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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A moist air mass will remain over the region through tonight. 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 in place each day through the end of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. 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 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of teh southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. 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. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the west 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.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. 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. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the west 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.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 40%. 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 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Aug 21 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory on Potential Tropical Cyclone Four, which has moved inland over northeastern Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave located between the west coast of Africa and the Cabo Verde Islands is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are expected to be marginally conducive for gradual development of this system while it moves westward to west-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 20, 2022
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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 range 1.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 21st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1983
Lowest Temperature 43°F in Highlands in 1918
Greatest Rainfall 1.54 inches in Highlands in 1949
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
• One year later, Laurel Bank Campground is slowly being cleaned up [BPR News]
• Wake DA's investigation into AG Josh Stein's campaign ad, explained [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• 'It's a pretty dire situation': NC needs more hospital beds for mental health patients [WTVD-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Lt. Gov. Robinson's 'Faith, Family, Freedom' rally speech does not shy from controversy [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Roll call: Here's how WNC's members of Congress voted the week of Aug. 12-18 [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 20 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 20th]
The True Cost Of Killer Drones | True Cost | Business Insider
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 178 [Al Jazeera]
• Daughter of staunch Putin ally Alexander Dugin killed in car bombing near Moscow [New York Post]
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
• Germany's Scholz praises Navalny on poisoning anniversary [DW News]
• Latest Ukraine updates: Russian food ‘must get to markets’ [Al Jazeera]
• Drone targets Russian base in Crimea, strikes continue in eastern Ukraine [France 24]
• In Russia, Far-Right Nationalists Offer Rare Criticism of Kremlin’s War Effort [Wall Street Journal]
• Russia steps up campaign to seize key Ukraine city as war nears six-month mark [CBS News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Moscow car bombing victim officially identified [Russia Today]
• Turkish President Erdogan wants to secure his would-be nuclear bomb in Ukraine [Pravda ]
• Russian Defense Ministry starts mass production of Tsirkon missiles - Shoigu [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
• PLA adopts nuclear deterrence to stop foreign intervention on Taiwan [South China Morning Post]
• Amid Voting Rights Act challenge, court keeps election for Georgia utility regulators on hold for now [SCOTUSblogE]
• Energy Projects Sought Across the U.S. Face Local Hurdles [Wall Street Journal]
• Wish you weren’t here: the photos that show an hour in the life of ‘quiet’ tourist hotspots [The Guardian]
• A Former Fox News Insider Spills the Beans [NYUZ]
• A Migrant Wave Tests New York City’s Identity as the World’s Sanctuary [New York Times]
• GOP candidate for Florida House is booted from Twitter after post about shooting federal agents [NBC News via Yahoo! News]
Violent storms kill at least six as 140mph winds batter Corsica and Italy | The Telegraph
31 Dead As Heavy Rain Causes Flash Floods, Landslides In Several States | NDTV (India)
• Gunmen storm Mogadishu hotel, leave 20 dead [AP News (video)]
• Judge hears closing arguments in Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster antitrust trial [Courthouse News ServiceE]
• The Final Days of the Trump White House: Chaos and Scattered Papers [New York Times]
Parts of Southwest brace for possible days of heavy rain | ABC News
8/19: CBS News Prime Time
Global National: Aug. 20, 2022 | BC firefighters challenged by hot, dry conditions and lightning
!--NBC Nightly News--> CBS News Prime Time - August 20
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 20
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 20th, 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.
• Omicron-specific Covid booster shots are just weeks away. Here’s who will—and won’t—be eligible [CNBCE]
• FDA Authorizes Emergency Use for Novavax Covid-19 Vaccine for Ages 12 to 17 [WNBC-TV (New York City, NY)]
• The COVID-19 Pandemic and Post-Infection Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What Lies Ahead for Gastroenterologists [Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology]
• FDA asks Pfizer to test second Paxlovid course in patients with COVID rebound [Reuters via Yahoo! News]
• Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19 [New England Journal of Medicine]
• TWiV 928: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
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
• Protons contain intrinsic charm quarks, a new study suggests [Science News]
• NASA reveals where it wants the next Americans to land on the moon [Star and Stripes]
• NASA's Artemis 3 moon-landing astronauts will explore 1 of these 13 lunar locales [Space.com]
• Proposed rocket launch site in Michigan fuels community concerns [PBS Newshour (video)]
• A biotech company wants to take human DNA and create artificial embryos that could be used to harvest organs for medical transplants [Business Insider]
• John Carmack’s AGI startup raises $20M from Sequoia, Nat Friedman, Patrick Collison and others [TechCrunch]
• How Dark Triad Personalities Present Themselves Online: What psychopaths, narcissists, and Machiavellians do on the Internet. [Psychology Today]
• Compost to computer: Bio-based materials used to salvage rare earth elements [PHYS.ORG]
• Engineers at MIT Fabricate a Chip-less, Wireless Electronic Skin That Senses and Transmits Signals [TECHEBLOG]
• Rocket Lab will self-fund a mission to search for life in the clouds of Venus [ARS TECHNICA]
• 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
Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #313
10 Facts About New Gigantic $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier | Military TV
The Move to the Launchpad Ahead of Our Artemis I Flight Test on This Week @NASA – August 19, 2022
NASA Announces Artemis 3 Landing Sites | The Launch Pad
Media Briefing: Artemis III Candidate Landing Regions | NASA Video
TWiV 929: Empathyology with Andy Slavitt | Microbe TV
Ask Adam Savage: Building Models From Concept Art
Starbase Weekly Episode 35 | RGV Aerial Photography
TWiV 928: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
Live Q&A: Curved Spacetime & Gravity | The Science Asylum
Six Flag's Great Adventure and Wild Safari Drive-Thru - Summer Vibe Festival - Jackson, NJ
The Clovis Culture | North 02
Why Some People Hate Touch Screens In Cars | CNBC
Nature's response to urban sprawl | DW Documentary
208 - Sicily Liberated; Italy in the Firing Line - WW2 - August 20, 1943 | World War Two
The Bulgarian Occupation of Greece during World War II | History Hustle
How Turkey Fought a WW1 Peace Treaty - The Greek-Turkish War 1919-1923 | The Great War
How the Romans Adopted the Greek Gods - Ancient History | Kings and Generals
Dyatlov Pass incident - What happened? | The Cold War
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Daughter of Ukraine war mastermind 'is blown to pieces in Moscow car bomb' | Breaking News Now
As you asked! An interview with Daria Dugina, Alexander Dugin's Daughter | John Mark Dougan (published Jan 2022)
HIMARS is nothing without NATO's recon? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
Ukraine grain exports pick up under UN-backed deal | DW News
Ukraine's Crimean fightback having 'psychological impact' on Russia | BBC News
The True Cost Of Killer Drones | True Cost | Business Insider
Nuclear expert on Ukraine plant: ‘The chances of preventing something are high’ | ABC News
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On This Day
August 21st is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 132 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)
959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [郾城之战 battle scene] (dramatization, no translation available)
• [General Yue Fei | The China History Podcast | Ep. 95]
• [Jin–Song Wars]
1192 – becomes Sei-i Taishōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the 7th month in the 3rd year of the Kenkyū (建久) era).
• [Wikipedia Bio: Minamoto no Yoritomo]
• [Genpei War 1: How the Samurai Took Over Japan | History of Japan 60]
• [The Origins of the Shogun and the Bushi | Setting the Stage Episode 1]
1331 – King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
1415 – Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Conquest of Ceuta.
1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Grandfather Po'pay & The Pueblo Revolt (1680): Tewa-Pueblo Spiritual Leader & War Leader] (subtitled in English)
• [Spanish colonization of the Americas]
• [Indigenous Peoples' Day: Pueblo Revolt Story | Web Extra]
1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. 1716 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
• [Siege of Corfu (1716)]
• [1716 - Corfu, the bastion of Europe] (Greek with English subtitles)
• [Battle of Petrovaradin]
1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
1791 – A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
• [Bois Caïman]
• [The Haitian Revolution - Documentary (2009)]
• [Haitian Revolution]
• [Haitian Voodoo | National Geographic]
1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
• [Battle of Vimeiro]
• [||Kings and Generals|| Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Vimeiro (1808) - Peninsular War ]
• [||Redcoat History Podcast|| The Peninsular War: Part 2, The Battle of Vimeiro]
1810 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.
• [Nat Turner's slave rebellion]
• [Nat Turner & The Rebellion That Shook the South]
• ["Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property" 2003 Charles Burnett Docu-Drama]
1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1858 – The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
• [Lincoln–Douglas debate held in Ottawa, Illinois]
• [Lincoln 101: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858]
• [The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text]
• [National Park Service]
• [Various Books at The Internet Archive]
1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
• [Lawrence massacre]
• [Eyewitness to the Raid on Lawrence Kansas]
• [Music Video About the Incident]
1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
• [1883 Rochester tornado]
• [How the Mayo Clinic grew out of a devastating tornado]
• [Weather History: 1883 Rochester Tornado]
1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1897 – Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
1901 – Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
1918 – World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
1942 – World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru (sometimes called the Battle of the Ilu River or the Battle of Alligator Creek).
• [Battle of the Tenaru]
• [Pvt Al Schmid (2/1 Marines) Battle of the Tenaru, Guadalcanal 21AUG1942]
• [Guadalcanal 1942 - The Battle of Alligator Creek]
• [Battle of Alligator Creek - Guadalcanal] (Walking Tour of Battlefield)
1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
• [Dumbarton Oaks Conference]
• [Newsreel]
• [History and Charter of the United Nations]
1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
1945 – Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• [Wikipedia: Demon core]
• [Kyle Hill: The True Story of The Demon Core]
• [History And Physics: The Demon Core]
1957 – The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
1963 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
1968 – Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
1968 – James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
1982 – Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
• [Killer Fog | National Geographic]
• [Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode]
1988 – The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
1994 – Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
1995 – Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.
2000 – Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
2013 – Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
• [Ghouta chemical attack]
• [Hell on Earth: Horrific aftermath of alleged Syria chemical attack]
• [Russia blocks UN probe into Syria chemical attacks]
2017 – A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
• [Total Solar Eclipse|2017|Franklin NC|GoPro]
• [Eclipse 2017 in Franklin, NC with ambient shots]
• [Solar Eclipse 2017 - Totality Time Lapse (Franklin, NC)]
• [Total Eclipse of My Heart - Carpetvlog 8/21/17]
• [2017 Total Solar Eclipse, Franklin, NC]
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Published at 5:30am on Sunday, August 21, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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