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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A typical summertime pattern continues with a subtropical ridge in the western Atlantic extending over the southeastern U.S. through at least the middle of the week. Moisture will pool ahead of a cold front approaching from the north on Wednesday and cross the area Thursday. A reinforcing cold front will cross the region from the north on Friday and usher in much drier air and cooler temperatures through the upcoming weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 70%.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then showers likely, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 80. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 70%.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected today with more widespread coverage Wednesday into Thursday. With abundant moisture and potential for locally heavy/persistent rainfall due to slow storm motion, localized flash flooding will be an increasing concern again Wednesday into Thursday. Additionally, strong gusty winds are possible within any strong storm Tuesday through Thursday.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave continues to produce a large area of disorganized cloudiness and thunderstorms over the eastern tropical Atlantic a few hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Gradual development of this system is possible and a tropical depression could form around the middle to latter portion of the week before environmental conditions become less favorable by this weekend. This system is expected to move westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph across the tropical Atlantic during the next several days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 8, 2022: Tracking 97L
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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 low-medium range 3.9 out of 12) today with Grasses, Nettle, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 9th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin in 1980
Lowest Temperature 47°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1989
Greatest Rainfall 2.90 inches in Highlands in 1952
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
• Report: It will cost $6.3M to rename Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Sens. Tillis, Burr face backlash for insulin vote in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act [Raleigh News and Observer]
• He reported his supervisor choking a handcuffed man. Then he was fired. [WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• SROs to wear body cameras in Jackson County schools [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, August 08 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 8th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 166 [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine's security forces foil Russian assassination attempts on Defence Minister and intelligence chief [Yahoo! News]
• Can America’s Most Fearsome Howitzer Repel Russia's Superior Forces in the Ukraine? [Popular Mechanics]
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
• Russia-Ukraine updates: Ukraine hits bridges in Russian-held Kherson [DW News]
• Russia suspends inspections of strategic arms under US treaty [A l Jazeera]
• Ukraine reports heavy Russian shelling along Donbas front [France 24]
• As Many as 80,000 Russian Troops Hurt or Killed in Ukraine, Pentagon Says [Wall Street Journal]
• In a Summer of Feints, Russia and Ukraine Try to Predict Enemy’s Next Move [New York Times]
• Russia using Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as army base - Ukraine [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• China’s exports to Russia soar – data [Russia Today]
• Ukrainian army about to break down completely [Pravda ]
• Biden to sign NATO accession protocols for Sweden, Finland on August 9 [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
• FBI executes search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago in document investigation [CNNE]
• Trump says Mar-a-Lago home in Florida 'under siege' by FBI agents [Fox News]
• Secret Service protection would follow Donald Trump to the slammer if he ever ended up there, former agents say [BUsiness Insider via Yahoo! News]
• Gabby Petito's family files $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Utah police [NBC News]
• Olivia Newton-John, superstar singer and actress, dies at 73 [KALB-TV (Alexandria, LA)]
• Zoonotic Langya virus found in China, CDC says [Taipei Times]
What China’s Military Exercises Reveal About Its Taiwan Strategy | WSJ
• Here's what would happen to markets and the economy if China attacked Taiwan [Yahoo! Finiance]
Global National: Aug. 8, 2022 | Canada's RCMP used spyware capable of controlling cellphones
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 08
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 8th, 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 5:26pm CEST, 5 August 2022, there have been 579,092,623 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,407,556 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 August 2022, a total of 12,308,330,588 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:26pm CEST, 5 August 2022, there have been 90,706,508 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,021,995 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 29 July 2022, a total of 595,655,408 vaccine doses have been administered.
