain in Tennessee [AP NEWS]
U.S. Warns of Islamic State Threat to Americans in Afghanistan [Wall Street Journal]
SpaceX President reveals 600,000 global Starlink internet preorders [Teslarati]
Chaos Persists at Kabul Airport as Taliban Discuss New Government [New York Times]
Pentagon Orders Airlines to Help With Afghan Evacuees as U.S. Weighs New Exit Deadline [Wall Street Journal]
Now Mike Lindell Predicts Trump's Fantastical Reinstatement Before Year's End [Yahoo! News]
Biden says Taliban has held promises 'so far'
Tropical Storm Henri slams the Northeast
Dozens missing in deadly floods in Tennessee
NBC Nightly News, August 22nd, 2021
PBS NewsHour full episode, August 22nd, 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 20, 2021]
Hit-and-run driver strikes vaccine worker, officials say it could have been intentional [KCOP-TV]
The Continuing COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Issues and Glimpse Into the Future
How does COVID-19 affect the brain? A troubling picture emerges [National Geographic]
Dr John Campbell: Pandemic optimism
Efficacy of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines against the Delta variant infection in Guangzhou: A test-negative case-control real-world study [Emergine Microbes and Infections Journal]
Conservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after COVID-19 battle [WKRN-TV]
Dr Mike Hansen: Are You Protected from DELTA Variant?..Depends on THIS
Unvaccinated adults 50+ are 17x more likely to die than vaxxed counterparts [FOX-11 Los Angeles]
Study supports widespread use of better masks to curb COVID-19 indoors [University of Waterloo]
Anxiety, depression, insomnia, and trauma-related symptoms following COVID-19 infection at long-term follow-up [Science Direct]
Penn Study Details Robust T-Cell Response to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines—a More Durable Source of Protection [Penn Medicine]
Comparison of adverse drug reactions among four COVID-19 vaccines in Europe using the EudraVigilance database: thrombosis at unusual sites [Wiley Online Library]
Virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections in health care workers [MedRxiv]
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 23rd is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 130 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)
30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
20 BC – Ludi Volcanalici are held within the temple precinct of Vulcan, and used by Augustus to mark the treaty with Parthia and the return of the legionary standards that had been lost at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC.[citation needed]
AD 79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
476 – Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
1244 – Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to Khwarezmian Empire.
• [Siege of Jerusalem (1244)]
• [The Fall of Jerusalem and the Battle of La Forbie, 1244]
1268 – The Battle of Tagliacozzo marks the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.
1305 – Sir William Wallace is executed for high treason at Smithfield, London.
• [Wikipedia Bio: William Wallace]
• [The BRUTAL Execution Of William Wallace - 'Braveheart']
• [The Death and Legacy of William Wallace]
1328 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
1382 – Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
• [Siege of Moscow (1382)]
• [List of conflicts in Eastern Europe during Turco-Mongol rule]
1514 – The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.
1521 – Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.
1541 – French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
1572 – French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
• [St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]
• [Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre | Episode 38 | Lineage]
• [Blood Wedding: The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in History and Memory by Barbara Diefendorf]
1595 – Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.
• [St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]
• [Story of Michael the Brave ⚔️ ALL PARTS 1 - 5]
• [Battle of Călugăreni (23 August 1595) - Wallachia vs Ottoman Empire] (dramatizationno subtitles)
• [Mihai Viteazul - Part 1 - Calugareni (1970 / English subtitles / HD)] (Romanian movie w/ English subtitles)
• [Mihai Viteazul - Part 2 - Unirea (1970 / English subtitles / HD)] (Romanian movie w/ English subtitles)
1600 – Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gifu Castle]
• [Battle of Gifu Castle]
1628 – George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
1655 – Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1703 – Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
1741 – Eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
• [Wikipedia: Proclamation of Rebellion]
• [Text of Proclaimation]
• [Proclamation of Rebellion - John Adams] (Daramatization)
1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
• [Wikipedia: State of Franklin]
• [Lecture: State of Franklin and Washington to Jefferson]
• [The Lost State of Franklin! - What The History?!]
