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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A moist stationary front will continue to linger over the region through Sunday. Then a weak cold front will push into the area Monday and settle along the Carolina coast Tuesday. Weak high pressure will move in behind the front, but enough moisture will remain to keep chances for showers and thunderstorms each day through the end of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 2am. 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.
Monday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph by noon. Chance of rain is 40%.
Monday Night
A chance of thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 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.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the west. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 3pm and 5pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 70. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 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.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of showers before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 50%.
Monday Night
A chance of thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
A chance of showers before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a chance of showers. 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.
Monday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Monday Night
A chance of thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered to numerous showers and a few embedded thunderstorms will develop across the area this afternoon and continue into early evening. The main threats will be cloud-to-ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Four, located over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa later today and tonight. Environmental conditions are expected to be marginally conducive for gradual development of this system while it moves west-northwestward to northwestward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic during the early to middle part of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 19, 2022: Watching 99L Closely
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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 (2.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin in 1983
Lowest Temperature 48°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1943
Greatest Rainfall 2.41 inches in Highlands in 1935
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 Supreme Court says lawmakers voted into office through gerrymandered districts may have limited authority in amending state constitution [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Supreme Court Voter ID Case Opinion [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) PDF]
• How Duke Energy uses campaign money to influence legislation in North Carolina [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Buncombe County sues former manager Greene again [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Why Chemours is challenging EPA over PFAS drinking water advisory [Carolina Public Press]
• Macon County Art Association’s first ArtFest deemed a success [Macon County News and Shopping Guide]
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 19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 18th]
Ukraine Strikes INTO RUSSIA | Funker 530
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 177 [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
• Ukraine appears to prepare counteroffensive against Russia [DW News]
• Shelling in Kharkiv: 18 people killed, 42 wounded [France 24]
• US announces new $775m Ukraine military aid package[Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine’s Southern Forces Wage a Slow Campaign to Wear the Russians Down [Wall Street Journal]
• Newest U.S. aid package to Ukraine to include surveillance drones [CBS News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Riot disrupts showing of Ukraine film [Russia Today]
• Erdogan's proposal about Kharkiv was not addressed to Zelensky [Pravda ]
• Russia moves away from ‘toxic’ dollar and euro in economic relations with partners [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 Director Tried to Keep Bureau Out of Politics. Then Came Mar-a-Lago Search. [Wall Street Journal]
• Trump legal counsel vows 'Fourth Amendment based' challenge to Mar-a-Lago raid 'very soon' [Fox News]
• Judge denies Lindsey Graham's appeal to delay testimony before Georgia grand jury investigating Trump [CBS News]
• After Signing Climate Bill, Biden Prepares More Actions to Cut Emissions [New York Times]
• Court orders release of DOJ memo on Trump obstruction in Mueller probe [Washington Post]
• Democrats hope Florida primary sets the stage for blue wave [Courthouse News Service]
• Mitch McConnell Is Shook About Not Getting the Senate Majority Title Back [The Root via Yahoo! News Service]
• Foot found in Yellowstone hot spring linked to July death [Toronto Star]
• City of Ridgeland withholds funds from the Ridgeland Public Library once again [WLBT-TV (Jackson, MS)]
• Ask the ‘Coupologists’: Just What Was Jan. 6 Anyway? [Politico]
• L.A. County will experience triple the number of hot days by 2053, study says [Los Angeles Times]
What's the impact of the drought in the Rhine River? | Inside Story
Brooks and Marcus on threats against the FBI, Liz Cheney's future, Trump's grip on the GOP | PBS Newshour
Global National: Aug. 19, 2022 | Veteran felt “pressured” to consider medically-assisted death
!--NBC Nightly News--> CBS News Prime Time - August 20
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 20
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 4:41pm CEST, 19 August 2022, there have been 591,683,619 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,443,306 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 17 August 2022, a total of 12,409,086,286 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:41pm CEST, 19 August 2022, there have been 92,108,785 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,028,619 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 12 August 2022, a total of 598,074,864 vaccine doses have been administered.
