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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures will warm a few degrees as moisture streams back into the forecast area early this week. A cold front approaches from the northwest, bolstering rain and thunder chances Monday afternoon and evening, before settling south of the area on Tuesday and keeping below-normal temperatures and intermittent rain chances in the forecast through the end of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph in the early evening becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through midmorning, then becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Light north northwest wind. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Tuesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Tuesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Wednesday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph in the early evening becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 11am and 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered strong thunderstorms are expected this afternoon through late in the evening evening, with a few possibly becoming severe. Primary threats are straight-line damaging winds, isolated large hail, and cloud-to-ground lightning. Localized heavy rainfall could lead to flash flooding, mainly in low lying, poor-drainage areas.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Aug 15 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Atlantic Ocean:
A broad trough of low pressure continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the central Atlantic several hundred miles south-southeast of Bermuda. Development, if any, of this system should be slow to occur due to generally unfavorable environmental conditions while the disturbance moves slowly north-northwestward or northward during the next few days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 14, 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 upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range 7.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (6.7 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 15th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Coweeta Experimental Station in 1943
Lowest Temperature 47°F in Coweeta Experimental Station in 1963
Greatest Rainfall 6.32 inches in Highlands in 1923
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 August
Data available from 1873 to 2022
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
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
Monthly Averages
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
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Local and State News
• WNC farmers struggle to stay afloat amid unpredictable rainfall, long recovery process [Asheville Citizen Times]
• Uniquely WNC: "Chair nerds" pass on tradition and craft with unique education center [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• The ACC is making more money than ever. So why is the league's future so uncertain? [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• After tough years, NC prisons chief is departing to lead national corrections group [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Passengers on high alert during bomb threat onboard flight bound for Charlotte Douglas [WSOC-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• Haywood Builders sold to Southeast Building Supply [Smoky Mountain News]
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, August 14 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 14th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 172 [Al Jazeera]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 148-158)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 148-158. The last 10-days of July saw the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation (SVRF) offensive in northern Donetsk stall while the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU) make incremental gains in Kherson as they prepare for a counteroffensive. #UkraineRussianWar pic.twitter.com/J8y4GBXPs5
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) August 3, 2022
• In My Homeland, the Smell of Death on a Summer Afternoon [New York Times]
• Risks of disaster at nuclear plant ‘increasing every day’: Mayor [Al Jazeera]
• World in Progress: 'Free all words' - freeing the voices of Belarusians & Ukrainians [DW NewsE]
• Ukraine war: Predicting Russia's next step in Ukraine [BBC News]
• War Thrust This Ukrainian Psychiatric Hospital Onto the Front Lines [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russian troops to receive cutting-edge small arms [Russia Today]
• Strategic Culture: Russian Navy threatens NATO in nine seas at a time [Pravda ]
• US seeking to label Russia as state sponsor of terrorism with others’ hands — diplomat [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
Man dies after ramming car into US Capitol barricade, shooting himself | DC News Now
• Presidential Power to Declassify Information, Explained [New York Times]
Rising threats against law enforcement after Mar-a-Lago search | ABC News
The John Batchelor Show Podcast
WashingtonDC: What is clumsy and threatening at the same time? #DevinNunes, Truth Social https://t.co/W0SWjm2z2p via @Audioboom
— John Batchelor (@batchelorshow) August 15, 2022
• FBI and DHS warn threats to federal law enforcement have spiked since Mar-a-Lago search [NBC News]
• Five U.S. Lawmakers Arrive in Taiwan Amid Tensions With China [New York Times]
• Japan marks 77 years since end of World War Two [NHK World]
• India at 75: How Hindu nationalism overshadows the promise of secularism [DW News]
• Afghanistan suffering ‘one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises’ under Taliban [France 24]
• CPS (Child Protective Services) employee caught on camera telling 14-year-old girl to become a prostitute[KTBC-TV (Austin, TX)]
• Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes [AP News]
• Saudi Aramco Making Over $700m Per Day [Ten Pieces of Eight]
• Deadline looms for drought-stricken states to cut water use [Yahoo! News]
US: Citizens opt for early retirement, lack of workers blamed on strict immigration laws | WION
Meet The Press Full Broadcast - August 14 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Fitzpatrick, McCaul, Tyab, D'Agata, Carvalho| CBS News
Global National: Aug. 14, 2022 | Deadly electrical fire at Egypt church kills dozens of worshippers
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 14
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 14th, 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 6:36pm CEST, 12 August 2022, there have been 585,950,085 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,425,422 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 9 August 2022, a total of 12,355,390,461 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:36pm CEST, 12 August 2022, there have been 91,435,449 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,025,353 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 5 August 2022, a total of 596,173,194 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Tokyo reports 22,740 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday [NHK World]
• Shanghai to reopen all schools Sept. 1 as lockdown fears persist [Reuters]
A look at the latest research in COVID treatments | DW News COVID-19 Special
• The mechanism underlying extrapulmonary complications of the coronavirus disease 2019 and its therapeutic implication [Neture]
• Quiet quitting: Employees suffering pandemic burnout say they've just stopped working as hard [Yahoo! News]
• What the New C.D.C. Guidelines Mean for You [New York Times]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Ancient writing deciphered nearly a century after its discovery - study [Jerusalem Post]
[SOURCE]
• Everyone’s over remote work except for the workers themselves [Fortune]