1799 – Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
1813 – At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion is suppressed.
1839 – The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
1864 – American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
1866 – Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
1873 – Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.
1914 – World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
1921 – British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
1923 – Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
1927 – Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
1929 – Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• [Wikipedia: Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]
• [A Soviet-Nazi Alliance - The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1939 Part 2 of 3]
• [British historian Roger Moorhouse on the impact of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its Secret Protocols]
• [Why Germany and the Soviet Union Became "Allies": the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1939)]
1942 – World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad]
• [Battlefield S1/E4 - The Battle of Stalingrad]
• [Kings and Generals: Battle of Stalingrad 1942-1943 - World War II DOCUMENTARY]
1943 – World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
1944 – World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.
1944 – World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
• [Freckleton air disaster]
• [The Freckleton Disaster - The Story Behind The Tragedy ]
• [Freckleton Disaster]
1945 – World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
1946 – Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
1948 – World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
1954 – First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
1958 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• [Wikipedia: Lunar Orbiter 1]
• [Lunar Orbiter 1 Photo Gallery]
• [NASA Film of Program]
1970 – Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
• [Wikipedia: Salad Bowl strike]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [PDF of Article Written at the Time]
1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
1975 – The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration.[4]
1975 – The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
1989 – Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands. This is called the Baltic Way or Baltic Chain.
1990 – Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
• [ABC News: 8/23/90: British Hostages in Iraq]
• [Iraq TV Shows Saddam Visiting Hostages; Some Smile, Others Wary]
• [1990: Outrage at Iraqi TV hostage showT]
1990 – Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1990 – West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
1991 – The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
• [CERN: The birth of the Web]
• [W3.ORG: Tim Berners-Lee]
• [InfiniteHistoryProject MIT: Timothy Berners Lee]
• [Tim Berners-Lee: A Magna Carta for the web]
• [Sir Tim Berners-Lee on how he came up with the Internet | Washington Post Live]
• [Father of the Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee prepares 'do-over']
1994 – Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
2000 – Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
2006 – Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2011 – A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200 million–$300 million USD.
• [2011 Virginia earthquake]
• [East Coast quake: A seismologist explains]
• [Earthquake Begins in Virginia, Rattles East Coast]
2011 – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
2012 – A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
2013 – A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
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Local News
Board of Education Continuation Meeting Tonight at 6pm
The Macon County Board of Education will be meeting tonight at 6pm in the boardroom at the Cental Offices located at 1202 Old Murphy Road in Franklin. The meeting is open to the public and masks will be required. Macon Media will webcast the meeting live.
Macon County Board of Education - August 16, 2021
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 Monday Night
Franklin area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 66. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the north.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by noon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto area
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds. TonightPatchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
Nantahala area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light inds out of the east.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall. One or two storms may become strong to severe.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Aug 23 2021
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center has issued its last advisory on Tropical Depression Henri, located inland over southern New England. Future advisories on Henri will be issued by the Weather Prediction Center.
1. Disorganized shower activity over the eastern tropical Atlantic several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands is associated with a broad area of low pressure. Little, if any, development is expected to occur during the next couple of days. Some gradual development, however, is possible by the middle to latter part of the week as the system moves northwestward at 10 to 15 mph over the central Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
2. A broad area of low pressure is forecast to form over the western Caribbean Sea late this week. Environmental conditions are expected to be favorable for gradual development of this system thereafter while it moves west-northwestward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 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 medium-high range (8.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.5 out of 12).
