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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Canadian high pressure will bring cooler and drier air to the region through the weekend. After a brief warm-up early next week, a cold front is expected to bring good chances for showers and storms Monday, before settling south of our area and bringing about below normal temperatures for the remainder of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers in the early afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 7pm and 5am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 70. WInds out of the east wind around 5 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers in the early afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Monday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers in the early afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Isolated showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 75. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers in the early afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 7pm and 5am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Monday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Aug 13 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Northwestern Gulf of Mexico:
A trough of low pressure located over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico is producing limited shower activity. Development of this system, if any, is expected to be slow to occur while it moves slowly west-southwestward at 5 to 10 mph and approaches the Texas coast today and tonight, then moves inland over southern Texas on Sunday. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains are possible along portions of the Texas coast through the weekend. For more information about the potential for heavy rainfall, please see products issued by your local National Weather Service office and the Weather Prediction Center. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate this system later today, if necessary.
* 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 12, 2022 Watching Western Gulf
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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 medium range 7.3 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 13th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Highlands in 1931
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands in 1940
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
• 13 North Carolina law enforcement officers have been shot in the line of duty in 2022 [WTVD-Tv (raleigh, NC)]
• Video of violent Lincoln Co. arrest released over objection from sheriff, DA [WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• In NC Senate race, GOP's Budd steps up public appearances to tout law enforcement support [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• WCU starts welcoming students back to campus, celebrates largest freshman class ever [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Madison County Sheriff's Office finds body of missing Asheville man in Pisgah National Forest [Asheville Citizen Times]
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 12 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 12th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 170 [Al Jazeera]
• Putin’s war sets Russian economy back 4 years in single quarter [Al Jazeera]
Did Ukraine just strike 200km into Crimea? | Funker 530
Satellite images show destroyed Russian warplanes at Crimea airbase | BBC News
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 and Iran Double Down on Their Strategic Partnership [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF]
• Russian Economy Contracts Sharply as War and Sanctions Take Hold [New York Times]
• Heavy Losses Leave Russia Short of Its Goal, U.S. Officials Say [New York Times]
• Ex-German Chancellor Schröder sues German parliament over stripped privileges — report [DW News]
• War has devastating effect on tourism in Ukraine's Odesa [France 24]
• UK says Russia ‘starting to fail’ in Ukraine war [Al Jazeera]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Moscow reveals ‘point of no return’ in Russia-US relations [Russia Today]
• Russia will face serious sanctions as USA will not recognise Donbass referendum [Pravda ]
• Zelensky is either to face tribunal or return to comedy shows — Russia Security Council [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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Special Section: Mar-a-Lago Raid Search Warrants
Editor's Note: Due to the large number of news stories relating to this event and to prevent it from overwhelming the other news stories in the national and world news section, it will be covered in a special section for today. Tomorrow, coverage of the aftermath will be included in the national and world news section afterward. Inclusion of links and videos are not intended as commentary by Macon Media or as endorsement of the views expressed by the authors or other news outlets in the links and videos posted here]
• EXCLUSIVE: Warrant and Property Receipt from Mar-a-Lago Raid [Human Events]
• EXCLUSIVE: Warrant and Property Receipt from Mar-a-Lago Raid [PDF Download]
• FBI Recovered 11 Sets of Classified Documents in Trump Search, Inventory Shows [Wall Street Journal]