• TWiV 928: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• Judge throws out Maine lawsuit against COVID vaccine mandate [AP News]
• New study offers clues as to how long COVID affects the heart [Houston Public Media]
• New study suggests covid increases risks of brain disorders [Washington Post]
• Why older people are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 [Your Local Epidemiologist]
• "Long COVID" response ramps up, with plans to test new treatments [CBS News via Yahoo! News]
• Wastewater Disease Tracking: A Photographic Journey From the Sewer to the Lab [New York Times]
Q and A with A and V Livestream 8/18/22 8:00 PM | Microbe TV
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Lawmakers press Facebook, TikTok, and Truth Social over threats against FBI [The Verge]
• US solar industry eyes 50 GW of manufacturing capacity by 2030 [pv magazine]
• Google will modify search algorithms to tackle clickbait [The Guardian]
• Scientists lead charge to restore gray wolf and beaver populations in West [Courthouse News Service]
• Polio Was Almost Eradicated. This Year It Staged a Comeback. [New York Times]
• Fibre overtakes cable to become most common fixed broadband option [Engineering and Technology]
• Mark Zuckerberg promises ‘major updates’ to Horizon avatars after his is widely mocked [Engadget]
• Don’t plug in that free Microsoft Office USB drive you got in the mail [PC World]
• Massive asteroid crater left by dinosaur killer’s ‘cousin’ discovered in Africa [New York Post]
• Israeli space tech startup Helios partners with Eta Space to make oxygen on Moon [Times of Israel]
• Apple Warns of Security Flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs [Bloomberg UK]
• Erik Prince wants to sell you a “secure” smartphone that’s too good to be true [MIT Technology Review]
• 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 19 2022: From the Mouths of Bots
Bad UX or Bad Intentions, TikTok? - DTNS 4337 | Daly Tech News Show
Ask Jason + LegalQ founder Zeb Anderson + OK Boomer with Jules Terpak | This Week in Startups E1539
TWiV 928: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> UN chief: Damage to Ukrainian nuclear power plant would be 'suicide' | DW News
Zelenskyy, Erdogan and the UN’s Guterres meet in Ukraine’s Lviv | Al Jazeera
Why Crimea Is an Important Battleground in the Ukraine War | WSJ
Putin agreeing on need for IAEA inspection of Zaporizhzhia plant a shift in position | FRANCE 24
NATO forces deployed to Latvia amid fears of Russian aggression | BBC News
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On This Day
August 20th is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 133 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)
AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards under mysterious circumstances while in exile.
636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of the Levant away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Yarmuk]
• Battle of Yarmouk [(Part 1/2) ⚔️ Storm gathers in the Middle East] [(Part 2/2) ⚔️ Byzantine - Rashidun Clash at Yarmouk]
• [Battle of Yarmouk 636 (Early Muslim Invasion) ]
• [Muslim conquest of the Levant]
917 – Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.
1083 – Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.
1191 – Richard I of England initiates the Massacre at Ayyadieh, leaving 2,600–3,000 Muslim hostages dead.
• [Massacre at Ayyadieh]
• [Massacre at Ayyadieh (1191) // Richard Lionheart and Saladin // As told by Baha-ad-din]
1308 – Pope Clement V pardons Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, absolving him of charges of heresy.
1391 – Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.
1467 – The Second Battle of Olmedo takes places as part of a succession conflict between Henry IV of Castile and his half-brother Alfonso, Prince of Asturias.
1519 – Philosopher and general Wang Yangming defeats Zhu Chenhao, ending the Prince of Ning rebellion against the reign of the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor.
1672 – Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by an angry mob in The Hague.
1707 – The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Pensacola (1707)]
• [Queen Anne's War]
1710 – War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
1775 – The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
1794 – Northwest Indian War: United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
• [Battle of Fallen Timbers]
• [From Fallen Timbers to the Treaty of Greenville]
• [Battle of Fallen Timbers & Treaty of Greenville APUSH Review]
1852 – Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
1858 – Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
• [Link to Journal]
• [Khan Academy]
• [Natural Selection: Charles Darwin & Alfred Russel Wallace]
1866 – President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
1882 – Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
• [Wikipedia: 1812 Overture]
• [5 truly explosive performances of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture]
• [1812 Overture performed by the Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Mark Elder at the Royal Albert Hall during the Nations Favourite Prom 2004]
1910 – Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2) and killing 87 people.
1914 – World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
1920 – The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
1926 – Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
1940 – In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
• [Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Leon Trotsky]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Ramón Mercader]
1940 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
1944 – World War II: One hundred sixty-eight captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
1948 – Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob M. Lomakin is expelled by the United States, due to the Kasenkina Case.
1955 – Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
1960 – Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
1962 – The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
• [Wikipedia: NS Savannah]
• [NS Savannah - Under Way (1959)]
• [N.S. Savannah Association]
• [NS Savannah Control / Engine Room Tour]
• [NS Savannah in Drydock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 17, 2019]
1968 – Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
1975 – Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
1977 – Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
• [VOYAGER 2 - Launch ] (Fun Fact: The Voyager 2 was launched before Voyager 1)
• [Voyager 2 Trajectory through the Solar System]
• [Voyager 2 Page at JPL]
1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
1988 – "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
• [Wikipedia: Yellowstone fires of 1988]
• [Yellowstone Aflame: The Great Yellowstone Fires of '88 • 60 FPS 1989]
• [The Story Behind the Yellowstone Fires of 1988 | Retro Report | The New York Times]
1988 – Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
1988 – The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
1989 – The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
• [Remembering the Overthrow of Gorbachev, 20 Years Later]
• [Attempted coup against Gorbachev collapses]
1991 – Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
1993 – After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.
1995 – The Firozabad rail disaster claimed 358 lives in Firozabad, India.
1997 – Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
1998 – U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
• [Operation Infinite Reach]
• [News coverage of Operation Infinite Reach (US attacks Sudan/Afghanistan) part 1-WPVI 6abc/WCAU NBC10]
• [Statement on Military Strikes in Sudan and Afghanistan (1998)]
2002 – A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
2006 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
2007 – China Airlines Flight 120 caught fire and exploded after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
2008 – Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
2012 – A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
2014 – Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.
2016 – Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey.
2020 – Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
• [Joe Biden Acceptance Speech at 2020 Democratic National Convention]
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, August 20, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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