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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A quasi-stationary front south of the forecast area will keep intermittent rainfall in the forecast through the end of the week. Low pressure will nose in from the Midwest over the weekend and carry a cold front across the area through Monday and Tuesday, keeping showers and thunderstorms in the forecast at least through the middle of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 9pm, then a chance of showers after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the east 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Light winds out of the east. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of showers between 11am and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of showers between midnight and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Outside areas of dense fog this morning, hazardous weather is not expected today.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Aug 18 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Southwestern Gulf of Mexico:
A concentrated area of showers and thunderstorms is associated with a tropical wave near the coast of Belize. This system is forecast to move across Central America and southeastern Mexico over the next day or so before emerging over the Bay of Campeche, where an area of low pressure could form on Friday. Some gradual development of this system is possible while it moves northwestward over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico through the weekend.
* 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 17, 2022: Tropics Waking Up
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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 range 6.7 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 49°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest Rainfall 2.06 inches in Highlands in 1939
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
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
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Local and State News
• Nantahala Community Club Hosts Candidate Forum [Macon Media]
• NC Zoo Breaks Ground on Asia expansion[Randolph News Now]
• Federal judge reinstates North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban [WSOC-TV (Charlotte, NC)]
• AG Stein calls on voters to decide abortion access, pushes back on NC's 20-week abortion ban [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• 'Unsafe assignments': Nurses at Mission Hospital share concerns over staffing levels [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)E]
• Timber sale of 98 acres in Nantahala National Forest ignites environmentalist concerns [Asheville Citizen Times]
Advocacy groups work to increase voter registration, turnout ahead of midterms | WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• When the next one comes: Emergency managers work toward flood preparedness [Smoky Mountain News]
Examining the role of school resource officers to keep students safe during mass shootings | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, 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 17 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 17th]
Ukraine Pounding Russian Positions in Crimea | Funker 530
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 175 [Al Jazeera]
• Missile Strike Kills 6 Civilians in Kharkiv, as Front Remains Static [New York Times]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (Day 148-158)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 159-172. The first half of August has seen an emerging shift in the strategic initiative moving decidedly away from the Russia to that of Ukraine. With fall fast approaching the next several weeks may prove as critical as the early days of the war. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/VNNpW6pynB
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) August 17, 2022
• Russia-Ukraine updates: Kyiv runs nuclear disaster drills near Zaporizhzhia plant [DW News]
• At least six killed as Russia shells Kharkiv flats: Governor [Al Jazeera]
• Volunteers from the Georgian Legion help Ukrainians repel Russian army [France 24 (video)]
• U.S. Veterans Race to Train Ukrainians as Marines; ‘Time Is Not on Their Side’ [Wall Street Journal]
• Ukraine: Preparing for the worst as situation at nuclear plant ‘approaches critical’ [BBC News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Russia names main victim of US energy ‘victory’ [Russia Today]
• Expert: Russia deals an irreparable blow to Ukraine and the United States [Pravda ]
• Ukrainian army delivers massive strike on Energodar using heavy artillery — authorities [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
Why Insulin Is So Expensive and How California Aims to Produce Its Own | WSJ
Salman Rushdie - Writing under death threats | DW Documentary
• Cheney releases concession call audio to refute primary opponent's claims [Politico]
• Dolly Parton celebrates her Imagination Library program [AxiosE]
• CDC announces sweeping reorganization, aimed at changing the agency's culture and restoring public trust [CNN]
• Sex between men, not skin contact, is fueling monkeypox, new research suggests [NBC NewsE]
• Texas school district orders removal of Anne Frank’s diary from shelves [Jerusalem Post]
• Trump is rushing to hire seasoned lawyers — but he keeps hearing ‘No’ [Washington Post via Microsoft News]
• Feds bust alleged Mafia gambling operations posing as shoe repair, coffee shop [ABC News]
• Palestinian general discusses potential cooperation in Moscow [Al Jazeera]
• Trump election interference probe heats up in Atlanta [Courthouse News Service]
• Man arrested in 3 highway shootings in Alabama, Georgia [ABC News]
• Here’s the Whole Transcript of That Leaked Steve Bannon Tape, Annotated [Mother Jones]
What Cheney's loss means for GOP, Pence's comment on Jan. 6 probe, more on "Red & Blue" | August 17 | CBS News
Washington Today (8-17-22): Campaign 2024: Former VP Pence at 'Politics & Eggs' in NH | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 17, 2022 | Medically assisted death suggestion to Canadian veteran sparks fury
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 17
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 17th, 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 5:12pm CEST, 16 August 2022, there have been 588,757,628 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,433,794 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 5:12pm CEST, 16 August 2022, there have been 91,719,079 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,026,757 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 5 August 2022, a total of 596,173,194 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19 [New England JOurnal of Medicine]