Weather Extremes for Macon County on August 21st
Highest Temperature 92°F in Franklin in 1975
Lowest Temperature 45°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest Rainfall 2.81 inches in Highlands in 2008
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)
IMAGE A TASTE OF TUSCANY
A Taste of Tuscany
September 11, 2021
The Zonta Club is proud to announce its upcoming fundraising event to aid the Franklin Fire Department’s infant car seat program and the Special Liberty Project. Now headquartered in Macon County, the Special Liberty Project is a non-profit organization serving the entire veteran family, focusing on Gold Star families, spouses of suicide victims and healing veterans.
The nature-based, therapeutic programs offered include fun, educational activities for children with Veteran Mentors, retreats and support groups for Gold Star families and family members of suicide victims, as well as peer-supported outdoor pursuits to help veterans return to civilian life.
The Taste of Tuscany event will be held on September 11 at 5 p.m. at 757 Harrison Avenue in Franklin and will honor our first responders. It will feature an open air wine tasting of Slanted Window wines from SenAmore Vineyards in Tellico, accompanied by food and music. There will be a live auction, as well as a silent auction featuring artwork and designer goods. Slanted Window wines will be available for purchase. A limited number of tickets are still available at $100 per person, to include a wine tasting flight and commemorative wine glass. VIP tickets are available for $150 that feature an exclusive evening with the vintner and more. Tables of eight, including two VIP tickets, may be reserved.
For more information visit the Zonta Franklin NC Facebook page or their website, zontafranklinnc.org
Encastic Painting Classes
The Macon County Art Association (a not for profit member organization) is offering classes in encastic 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
5 dead in Haywood County floods
22 dead, many missing after 17 inches of rain in Tennessee [AP NEWS]
U.S. Warns of Islamic State Threat to Americans in Afghanistan [Wall Street Journal]
SpaceX President reveals 600,000 global Starlink internet preorders [Teslarati]
Chaos Persists at Kabul Airport as Taliban Discuss New Government [New York Times]
Pentagon Orders Airlines to Help With Afghan Evacuees as U.S. Weighs New Exit Deadline [Wall Street Journal]
Now Mike Lindell Predicts Trump's Fantastical Reinstatement Before Year's End [Yahoo! News]
Biden says Taliban has held promises 'so far'
Tropical Storm Henri slams the Northeast
Dozens missing in deadly floods in Tennessee
NBC Nightly News, August 22nd, 2021
PBS NewsHour full episode, August 22nd, 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 20, 2021]
Hit-and-run driver strikes vaccine worker, officials say it could have been intentional [KCOP-TV]
The Continuing COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Issues and Glimpse Into the Future
How does COVID-19 affect the brain? A troubling picture emerges [National Geographic]
Dr John Campbell: Pandemic optimism
Efficacy of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines against the Delta variant infection in Guangzhou: A test-negative case-control real-world study [Emergine Microbes and Infections Journal]
Conservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after COVID-19 battle [WKRN-TV]
Dr Mike Hansen: Are You Protected from DELTA Variant?..Depends on THIS
Unvaccinated adults 50+ are 17x more likely to die than vaxxed counterparts [FOX-11 Los Angeles]
Study supports widespread use of better masks to curb COVID-19 indoors [University of Waterloo]
Anxiety, depression, insomnia, and trauma-related symptoms following COVID-19 infection at long-term follow-up [Science Direct]
Penn Study Details Robust T-Cell Response to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines—a More Durable Source of Protection [Penn Medicine]
Comparison of adverse drug reactions among four COVID-19 vaccines in Europe using the EudraVigilance database: thrombosis at unusual sites [Wiley Online Library]
Virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections in health care workers [MedRxiv]
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 23rd is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 130 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)
30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
20 BC – Ludi Volcanalici are held within the temple precinct of Vulcan, and used by Augustus to mark the treaty with Parthia and the return of the legionary standards that had been lost at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC.[citation needed]
AD 79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
476 – Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
1244 – Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to Khwarezmian Empire.
• [Siege of Jerusalem (1244)]
• [The Fall of Jerusalem and the Battle of La Forbie, 1244]
1268 – The Battle of Tagliacozzo marks the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.