• UAB: Study shows PPE was highly effective against COVID-19 in emergency department workers [WBRC-TV (Birmingham, AL)]
• Covid becomes Australia’s third most common cause of death in 2022 [The Guardian]
• Californians are staying infected with the coronavirus for a long time. Here’s why [Los Angeles Times]
• Pandemic setbacks loom as students move to college [AP News via Yahoo! News]
• TWiV 925: First kisses and second doses [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• A Phone Carrier That Doesn’t Track Your Browsing or Location [Wired]
• Backward Shockwaves From Deep Space Are Puzzling Scientists [Popular Mechanics]
• Google outage reported by thousands of users around the world [CNBC]
• Antitrust Bill Targeting Big Tech in Limbo as Congress Prepares to Recess [Wall Street Journal]
• Malcolm Gladwell says it’s ‘not in your best interest to work from home.’ Nearly 20 years ago he said he ‘hates desks’ and writes from his couch [Fortune]
• San Diego Citizens Wrest Control of Surveillance Tech Away From Police [Gizmodo]
• Over 100K Cars Cut From North American Production This Week Due to Chip Shortage [CNET]
• Hacker Finds Kill Switch for Submachine Gun–Wielding Robot Dog [Vice News]
• 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 August 9 2022: Ding Dong Detained
BobaTech: Squid Game and the rise of K-Dramas - DTNS Experiment Week | Daily Tech News Show
Peter Thiel and the CIA | Andrew Bustamante and Lex Fridman
Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast #310
Threadripper 5000 Launch - Live Chat, and Live Systems | Level1 Techs
Nvidia is DESPERATE To Sell GPUs! | Gamer Meld
Alien Refugees | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Fear in Russia | Inside Russia
Russia, Ukraine trade blame over attacks on nuclear plant | Ukraine Update
Cruise and ballistic missiles in Ukraine - effectiveness, lessons (and are the Russians running out?) | Perun
Young Ukrainians volunteer to help rebuild destroyed homes | Al Jazeera
Ukraine reports heavy Russian shelling along Donbas front | FRANCE 24 English
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On This Day
August 9 is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 144 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)
48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Pharsalus]
• [The Battle of Pharsalus (48 B.C.E.)] (Historia Civilis)
• [Battle of Pharsalus 48 BC - Caesar's Civil War] (Kings and Generals)
• [Pharsalus (48 BCE)] (Livius.org)
• [Battle Stack: The Battle of Pharsalus (Caesar vs Pompey) tactics]
• [The Battle of Pharsalus: How Caesar Won a Civil War While Outnumbered Two to One] (War history Online)
• [Dramatization from BBC]
• [Roman epic poem by the poet Lucan]
• [Britannica Encyclopedia Entry]
• [Wikipedia: Caesar's Civil War]
378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Adrianople]
• [Battle of Adrianople 378 - Roman-Gothic War ] (Kings and Generals)
• [The Battle of Adrianople 378 AD] (BazBattles)
• [Wikipedia: Gothic War (376–382)]
• [The Gothic War (376-382) The Fall of Rome #2] (History Time)
1173 – Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete. 1329 – Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop. 1428 – Sources cite biggest caravan trade between Podvisoki and Republic of Ragusa in 1428. Vlachs committed to Ragusan lord Tomo Bunić, that they will with 600 horses deliver 1500 modius of salt. Delivery was meant for Dobrašin Veseoković, and Vlachs price was half of delivered salt. 1500 – Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
1610 – The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Powhatan Wars]
• [Anglo-Powhatan Wars | 3 Minute History]
• [Jamestown and the Powhatan Wars] (J History)
• [The Powhatan Confederacy (HIST 114 - 2.09)] (Campion College)
1751 - NC History James Davis issues the North Carolina Gazette, the first newspaper in North Carolina.
• [Wikipedia: North-Carolina Gazette]
• [Digitial NC: The Noth. Carolina Gazette [1751-1759] (New Bern, N.C.)]
