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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Bermuda high pressure over the area will slowly weaken today as a cold front approaches from the northwest. The front will move into the area on Thursday and settle south of the region by Friday, with an additional reinforcing cold front moving through from the north by Friday night. Cooler and drier high pressure will arrive for most of the weekend, but with moisture returning early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the lower 80s. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 57.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light west northwest wind. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light north northwest wind. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A slight chance of showers between noon and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm by midmorning. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 81. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a slight 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.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light winds out of the north.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, 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.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in mthe mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
More widespread coverage of showers and thunderstorms is expected today into Thursday. With abundant moisture and potential for locally heavy or repeated rainfall due to slow storm motion, localized flash flooding will be of elevated concern during this time. Also, strong gusty winds remain possible within any strong storm Wednesday into Thursday.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Wed Aug 10 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some gradual development of this system is possible over the next few days. However, environmental conditions are forecast to 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...low...30 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 9, 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 5.7 out of 12) today with Grasses, Nettle, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 10th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1980
Lowest Temperature 44°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1953
Greatest Rainfall 3.14 inches in Nantahala in 1973
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
• NC Democrats appeal order to place Green Party candidates on state ballots [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Criminal investigation into AG Josh Stein’s campaign can go on, federal judge rules [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 6 WNC school districts in search of new leadership after resignations, retirements [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• 'Waiting game:' Forest Service hears final objections against Pisgah forest management plan [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• COVID tests available at Hudson Library [Plateau Daily 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 09 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 8th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 167 [Al Jazeera]
Did Ukraine just strike 200km into Crimea? | Funker 530
• 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
• Five injured as blasts rock Russian air base in annexed Crimea [Reuters]
• How Russia Took Over Ukraine’s Internet in Occupied Territories [New York Times]
• Russia-Ukraine updates: Explosions near Russian air base in Crimea [DW News]
• Blasts rock Russian military airbase in annexed Crimea [Al Jazeera]
• Second caravan of cargo ships sails from Ukraine [France 24]
• Inside the Russian-Occupied Ukrainian City Living Under Threat of Nuclear Disaster [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Putin shuns New York UN trip [Russia Today]
• Russia and China may form military alliance to counter Western aggression [Pravda ]
• Russia requests UN Security Council meeting over Ukraine’s shelling of NPP — source [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 details emerge after FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago | ABC World News Tonight
Sean Hannity: The FBI’s reputation is in tatters | Fox News
Lawrence: ‘There Is No Uprising’ For Trump After FBI Search | MSNBC
FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago provokes strong reactions | WPLG-TV (Miami, FL)
• FBI Search of Trump Property Prompted by Concerns Over Sensitive Documents [Wall Street Journal]
• Trump vs. National Archives: A timeline leading up to the Mar-a-Lago raid [Fox News]
• Never Before in American History: The F.B.I. Searches a Former President’s Home [New York Times]
• Growing calls for 'civil war' in far-right groups after FBI search [SOURCE]
• Growing calls for 'civil war' in far-right groups after FBI search [KNX-TV (Phoenix, AZ)]
• Neo-Nazi gathering causes drag queen to cancel story hour in the Seaport [Boston.com]
Global National: Aug. 9, 2022 | RCMP search for kids thought to be in company of sex offender in US
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 09
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 9th, 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 6:24pm CEST, 9 August 2022, there have been 583,038,110 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,416,023 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 6:24pm CEST, 9 August 2022, there have been 91,010,168 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,023,445 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)]
• How long will it take to understand long Covid? [Knowable Magazine]
• New inhaled COVID-19 therapeutic blocks viral replication in the lungs [Berkeley News]
• Masked, Vaccinated Students Didn’t Catch Covid in Classrooms [Bloomberg]
• 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]
• $1B Giant Magellan Telescope to Have 4x the Resolution of James Webb [PetaPixel]
• Major test of first possible Lyme vaccine in 20 years begins [AP News]
• Facebook Gave Nebraska Cops A Teen's DMs So They Could Prosecute Her For Having An Abortion [Forbes]
• This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion [Vice News]
• Hong Kong national security police arrest 2 gov’t workers over alleged ‘seditious’ social media posts [Hong Kong Free Press]
• 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
Level1 News August 10 2022: The Meetings Will Continue Until Quarterly Earnings Improve
An Extra Addition: Tik-Tok and YouTube - DTNS Experiment Week | Daily Tech News Show
Afghanistan Undercover (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
First Ever Booster 7 Static Fire | SpaceX Boca Chica
Starship 24 Static Fire Testing | SpaceX Boca Chica
Cordkillers 418 - Prestige Thursdays (w/ Andrew Mayne) | Cord Killers
Google Talks RCS and Apple - Jan Jedrzejowicz interview, OnePlus 10T review, CameraX standards | All About Android
General Augusto Pinochet - General and Dictator of Chile Documentary | The People Profiles
Why This Tiny Island Has More People Than Russia | Real Life Lore
Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast #310
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Russia’s war effort hampered by tighter export controls, report says | BBC News
Ukraine urges demilitarized zone at nuclear power plant | DW News
Did Ukraine just strike 200km into Crimea? | Funker 530
Large explosions rock Russian military air base in Crimea | FRANCE 24 English
Made In Ukraine: Anti-Tank Missiles Take On Russian Armored Units | Radio Free Europe
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On This Day
August 10th is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 143 days remain until the end of the year.