1305 – Sir William Wallace is executed for high treason at Smithfield, London.
• [Wikipedia Bio: William Wallace]
• [The BRUTAL Execution Of William Wallace - 'Braveheart']
• [The Death and Legacy of William Wallace]
1328 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
1382 – Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
• [Siege of Moscow (1382)]
• [List of conflicts in Eastern Europe during Turco-Mongol rule]
1514 – The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.
1521 – Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.
1541 – French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
1572 – French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
• [St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]
• [Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre | Episode 38 | Lineage]
• [Blood Wedding: The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in History and Memory by Barbara Diefendorf]
1595 – Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.
• [St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]
• [Story of Michael the Brave ⚔️ ALL PARTS 1 - 5]
• [Battle of Călugăreni (23 August 1595) - Wallachia vs Ottoman Empire] (dramatizationno subtitles)
• [Mihai Viteazul - Part 1 - Calugareni (1970 / English subtitles / HD)] (Romanian movie w/ English subtitles)
• [Mihai Viteazul - Part 2 - Unirea (1970 / English subtitles / HD)] (Romanian movie w/ English subtitles)
1600 – Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gifu Castle]
• [Battle of Gifu Castle]
1628 – George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
1655 – Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1703 – Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
1741 – Eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
• [Wikipedia: Proclamation of Rebellion]
• [Text of Proclaimation]
• [Proclamation of Rebellion - John Adams] (Daramatization)
1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
• [Wikipedia: State of Franklin]
• [Lecture: State of Franklin and Washington to Jefferson]
• [The Lost State of Franklin! - What The History?!]
1799 – Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
1813 – At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion is suppressed.
1839 – The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
1864 – American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
1866 – Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
1873 – Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.
1914 – World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
1921 – British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
1923 – Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
1927 – Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
1929 – Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• [Wikipedia: Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]
• [A Soviet-Nazi Alliance - The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1939 Part 2 of 3]
• [British historian Roger Moorhouse on the impact of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its Secret Protocols]
• [Why Germany and the Soviet Union Became "Allies": the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1939)]
1942 – World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad]
• [Battlefield S1/E4 - The Battle of Stalingrad]
• [Kings and Generals: Battle of Stalingrad 1942-1943 - World War II DOCUMENTARY]
1943 – World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
1944 – World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.
1944 – World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
• [Freckleton air disaster]
• [The Freckleton Disaster - The Story Behind The Tragedy ]
• [Freckleton Disaster]
1945 – World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
1946 – Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
1948 – World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
1954 – First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
1958 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• [Wikipedia: Lunar Orbiter 1]
• [Lunar Orbiter 1 Photo Gallery]
• [NASA Film of Program]
1970 – Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
• [Wikipedia: Salad Bowl strike]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [PDF of Article Written at the Time]
1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
1975 – The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration.[4]
1975 – The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
1989 – Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands. This is called the Baltic Way or Baltic Chain.
1990 – Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
• [ABC News: 8/23/90: British Hostages in Iraq]
• [Iraq TV Shows Saddam Visiting Hostages; Some Smile, Others Wary]
• [1990: Outrage at Iraqi TV hostage showT]
1990 – Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1990 – West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
1991 – The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
• [CERN: The birth of the Web]
• [W3.ORG: Tim Berners-Lee]
• [InfiniteHistoryProject MIT: Timothy Berners Lee]
• [Tim Berners-Lee: A Magna Carta for the web]
• [Sir Tim Berners-Lee on how he came up with the Internet | Washington Post Live]
• [Father of the Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee prepares 'do-over']
1994 – Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
2000 – Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
2006 – Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2011 – A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200 million–$300 million USD.
• [2011 Virginia earthquake]
• [East Coast quake: A seismologist explains]
• [Earthquake Begins in Virginia, Rattles East Coast]
2011 – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
2012 – A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
2013 – A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
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