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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier air moves into the area today limiting shower and thunderstorm activity. However, afternoon coverage of showers and storms will gradually increase through the remainder of the week as an unsettled pattern returns to our region.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Isolated showers after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
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%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. 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.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Isolated showers after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. 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.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
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 upper 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. 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.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
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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 Tue Aug 23 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
Shower activity has diminished somewhat associated with a tropical wave located several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions appear only marginally conducive for gradual development during the next several days while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph across the tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - August 22, 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 medium-high range 8.5 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Franklin in 1983
Lowest Temperature 42°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1969
Greatest Rainfall 4.02 inches in Highlands in 1967
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
• 2022 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Tour from North Carolina to Washington, D.C. Nov. 5-18 [Macon Media]
You have to know before you go - back to school | NCDHHS
• In memoir, NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson mulls 2024 run, calls for taking science, history out of elementary schools [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Grand jury takes step toward charging AG Josh Stein over 2020 political ad [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Vaccinations, boosters, good hygiene key to fighting COVID in the classroom, doctor says [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Plumbing, truck driving, construction skills get boost from Haywood ARPA funds [Carolina Public Press]
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 22 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 22nd]
• Russian security service accuses Ukraine of killing ultra-nationalist's daughter [France 24]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 180 [Al Jazeera]
• Russia planning strikes on Ukraine civilian infrastructure soon: US intelligence [WION]
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
• Crimea, Once a Bastion of Russian Power, Now Reveals Its Weakness [Wall Street Journal]
• Russia-Ukraine updates: Russia claims its missiles destroyed ammunition depot in Odesa [DW News]
• Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv bans Independence Day celebrations [Al Jazeera]
• Russia’s swift move to pin car bombing death on Ukraine prompts skepticism and fears of escalation [NBC News]
• US: Russia looks to step up hits on Ukraine infrastructure [ABC News]
• Bellingcat: The online investigators tracking alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine [CBS News]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Western media's favorite Russian philosopher: Who is Aleksandr Dugin, whose daughter was killed in a Moscow car bombing? [Russia Today]
• Russian Foreign Ministry speaks about Russia-NATO military confrontation [Pravda ]
• Putin hails national flag as sacred symbol for all generations of Russians [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
China's Military Modernisation Speedrun - Budgets, Industry, and Purchasing Power Parity
• Fauci plans to step down in December after half a century in government [Washington Post]
• Fauci to step down in December after decades of public service [National Public Radio]
• Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago [New York Times]
• Trump seeks special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents [AP News via Yahoo! NEws]
• Stocks Decline on Economic Worries [Wall Street Journal]
• Board: SD Gov. Kristi Noem may have ‘engaged in misconduct’ [AP News]
• Probes launched into violent Arkansas arrest captured on video [NBC News]
• Militia member gets 10 1/2 years for role in murder of federal officer [Courthouse News Service]
How Bellingcat is using social media to track alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine
Global National: Aug. 22, 2022 | Afghan aid worker with Canadian charity killed amid Taliban rule
Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 22
PBS NewsHour Full Episode August 22nd, 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.
• The inside story of how NYC schools spent $90 million on air purifiers that have stirred controversy [GothamistE]
• Risk of Myocarditis After Sequential Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Age and Sex [AHA Journal: Circulation]
• Brain microstructural changes and fatigue after COVID-19 [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Trials (and Tribulations): How to Improve the Process of Clinical Trials in a Pandemic [Oxford Academic: Clinical Infectious Diseases]
• Evidence that university and college vaccine mandates reduce community COVID-19 cases [MIchigan State University]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• China's solar exports double in H1 2022 as module deliveries soar [List•Solar]
• The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool on steroids [AdGuard]
• Intel, Amazon, and SpaceX asked to tuck into DARPA's Space-BACN [The Register]
• Europe is looking at space-based solar power to address energy crisis [Space.com]
• Researchers discover a material that can learn like the brain [Tech Xplore]
• 5G wars: the US plot to make Britain ditch Huawei [The Times]
• Former Apple engineer accused of stealing automotive trade secrets pleads guilty [CNBC]
• Ford cutting 3,000 corporate jobs as part of its shift to EVs [CNN]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
The Level1 Show August 23 2022: America's Most Dystopian Home Videos
Grow Plants With a Click - DTNS 4338 | Daily Tech News Show
Cordkillers 420 - Unfairomones (w/ Bill Meeks)
Moving Worlds and Earth as a Rogue Planet | Event Horizon
This Week in Volcano News; Magma Moving in American Samoa, Mount Mayon Unrest | Geology Hub
Completely Insane Funhouse - Jenkinson's Boardwalk and Aquarium - Point Pleasant, NJ | The Carpetbagger
Bell Labs - The Company that Invented the Future | Curious Droid
The Ethereum Merge: Why Crypto World Is So Excited | Tech News Briefing Podcast | WSJ
How Exactly does Starlink Satellite Internet Work?📡☄🖥 | Branch Education
Storing Freshwater In The Salty Sea | Asianometry
How Two Physicists Unlocked the Secrets of Two Dimensions | Quanta Magazine
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Obscure group claims responsibility for Russian car bombing | DW News
Ukraine: When bus stops become bomb shelters | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
Serbian minister visits Moscow, accuses EU of 'anti-Russian hysteria' | FRANCE 24 English
Russia appeals for new recruits to join Ukraine war effort | BBC News
Design Flaw In Russian Tanks Impacts War In Ukraine | MSNBC
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On This Day
August 23rd is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 130 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)
30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
20 BC – Ludi Volcanalici are held within the temple precinct of Vulcan, and used by Augustus to mark the treaty with Parthia and the return of the legionary standards that had been lost at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC.[citation needed]
AD 79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
476 – Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
1244 – Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to Khwarezmian Empire.