• Trump claims he declassified all the documents at Mar-a-Lago. Even if that’s true, it probably doesn’t matter. [New York Times]
• FBI search warrant shows Trump under investigation for potential obstruction of justice, Espionage Act violations [Politico]
• Trump Admin-Saudi Nuclear Probe Resurfaces Ahead of Warrant Unseal [Newsweek]
• FBI seized top secret documents in Trump estate search [AP News]
• FBI seized top secret documents at Trump's home; Espionage Act cited [Reuters via Yahoo! News]
• Fox News airs edited photo of Trump raid judge with Ghislaine Maxwell [Uk Independent]
• Trump raid deeply troubling for those who care about civil liberties: Harmeet Dhillon [Fox News]
• The FBI found evidence at Mar-a-Lago that Team Trump can't ignore [MSNBC]
• Rep. Mullin to Newsmax: FBI Needlessly Took Trump Search to 'Nuclear Level' [NewsMax]
• House Oversight Committee Republicans Demand Answers From DOJ [One America News Network]
ABC News Special Report: FBI Found 11 sets of classified documents in Trump FBI raid
What We Know About The 11 Classified Documents Seized From Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home | NBC News
‘The Five’ talks the release of Trump raid search warrant | Fox News
Trump Had Documents That Never Leave Special Facilities Says Rep. Krishnamoorthi | MSNBC
WORD FOR WORD: Trump raid documents read by John Tabacco | Newsmax TV
FBI retrieved top secret documents from Trump's Florida home | PBS Newshour
Donald Trump search warrant: FBI took top secret documents from Florida home | BBC News
FBI Seized Classified Documents in Trump Mar-a-Lago Search, Inventory Shows | WSJ
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago search warrant cites 3 criminal laws. Here’s what we know | CNN
Trump investigated under Espionage Act, search warrant says | CBS Evening News
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National and World News Roundup
Episode 5 | Inside Xi's China- The Great Game plan | PLA's aggression, from Leh to Taiwan | WION
• House Passes Democrats’ Climate, Healthcare and Tax Package [Wall Street Journal]
• Uttar Pradesh: India son born out of rape helping mum get justice [BBC News]
• Salman Rushdie: Man arrested after author attacked on stage [BBC News]
• By chance, AP reporter on scene to witness Rushdie attack [The Hill]
• Author Salman Rushdie will ‘likely’ lose an eye after being stabbed in New York [news.com.au]
• Gunman Who Targeted FBI Office Was a Navy, National Guard Veteran with History of Violent Social Media Posts [Military.com]
Screenshot of Truth Social Post by Ricky Shiffer.
• FBI attacker was prolific contributor to Trump’s Truth Social website [Washington Post]Ricky Shiffer • A Top Wisconsin Republican Fires the 2020 Election Investigator He Hired [New York Times]
• After 35 years missing, an Air Force captain mysteriously reappeared in the Bay Area [SF Gate]
Washington Today (8-12-22): House passes $740B health/climate/tax "Inflation Reduction Act' | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 12, 2022 | FBI search warrant of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home unsealed
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 12
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 12th, 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 3:10pm CEST, 10 August 2022, there have been 584,065,952 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,418,958 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 3:10pm CEST, 10 August 2022, there have been 91,149,143 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,023,774 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 5 August 2022, a total of 596,173,194 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Impact of Lifting School Masking Requirements on Incidence of COVID-19 among Staff and Students in Greater-Boston Area School Districts: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis [MedRxiv]
• Sleepwalking toward Covid disaster: In the interest of returning to 'normal,' the US is ignoring the crisis of Long Covid [48hills]
• Impact of rhinovirus on hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study. [Science Direct]
• Post–COVID-19 Symptoms and Conditions Among Children and Adolescents — United States, March 1, 2020–January 31, 2022 [CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) for August 5, 2022]
• A strategy to assess spillover risk of bat SARS-related coronaviruses in Southeast Asia [Nature] [PDF]
• Early Detection of COVID-19 outbreaks using Textual Analysis of Electronic Medical Records [Science Direct]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Ignition confirmed in a nuclear fusion experiment for the first time [New Scientist]
• This 17-Year-Old Designed a Motor That Could Potentially Transform the Electric Car Industry [Smithsonian Magazine]
• Peloton to Cut 800 Jobs, Hike Prices and Shut Stores in Sweeping Overhaul [Bloomberg]
• Apple asked for a cut of Facebook’s ad sales years before it stifled Facebook’s ad sales [The Verge]
• The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun [Wired]
• Disney has more subscriptions than Netflix for first ever time [The Independent]
• Top inventors in 2021 [Patentdocs]
• 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
Running Neural Networks on Meshes of Light | Asianometry
The Level1 Show August 12 2022: This Moon Crater Is Just Right!