• [NCPedia: North-Carolina Gazette]
1810 – Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
• [The Ephemeral States of the Napoleonic Period]
1814 – Indian Wars: The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Fort Jackson]
• ["Alabama Fever in the Wake of the Treaty of Fort Jackson" by Tom Kanon]
• [Wikipedia: American Indian Wars]
1830 – Louis Philippe becomes the king of the French following abdication of Charles X. 1842 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cedar Mountain]
• [Wikipedia: Northern Virginia campaign]
• [Civil War 125th Anniversary Battle of Cedar Mountain - Re-enacting Retro]
• [1862-52 Cedar Mountain August 9 1862]
• [Medical Care at the Battle of Cedar Mountain - August 9, 1862] (video will go live at 1pm)
1877 – Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Big Hole]
• [Wikipedia: Nez Perce War]
• [BIHO The Battle of the Big Hole]
• [Big Hole National Battlefield - Tragedy in Montana]
• [Big Hole National Battlefield Movie]
• [Big Hole National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)]
1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
• [Wikipedia: List of Edison patents]
1902 – Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. 1914 – Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Mulhouse]
• [Mountain Combat In The Vosges - The Battle For Alsace-Lorraine I THE GREAT WAR Special]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Frontiers]
1925 – A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India. 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
• [Jesse Owens immortalized by his fourth gold medal]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Jesse Owens]
• [Movietone Newsreel]
• [Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics in 1936]
1942 – World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
• [Battle of Savo Island]
• [Battle of Savo Island]
• [Drachinfel: Guadalcanal Campaign - 1st Savo IslandLINKTEXT]
• [Why was the US Navy mauled at Savo Island?]
• [[EN] Armchair Admirals Episode III - Battle of Savo Island | EnStream 2020]
1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
• [SmokeyBear.com: About the Campaign]
• [THE STORY OF SMOKEY BEAR w/ HOPALONG CASSIDY U.S. FOREST SERVICE FIRE FIGHTERS] (1953)
• [History of Smokey Bear]
• [The Story of Smokey Bear]
• [Smokey the Bear Dies - Decades TV Network]
1944 – Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war. 1945 – World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
• [Wikipedia: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
• [Atomic Archive: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]
• [Nagasaki Bomb - 1945 | Movietone Moments]
1945 – The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
1949 - NC History The first locally-established arts council in the United States is formed in Winston-Salem.
• [Wikipedia: Arts Council of Winston-Salem Forsyth County]
• [Official Website]
1960 – South Kasai secedes from the Congo. 1965 – Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
1969 – Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
• [Wikipedia: Manson Family]
• [Inside Charles Manson's crazed cult | 60 Minutes Australia]
• [Susan Atkins Interview (1976) - Description of Sharon Tate Murder]
1970 – LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground. 1971 – The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
1973 – Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
1974 – As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
• [Swearing in Ceremony of Gerald R. Ford as 38th President of the United States, August 9, 1974]
• [Biography]
• [Ambition, Pragmatism and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford]
1991 – The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial. 1993 – The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership. 1999 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. 2003 - NC History A flood washes away the Pisgah Covered Brisdge in Randolph County. It is later rebuilt.
• [Wikipedia: Pisgah Covered Bridge]
• [HD Carolina: Pisgah Covered Bridge]
2006 – At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
2013 – Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least ten people and injuring 30.
2014 – Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
• [Wikipedia: Shooting of Michael Brown]
• [Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory]
• [RAW COVERAGE: Ferguson, Missouri, Round Two]
2017 - Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest
• [New York Times]
• [Inflatable chicken resembling Trump (video)]
• [It's gonna be huge: China factory hatches giant Trump chickens (video)]
2018 - Argentina's Senate rejects bill to legalize abortion in first 14 weeks
2020 - Brazil passes 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, the world's 2nd highest, with over 3 million recorded cases
2020 - Disputed Belarusian presidential election sees long time dictator Alexander Lukashenko officially win 80% of the votes but unofficially lose 60-70% of the votes to main opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Sparks widespread protests in Belarus and international condemnation.
• [Wikipedia: 2020 Belarusian presidential election]
• [Belarus President Is Secretly Inaugurated Weeks After Disputed Election]
• [Violent protests in Belarus after Lukashenko claims election victory (video)]
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Published at 4:00am on Tuesday, August 09, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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