• Google Executives Warn Employees About Layoffs: 'There Will Be Blood On Streets' [Mashable India]
• Yet Another Study Finds Cable News Has A Much Bigger Effect On US Polarization Than Social Media [Tech Dirt]
• A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave [Wired]
• Xiaomi clones the Galaxy Fold, makes it 40% thinner, adds a bigger battery [ARS TECHNICA]
• Eyes on 6G safety as Chinese scientists find terahertz radiation boosts brain cell growth in mice [South China Morning Post]
• Nanomaterials pave the way for the next computing generation [Nature]
• 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 Cottonwood Disaster | LINUX Unplugged 471 | Jupiter Broadcasting
SpaceX Starship Testing Insanity, but SLS will orbit first. Astra Scraps Rocket 3, 2 Falcons 9s Fly | Matt Lowne
SpaceX is Moving Starship Booster to the Next Level, and Astounding Falcon 9 Mass to Orbit | Marcus House
Why 157nm Lithography Failed | Asianometry
NSF Live: Talking About the Busy Week of Starship and Booster Testing | NASA Spaceflight
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukrainian forces prepare for assault in effort to retake Kherson | CBS News
Ukraine farmers face challenging harvest season as grain silos already full | FRANCE 24 English
How the Ukraine grain deal will affect the global food crisis | CBS News
Threats grow for nuclear power plant in Ukraine | ABC News
Ukrainian President Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘nuclear blackmail’ | BBC News
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On This Day
August 15th is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 138 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)
29 BC – Octavian holds the third of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
• [2045th Anniversary of Octavian’s 3 Triumphs (written in 2016) | Latin Language Blog]
636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins.
• [Battle of the Yarmuk]
• [Battle of Yarmouk, 636 AD (Part 1/2) ⚔️ Storm gathers in the Middle East]
• [Battle of Yarmouk, 636 AD (Part 2/2) ⚔️ Byzantine - Rashidun Clash at Yarmouk]
717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.
747 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.
778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army.
805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising
927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria.
1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
1038 – King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.
1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Lumphanan]
• [Macbeth, King of Scotland]
• [Shakespeare: Macbeth]
• [Shakespeare's Macbeth Films - Welles - Polanski - Kurosawa - Kurzel - Paul Duncan]
1070 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
1096 – Starting date of the First Crusade as set by Pope Urban II.
1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
1237 – The Battle of the Puig takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon. The battle resulted in an Aragonese victory.
• [Battle of the Puig]
• [Epic Battles of Medieval Spain]
1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned as the first Byzantine emperor in fifty-seven years.
1281 – Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
• [Second invasion (1281)]
• [Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281 - Full History]
• [Mongols: Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281 DOCUMENTARY]
1310 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
1430 – Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
1511 – Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.
1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
1519 – Panama City, Panama is founded.
1534 – Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
1537 – Asunción, Paraguay is founded.
1540 – Arequipa, Peru is founded.
1549 – Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549).
1592 – Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Eok-gi, and Won Gyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu.
1599 – Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
1695 – French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
1824 – The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
• [Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States]
• [The Lafayette Trail: Mapping General Lafayette’s Farewell Tour in the United States (1824-1825)]
• [Andrew Jackson's Hermitage: Marquis de Lafayette]
1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
1893 – Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
1899 – Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened.
1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
1914 – A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
1914 – World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
1914 – World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
• [Battle of Cer]
• [Serbian campaign]
• [Serbian Field Marshal Stepa Stepanovic I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?]
1915 – A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• [Battle of Warsaw (1920)]
• [Battle of Warsaw - Turning Point of Polish-Soviet War I THE GREAT WAR 1920]
• [Polish–Soviet War]
1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
• [Remembering Wiley Post and Will Rogers]
1939 – Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
1943 – World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
1945 – Jewel Voice Broadcast by the Emperor Showa following effective surrender of Japan in the World War II, Korea gains Independence from the Empire of Japan.
1947 – India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
1948 – The First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula.
1950 – Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurrs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.
1952 – A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
1954 – Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
1960 – Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
1961 – Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
1962 – James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
1963 – Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
1970 – Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
• [Wikipedia: Nixon Shock]
• [Nixon Ends Convertibility of US Dollars to Gold and Announces Wage/Price Controls]
• [The End of the Gold-backed US-$ - Nixon Shock in August 1971]
• [The Challenge of Peace - President Nixon's Address to the Nation on A New Economic Policy]
• [The Nixon Shock: The Closing of the Gold Window in 1971 (HOM 35-C)]
• [What if the DOLLAR Was Still Pegged to GOLD | Gold Standard | ENDEVR Explains]
• [How Nixon Killed the U.S. Dollar]
• [End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless | Gold | Financial Crisis | ENDEVR Documentary]
1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1973 – Vietnam War: The USAF bombing of Cambodia ends.
1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung-hee.
1975 – Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
1975 – Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
• [The Wow! Signal: Actual Recording]
• [Wikipedia: Wow! signal]
• [Wow! mystery signal from space finally explained]
• [The Mystery of the Wow! Signal]
1984 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh
1985 – Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement.
1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
1998 – Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
1999 – Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
2005 – Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
2005 – The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
2013 – At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
2015 – North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, August 14, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center. Back to Top
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