Selecting Solar - DTNS Experiment Week | Daily Tech News Show
How Did the First Molecules Form? | Arvin Ash
STARLINK GROUP 3-3 | FALCON 9 BLOCK 5 Launch From Vandenberg Space Fore Base
Greek War of Independence: Modern Greece is Born | Kings and Generals
Books You Can (Never) Read | TREY the Explainer
10 Mind Blowing Future Solar System Events | Event Horizon
How 4.5 Million People Nearly Ran Out of Water | Real Life Lore
The Simple Genius of NYC’s Water Supply System | Wendover Productions
Glory And Defeat - The Franco-Prussian War 1870/71 | Real Time History
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Ukraine War Gives Taiwan Ideas for How to Defend Itself Against China | WSJ
UK: Crimea blasts degrade Russia’s Black Sea air fleet | DW News
Ukraine: IAEA chief warns of 'grave hour' at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plan | FRANCE 24 English
Ukraine is HARMing Russian radars, thanks to the US? | Binkov's Battleground
The Air War in Ukraine: How Russia failed and Why Ukraine Survived | Animarchy History
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On This Day
August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 140 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 first 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]
523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
900 – Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren.
1099 – Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II.
1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
• [Wikipedia: Fall of Tenochtitlan]
• [Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521) - Spanish-Aztec War | Kings and Generals]
• [The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds (Part 1 of 2) | The Fall of Civilizations Podcast]
• [The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds (Part 2 of 2) | The Fall of Civilizations Podcast]
1532 – Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-seventh day of the seventh month of the fifth year of the Tenbun (天文) era).
• [Kyoto Dream Trips Blog]
• [Kyoroku-Tenbun Rebellion (享禄・天文の乱)]
• [When Buddhist Monks Turned Temple Burning Arsonists in Medieval Japan]
1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
1624 – The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
1645 – Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro.
1650 – Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• [Wikipedia: Penobscot Expedition]
• ["The Penobscot Expedition and The Revolution" | Maine Public Television]
• [Penobscot: The Battle No One Ever Heard Of | Maine Public Television]
1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
1806 – Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle ends two days later with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Netherlands, is signed in London, England.
1868 – The 8.5–9.0 Mw Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
1889 – William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
1898 – Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
1905 – Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
1906 – The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Warsaw (1920)]
• [Battle of Warsaw - Turning Point of Polish-Soviet War I The Great War]
• [The Battle of Warsaw, 1920: One Hundred Years Ago by Norman Davies]
• [Miracle On The Vistula: The 1920 Battle Of Warsaw | In Your Pocket City Guides]
1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
1944 – World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
• [Wikipedia: Razing of Anogeia]
1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
1961 – Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday.
• [Wikipedia: Barbed Wire SundayT]
• [Episode #2: The Berlin Wall - Part 1: The Rise; The Barbed Wire Sunday Revolution - August 1961 | Rebels and Revolutions]
• [The Berlin Wall: A Sunday outing that was not to be (video)]
1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
1967 – Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• [The Apollo 11 Ticker Tape Parade: August 13, 1969]
• [Apollo 11 Astronauts National Home Coming Parade (video)]
• [Millions Welcome Home Apollo 11 Astronauts - ABC News - August 13, 1969]
1977 – Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
1978 – One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
1990 – A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
2004 – One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
2008 – Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
• [Gori: 'The Russians are coming' | France 24 video]
• [Feature History - Russo-Georgian War | Feature History]
• [Wikipedia: Russo-Georgian War]
2015 – At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
2020 – Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.
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Published at 6:00am on Saturday, August 13, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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