• ‘We cannot live with 15,000 deaths a week’: WHO warns on rise in COVID fatalities [Global News]
• Risk of ‘brain fog’ and other conditions persists up to two years after Covid infection [STAT]
• Walensky, Citing Botched Pandemic Response, Calls for C.D.C. Reorganization [New York Times]
• COVID-Related Cognitive Decline Predicted to Boost Global Dementia Rates [Medscape]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Social media is polluting society. Moderation alone won’t fix the problem [MIT Technology Review]
• The frontrunners in the trillion-dollar race for limitless fusion power [Fast CompanyE]
• Engineers saved a baby's life by printing the missing part of her skull [Interesting Engineering]
• Meet new Meta COO Javier Olivan, the 'super-low-ego, humble' company veteran filling Sheryl Sandberg's large shoes who rarely uses Facebook or Instagram [Business Insider]
• Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for tweeting [The Verge]
• Most electric cars are quiet. But Dodge says its future electric muscle car will be super loud [CNN]
• Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds [Vi Bilägare (Sweden)]
• Does Mark Zuckerberg Not Understand How Bad His Metaverse Looks? [Forbes]
• Young watch almost seven times less TV than over-65s - Ofcom [BBC News]
• TikTok Bans Paid Political Influencer Videos Ahead of US Midterms [BNN Bloomberg]
• 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
What If Dark Energy Is A New Quantum Field? | PBS Space Time
Launchapalooza Summer 2022 - 5 Launches in 24 hours! - Deep Space Updates August 2022 | Scott Manley
How Fiber Will Speed Up America’s Internet | CNBC
Googling Your Personal Data Online Is Easy. How Do You Remove It? | Tech News Briefing Podcast | WSJ
Fermi Paradox: The Easy Way to Colonize Stars | Event Horizon
Apple's Mob Move | Coder Radio 479 | Jupiter Broadcasting
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Clemson Salmon - Android 13, Amazon's football deal, USB Rubber Ducky | This Week in Google
TLS Private Key Leakage - BIG patch Tuesday, Facebook E2E encryption, VNC insecurity, Cyotek WebCopy | Security Now
The Most Disappointing Fast Food Breakfast Item Yet | The Report of the Week
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> The Air War in Ukraine: Who and What? | Animarchy History
Volunteers from the Georgian Legion help Ukrainians repel Russian army | FRANCE 24 English
Should the West be nervous about Turkey's close ties with Russia? | Inside Story
Germany's economy stagnates amid increasing worries about gas rationing | DW News
What Ukraine targeting Crimea means for the resistance effort | ABC News
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On This Day
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 135 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)
684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Constantinople 674–678 and Marj Rahit 684 - Muslim Expansion | Kings and Generals]
• [DBpedia]
1304 – The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
1487 – The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
1572 – Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
1590 – John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
• [Wikipedia: Roanoke Colony]
• [What happened to the 'vanished' colonists at Roanoke? | Live Science]
• [Lost Colony of Roanoke found groundbreaking evidence released in new book | WAVY-TV Virginaia Beach, VA]
• [How Did A Whole Village Disappear? (The Lost Colony of Roanoke Mystery) | Infographics Show]
• [Lost Colony of Roanoke | In Search of History]
1612 – The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1721 – The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
1809 – The Senate of Finland is established in the Grand Duchy of Finland after the official adoption of the Statute of the Government Council by Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
1826 – Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
1848 – Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Union attacks railroad at Globe Tavern August 18 1864 (video)]
• [Battle of the https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/weldon-railroad-battle-of-the/ | Encyclopedia Virginia]
1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
1891 – A major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Women's Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 | CrashCourse]
• [The Surprising Road to Women's Suffrage | University of California Television (UCTV) ]
1923 – First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1940 – World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
• [Wikipedia: The Hardest Day]
• [he Battle Of Britain: The Hardest Days | WW2 Documentary]
• [The Hardest Day, Battle of Britain - Animated | The Operations Room]
• [Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | The War Department Information Film #4]
1945 – Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
1950 – Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, is assassinated. The Party newspaper blames royalists and Rexists.
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
1958 – Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
1963 – Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
1965 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
1966 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
1976 – The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.
• [Wikipedia: Korean axe murder incidentT]
• [DMZ ceremony marks 45th anniversary of American soldiers’ axe slaying |Stars and Stripes (2021)]
• [The Korean Ax Incident - Operation Paul Bunyan | Dard Docs]
• [A Brief History of: The Poplar Tree Incident]
1977 – Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
1983 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
1989 – Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
2003 – One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
2005 – A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
• [Wikipedia/a>]
• [Asia News]
• [BBC News: Massive power outage in Indonesia]
2008 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
2008 – War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Combat Footage: French Infantry Troops Ambushed By Taliban]
• [Ambush | Java Films (French language with English subtitles)]
2017 – The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
2019 – One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after once covering six square miles (15.5 km2).
• [celand holds funeral for its first glacier to vanish | The Telegraph]
• [The New Yorker]
• [Eulogy For A Glacier (Okjökull) | Jonathan Mann ]
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, August 18, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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