The term 'the 10th of August' is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the August 10, 1792, the effective end of the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814.
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)
654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.
955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Lechfeld]
• [Wikipedia: Hungarian invasions of Europe]
• [BazBattles: The Battle of Lechfeld 955 AD]
991 – Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Maldon]
• [Wikipedia: Viking activity in the British Isles]
• [BazBattles: The Battle of Maldon 991 AD]
1030 – The Battle of Azaz ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, Romanos III Argyros, against the Mirdasid rulers of Aleppo. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Azaz (1030)]
1270 – Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.
1316 – The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
1512 – The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
1346 – Jaume Ferrer sets out from Majorca for the "River of Gold", the Senegal River.
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
• [Wikipedia: Magellan expedition]
• [Great Voyages: Ferdinand Magellan, 'Our One True Guide': The First Circumnavigation of the Globe]
• [The First Trip Around the World | 5 Minutes to Explain - Magellan's Circumnavigation]
1557 – Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
1585 – The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.
1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage.
• [Wikipedia: Vasa (ship)]
• [Gorgeous Decay: The Second Death of the Swedish Warship Vasa]
• [Swedish History | Why did Vasa sank during her maiden voyage in1628.]
1641 – The Treaty of London between England and Scotland, ending the Bishops' Wars, is signed.
1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.
1680 – The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
1741 – King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
1755 – Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
1792 – French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
• [Insurrection of 10 August 1792]
• [HistoryPod]
• [Assault on the Tuileries, 10 August 1792] (Dramatization of Events, subtitles available)
1793 – The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
1809 – Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
1813 – Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means "Work conquers all things".
1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
1856 – The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Wilson's Creek]
• [Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War]
• [American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek - "The Bull Run of the West"]
• [The Battle of Wilson's Creek and the Fight for Missouri]
1864 – After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
1897 – German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
1901 – The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
1905 – Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1913 – Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
1920 – World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
1932 – A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a combined German–Estonian force successfully defending Narva, Estonia, from invading Soviet troops.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Narva (1944)]
• [TheAceDestroyer: The Battle of Narva ] (5 video playlist)
1948 – Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
1949 – An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
1953 – First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
1961 – Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.[6]
• [Wikipedia: Operation Ranch Hand]
• [Newsreel]
• [Lessons of Vietnam - 09-12-2018 - Operation 'Ranch Hand' and UXO]
• [Agent Orange - The Wall That Heals exhibit]
• [The Dark Shadow of Agent Orange | Retro Report | The New York Times]
• [America's Vietnam Shame: Children Of Agent Orange | Timeline]
1966 – The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
1969 – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
1971 – The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
• [Wikipedia Bio: David Berkowitz]
• [Son Of Sam Arrested in Yonkers - August 10 1977]
• [The Lost Tapes: Son of Sam 📼 FULL EPISODE | Smithsonian Channel]
1978 – Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
1981 – Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
• [Wikipedia: Murder of Adam Walsh]
• [John Walsh explains how his son's kidnapping and murder led to his life's mission]
• [Cops: 1981 Walsh Murder Solved]
1988 – Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
• [Wikipedia: Internment of Japanese Americans]
• [President Reagan at the Japanese-American Internment Compensation Bill signing on August 10, 1988]
• [George Takei: "Why I love a country that once betrayed me"] title [How the Japanese American soldiers broke the Gothic Line during WWII]
title [Going for Broke - Japanese Americans in World War II - Full Length Documentary]
1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
• [Wikipedia: Magellan (spacecraft)]
• [The First Time We Saw All of Venus: The Magellan Mission]
1993 – Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.
1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
1997 – Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
1998 – HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
1999 – Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.
2001 – The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
2001 – Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2.
• [Wikipedia: STS-105]
• [STS-105 launch (8-10-01)]
• [Space Shuttle Flight 106 (STS-105) Post Flight Presentation]
2003 – The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
2009 – Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
2012 – The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
2014 – Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.
2018 – Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself on Ketron Island in Puget Sound.
2019 – Thirty-two are killed and 1,000,000 are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines.
2020 – Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.
• [Live Iowa Derecho Coverage 8/10/20 - KGAN CBS2 Iowa's News Now]
• [The Iowa Derecho: In Their Own Words (Real-Time Documentary)]
• [Cedar Rapids Derecho Live Camera Aug 10, 2020]
• [2020 Iowa Hurricane /Derecho]
• [Midwest Derecho 2020: Understanding the Science and Impacts]
• [Cedar Rapids Derecho (Land Hurricane) Aug 10, 2020 Iowa POV |120+mph winds|]
• [Chasing and Surviving the Iowa Derecho - Aug. 10, 2020]
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, August 10, 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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