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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Seasonally hot and muggy conditions will continue through the week. There will be a chance of mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms through the week as well. An upper level disturbance will pass to our north on Thursday with an attendant frontal boundary increasing our chances for severe weather. Expecting the hot ridge over Texas to nose into our area by this weekend with temperatures several degrees above normal.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-late 80s. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 63.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs near 90. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 9am. Some of the storms could be severe. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out fo the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable by midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the west 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the west.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 9am. Some of the storms could be severe. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southwest.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-late 80s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered showers and thunderstorms can be expected today and tonight. A few of these storms may become strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts and very heavy rainfall with the potential for localized flooding the primary threats.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - July 19, 2022
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
No smoke fields will be crossing Macon County today, no map was produced.
Air quality is in theupper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range 3.1 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Cenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1983
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 5.21 inches in Highlands in 1938
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of July
Data available from 1873 to 2022
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on 07-29-1952
Lowest Temperature 34°F in Highlands on 07-27-1911
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on 07-29-1879
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Local and State News
Woman tells story of how she used 'teacher voice' to shoo bear | WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)
• Judge in Mission/HCA antitrust lawsuit orders more info from both sides as decision looms [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• US Rep. Alma Adams of NC arrested at Supreme Court during abortion rights protest [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC community colleges president Stith resigns after 18 months [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Kamala Harris will visit Charlotte Thursday to talk abortion rights, internet access [Raleigh News and Observer]
Wake County parents voice concern over voters on campus, ask for teacher workday on Election Day | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• 'Knew it was bad': Firefighter recalls responding to fiery I-40 crash that left 4 hurt [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
State Budget Details
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 19th]
ATACMS to Ukraine? | Combat Footage Live Review | FUNKER530
• Link to the above video [on Youtube]
WH: Russia using 'annexation playbook' in Ukraine | Associated Press
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 147 [Al Jazeera]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 98-107)
Jomini of the West has bewen hit hard by COVID, but will be posting a new thread soon --editor
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 108-123. Mid-June has seen the Russian Armed Forces maintain their operational momentum and make important gains in the Donbas while the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to press their counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast. #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar pic.twitter.com/5MnyYOaUbz
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) June 28, 2022
• Russia is laying the groundwork to annex Ukrainian territory, White House says [CNBC]
• Russia: Putin warns of further cuts in gas supplies to Europe [DW News]
• Ukraine's first lady set to address Congress during US visit [France 24]
• Ukraine Faces Difficulties Getting Western Weapons to Front Lines [Wall Street Journal]
• Here's why top Ukraine's presidential aide says they need to win war against Russia before winter [WIONx]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Putin weighs in on energy price hike [Russia Today]
• Iran will take revenge for Soleimani with Russia's help [Pravda ]
• Humanitarian aid to Syria and war on terror — results of Tehran Summit [TASS Russian News Agency]
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
New 988 number launches for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline | ABC News
• Boulder City confirms Hoover Dam 'isolated fire' is extinguished [KNTV-TV (Las Vegas)]
China asks US to halt Taiwan military ties | International News | Latest English News | WION
• China warns of 'forceful measures' if U.S. House Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan [Reuters]
• 17 members of Congress arrested during Supreme Court protest, Capitol police say [CBS News]
More than 120M under heat alert in the US | ABC World News Tonight
• Cobb school logo resembling Nazi crest sparks outrage [Atlanta Journal Constitution]
• 'We need them desperately': US police departments struggle with critical staffing shortages [CNN]
• Former Fort Bragg soldier receives one of the harshest sentences tied to Capitol riot [Stars and Stripes]
• Two decades of shooter response strategy ignored in Uvalde [AP News]
• Georgia prosecutors say all 16 fake Trump electors are targets in criminal probe [CNN]
07/19/22: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre | The White House
Washington Today (7-19-22): House passes bill to protect same-sex & interracial marriage | C-SPAN
Global National: July 19, 2022 | UK records highest-ever temperature as fires spark across London
Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 19
PBS NewsHour Full Episode July 19th, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:46pm CEST, 15 July 2022, there have been 557,917,904 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,358,899 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 12 July 2022, a total of 12,130,881,147 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:46pm CEST, 15 July 2022, there have been 88,027,926 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,012,816 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 8 July 2022, a total of 589,664,214 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Why You'll Need to Get COVID-19 Boosters Again and Again [Time Magazine]
• Bacterial and fungal isolation from face masks under the COVID-19 pandemic [Nature: Scientific Reports]