• [Siege of Jerusalem (1244)]
• [The Fall of Jerusalem and the Battle of La Forbie, 1244]
1268 – The Battle of Tagliacozzo marks the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.
1305 – Sir William Wallace is executed for high treason at Smithfield, London.
• [Wikipedia Bio: William Wallace]
• [The BRUTAL Execution Of William Wallace - 'Braveheart']
• [The Death and Legacy of William Wallace]
1328 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
1382 – Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
• [Siege of Moscow (1382)]
• [List of conflicts in Eastern Europe during Turco-Mongol rule]
1514 – The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.
1521 – Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.
1541 – French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
1572 – French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
• [St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]
• [Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre | Episode 38 | Lineage]
• [Blood Wedding: The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in History and Memory by Barbara Diefendorf]
1595 – Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.
• [St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]
• [Story of Michael the Brave ⚔️ ALL PARTS 1 - 5]
• [Battle of Călugăreni (23 August 1595) - Wallachia vs Ottoman Empire] (dramatizationno subtitles)
• [Mihai Viteazul - Part 1 - Calugareni (1970 / English subtitles / HD)] (Romanian movie w/ English subtitles)
• [Mihai Viteazul - Part 2 - Unirea (1970 / English subtitles / HD)] (Romanian movie w/ English subtitles)
1600 – Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gifu Castle]
• [Battle of Gifu Castle]
1628 – George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
1655 – Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1703 – Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
1741 – Eruption of Oshima–ÅŒshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
• [Wikipedia: Proclamation of Rebellion]
• [Text of Proclaimation]
• [Proclamation of Rebellion - John Adams] (Daramatization)
1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
• [Wikipedia: State of Franklin]
• [Lecture: State of Franklin and Washington to Jefferson]
• [The Lost State of Franklin! - What The History?!]
1799 – Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
1813 – At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion is suppressed.
1839 – The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
1864 – American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
1866 – Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
1873 – Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.
1914 – World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
1921 – British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
1923 – Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
1927 – Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
1929 – Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
• [Wikipedia: Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]
• [A Soviet-Nazi Alliance - The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1939 Part 2 of 3]
• [British historian Roger Moorhouse on the impact of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its Secret Protocols]
• [Why Germany and the Soviet Union Became "Allies": the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1939)]
1942 – World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad]
• [Battlefield S1/E4 - The Battle of Stalingrad]
• [Kings and Generals: Battle of Stalingrad 1942-1943 - World War II DOCUMENTARY]
1943 – World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
1944 – World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.
1944 – World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
• [Freckleton air disaster]
• [The Freckleton Disaster - The Story Behind The Tragedy ]
• [Freckleton Disaster]
1945 – World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
1946 – Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
1948 – World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
1954 – First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
1958 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
• [Wikipedia: Lunar Orbiter 1]
• [Lunar Orbiter 1 Photo Gallery]
• [NASA Film of Program]
1970 – Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
• [Wikipedia: Salad Bowl strike]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [PDF of Article Written at the Time]
1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
1975 – The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration.[4]
1975 – The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
1989 – Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands. This is called the Baltic Way or Baltic Chain.
1990 – Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
• [ABC News: 8/23/90: British Hostages in Iraq]
• [Iraq TV Shows Saddam Visiting Hostages; Some Smile, Others Wary]
• [1990: Outrage at Iraqi TV hostage showT]
1990 – Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1990 – West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
1991 – The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
• [CERN: The birth of the Web]
• [W3.ORG: Tim Berners-Lee]
• [InfiniteHistoryProject MIT: Timothy Berners Lee]
• [Tim Berners-Lee: A Magna Carta for the web]
• [Sir Tim Berners-Lee on how he came up with the Internet | Washington Post Live]
• [Father of the Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee prepares 'do-over']
1994 – Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
2000 – Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
2006 – Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang PÅ™iklopil, after eight years of captivity.
2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2011 – A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200 million–$300 million USD.
• [2011 Virginia earthquake]
• [East Coast quake: A seismologist explains]
• [Earthquake Begins in Virginia, Rattles East Coast]
2011 – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
2012 – A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
2013 – A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
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Published at 4:00am on Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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