• Coronavirus cases are soaring in L.A. County, but this wave is different [Los Angeles Times]
• For 500 days, a Connecticut patient has had COVID - and three unknown variants [Connecticut Post]
• Micronesia last of bigger nations to have COVID-19 outbreak [AP News via Yahoo! NewsE]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Roman Space Telescope [NASA]
• A company called Meta is suing Meta for naming itself Meta [The Verge]
• Long March rocket launches two radar satellites for China Siwei [Spaceflight Now]
• Scientists can now grow wood in a lab without cutting a single tree [Interesting Engineering]
• Homeland Security is tracking US citizens using phone location data [The Next Web]
The Ukraine War’s Impact on Its Tech Sector | Tech News Briefing Podcast | WSJ
• Netflix loses almost a million subscribers [BBC News]
• Security flaws in GPS trackers can be abused to cut off fuel to vehicles, CISA warns [The Register]
• TikTok is “unacceptable security risk” and should be removed from app stores, says FCC [Malwarebytes Labs]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
The Level1 Show July 20 2022: Lo-Fi Beats to Study and Commit Copyright Fraud To
The Darknet Diaries Process - DTNS 4318 | Daily Tech News Show
title
New York's Secret Subway | The History Guy
King's Dominion - King's Island's Sister Park - Animatronic Singing Mushrooms | The Carpetbagger
Starlink Loader Moved Into Potential Clean Room | SpaceX Boca Chica
What is the James Webb Space Telescope Currently Looking at? | Event Horizon
New Record For The Most Powerful Magnet In the Universe | Antov Petrov
July 17th, 2022 // Wild Haboob/Supercell chase! | Mike Oblinski
North America's Worst Theme Park | Bright Sun Films
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine War Report | Ukraine Purges Security Service | Day 146
Rare visit abroad: Putin holds talks in Tehran with leaders of Iran and Turkey | DW News
Russian strikes hit multiple targets in Ukraine | DW News
They’re burning our crops on purpose’: Ukraine says Russia deliberately torching grain fields | France 24
Russia's independent TV Rain channel back on air - BBC News | BBC News
Putin holds bilateral talks with Iranian President Raisi | International News | English News | WION
Inside A Ukrainian Town Six Miles From Frontlines Of War | NBC News
Power shift on Ukraine’s frontlines? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
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On This Day
July 20th is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 164 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
AD 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem]
• [Invicta: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) - The Great Jewish Revolt]
• [Invicta: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) - The Destruction of the Second Temple]
• [Fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD (Flavius Josephus)] (Librivox Recording)
• [A Temple in Flames The Final Battle for Jerusalem and the Destruction of the Second Temple]
792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Marcellae]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Kardam of Bulgaria]
• [Wikipedia: Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria]
911 – Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Chartres (911)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Rollo]
• [The Real Rollo & the Foundation of Normandy // Vikings Documentary]
1189 – Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.
1225 – Treaty of San Germano is signed at San Germano between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX. A Dominican named Guala is responsible for the negotiations.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of San Germano]
• [Frederick II a bridge between East and West]
1398 – The Battle of Kellistown between the forces of the English led by Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March against the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles under the command of Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach, the most powerful Chieftain in Leinster.
• [The Irish at War: The Battle of Kellistown]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach]
• [Ireland’s Wars: How Art MacMurragh Brought Down The English Monarchy]
1402 – Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ankara]
• [Wikipedia: Ottoman Interregnum]
• [Timur against Bayezid - Battle of Ankara 1402] (Kings and Generals)
1592 – During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
• [Wikipedia: Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)]
• [Imjin War - Beginning of the Japanese Invasion of Korea] (Kings and Generals)
1715 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
• [Wikipedia: Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)]
1738 – Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
1799 – Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia.
1807 – Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
1810 – Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
1831 – Seneca and Shawnee people agree to relinquish their land in western Ohio for 60,000 acres west of the Mississippi River.
1848 – The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Peachtree Creek]
• [March 2018 Chicago Civil War Round Table: Robert D. Jenkins: The Battle of Peach Tree Creek]
1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea. Also known as the Seven Weeks' War.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Lissa (1866)]
• [Wikipedia: Austro-Prussian War]
• [Drachinifel: The Battle of Lissa - Special]
• [Ocean Explorers: S01E09 History day - Battle of Lissa 2018]
• [Knowledgia: The Austro-Prussian War - Explained in 11 Minutes]
1871 – British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
1885 – The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
1906 – In Finland, a new electoral law was ratified, guaranteeing the country the first and equal right to vote in the world. Finnish women were the first in Europe to receive the right to vote.
1917 – World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• [Wikipedia: Corfu Declaration]
• [TimeGhost History: Enter Yugoslavia Part 1 | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1929 Part 2 of 3]
• [The Rise of Yugoslavia - From a Scrambled Kingdom to Brotherhood and Unity by Josip Broz Tito]
1920 – The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
1922 – The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
1932 – In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
1934 – Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
• [Wikipedia: Minneapolis general strike of 1934]
• [The 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike]
• [KTCA-TV: Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 1]
• [Part 2]
1934 – West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
• [Wikipedia: 1934 West Coast waterfront strike]
1935 – Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
1936 – The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
1938 – The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• [United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.]
• [The day the Supreme Court killed Hollywood’s studio system]
• [Why are Movie Theater Concessions So Expensive? (The US v Paramount)]
• [The Paramount Case]
1940 – Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
1941 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
1944 – World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
• [Wikipedia: 20 July plot]
• [Wikipedia: Operation Valkyrie]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Claus von Stauffenberg]
• [The Secret Plot To Kill Hitler | Operation Valkyrie | Timeline]
• [75th Anniversary of the 20 July plot - Claus von Stauffenberg] (Germand with English subtitles)
• [Conspirators of July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler appears at People's Court] (German, English translation does not)
• [The German Resistance and July 20 Plot | Operation Valkyrie (1944)]
1949 – The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
1950 – Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Harry Gold]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Klaus Fuchs]
• [Digging for Gold: The Story of Harry Gold, NE Philly's Atom Spy]
1951 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Abdullah I of Jordan]
• [Newsreel: King Abdullah Assassinated (1951)]
1954 – Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
1960 – Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
1960 – The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
1961 – French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
1968 – The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
• [Apollo 11 landing from PDI to Touchdown]
• [Apollo 11 - Day 5 (Full Mission)]
• [Apollo 11 Real-Time Mission Experience] (blue button for real-time)
1969 – A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
• [Wikipedia: Football War]
• [El Salvador-Honduras 1969 Football War] (includes newsreel footage)
• [Football War - MiniWars #2]
1974 – Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• [Wikipedia: Viking 1]
• [How Viking Conquered Mars: Entry, Descent, and Landing]
• [Homemade Documentaries: The Viking Mission]
• [Viking Landing Commentary First Picture 7-20-76]
• [Carl Sagan Mars the Search Begins Nasa Mariner and Viking Missions] (Narrated by Carl Sagan)
• [Mission Website]
1977 – The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.
1977 – The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
• [Wikipedia: Johnstown flood of 1977]
• [WJAC-TV: 1977 Johnstown Flood]
1981 – Somali Airlines Flight 40 crashes in the Balad District of Somalia, killing 40 people.
1982 – Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
1985 – The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
1989 – Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
1992 – Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
1994 - Alexander Lukashenko is inaugurated as the first president of Belarus
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Lukashenko: The story of 'Europe's Last Dictator | EuroNews]
• [Why is Belarus a country? - History of Belarus in 10 Minutes | Knowledgia (video)]
1997 – The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
• [Wikipedia: USS Constitution]
• [The USS Constitution Old Ironsides (Documentary)]
• [USS Constitution: The US Navy's Most Iconic Ship? | Timeline]
1999 – The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
2005 – The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
2012 – James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
• [Wikipedia: 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting]
• [Aurora, Colorado Mass Shooting at Movie Theater (ABC News RAW VIDEO)]
• [What James Holmes thought and felt during the massacre | 60 Minutes]
• [James Holmes | Mental Health & Personality | What is Schizotypal Personality? | Dr Todd Grande]
• [After Aurora | KUSA-TV (Denver, CO)]
2012 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.
2013 – Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
2013 – Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn ends with the expulsion of Islamist forces from the city by the People's Protection Units (YPG).
• [Wikipedia: Syrian civil war (2011-present)]
• [Wikipedia]
• [Syria 2013 | A Guide to Watching Syria's War | The New York Times]
• [Wikipedia: Ras al-Ayn]
2015 – A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
2015 – The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.
2017 – O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.
• [AP News (video)]
• [O.J. Simpson Parole Hearing (Full) | NBC News]
• [Wikipedia: OJ Simpson robbery case]
2020 - Scientists find evidence of volcanoes on Venus, showing the planet is not as dormant as previously thought (Nature Geoscience)
• [Corona structures driven by plume–lithosphere interactions and evidence for ongoing plume activity on Venus | Nature Geoscience]
• [37 Enormous Strangely Shaped Volcanoes Found on Venus | Antov Petrov (video)]
• [Lunch Break Science: Volcanic Activity on Venus | Science Museum of Virginia (video lecture)]
2021 - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos goes into space in first unpiloted suborbital flight with all-civilian crew, aboard rocket developed by his company Blue Origin
• [Replay - New Shepard First Human Flight (Blue Origin Video)]
• [Replay - First Human Flight Post-Flight Press Conference (Blue Origin Video)]
• [Wikipedia: Blue Origin]
• [CNET Highlights Video]
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Published at 5:10am on Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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