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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure will move out this morning as cloudiness increases with the next system approaching from the west. Expect an active weather pattern late this week through next week as a series of upper waves cross over the region. An upper wave crosses the area from the west Thursday night and Friday, bringing showers and thunderstorms. The next wave of low pressure arrives on Sunday and then yet another reaches our region in the middle of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain likely, mainly before noon. Patchy fog between 9am and noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light winds out of the northeast.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southeast increasing and shifting to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 80%.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain likely, mainly between 10am and 1pm. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the lower 50s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain before 10pm, then a slight chance of rain after 1am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the east 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Chance of rain is 40%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain likely, mainly between 10am and noon. Patchy fog between 10am and noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 60. Light winds out of the northeast. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain before 11pm, then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-=upper 40s. Light winds out of the northeast. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs near 69. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Rain likely, mainly before noon. Patchy fog between 9am and noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of rain after 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Light winds out of the southeast early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected.
* WHERE...Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain, Haywood, Graham, Northern Jackson and Macon Counties.
* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather "Severe" G4 level Solar Storm Impact | Live Briefing 23 April 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.7 out of 12) today with Oak, Beech, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 26th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1986
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Highlands in 1919
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.24 inches in Highlands in 1939 (also the state record)
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
Record Weather Events for April 26th in North Carolina
rdrd Highest Temperature 97°F in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1990
Lowest Temperature 19°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2005
Greatest Rainfall 3.24 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 1939
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1978
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 102°F in Carthage, Moore County on 04-29-1981
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-08-2007
Greatest Rainfall 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 04-16-2011
Greatest Snowfall 19.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-11-2003
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
SUNDAY, APRIL 30th
Youth Mental Health-Help Rally From 2pm to 4pm at the Town Gazebo LINK: https://fb.me/e/RrdJAWHS
Come join us on our first Youth Mental Health and Bullying Rally to raise more awareness about this urgent need for us children. This inaugural event is the first youth led event for Youth Mental Health as far a we know in Franklin NC.
Our event will close with our March from Macon County Court House to Franklin Town Hall.
Local speakers include NC State Senator Kevin Corbin, Franklin Chief of Police Holland, and others
Youth provider organizations will be on site to share resources and education
For more information send email to whyuskids0@gmail.com
FRIDAY, MAY 5th
Angel Medical Center to Host Blood Drive From 11am to 4pm
Blood Connection will host a blood drive at Angel Medical Center on Friday, May 5, from 11 am to 4 pm. Blood Connection’s blood mobile will be set up in the parking lot at 124 One Center Drive, Franklin. Each blood donation can save up to 3 lives. Donors need to be at least 16 years old (16-year-olds will need a permission slip which will be available at the blood drive), weigh at least 110 pounds, have an ID, and be in general good health.
To schedule an appointment, visit: https://donate.thebloodconnection.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/196654
Walk-ins are welcome but appointments will be honored first. A donor card or photo ID is required. All donors will receive $30 in eGift card rewards.
SATURDAY, MAY 6th
Friends of the Greenway Spring Arts and Crafts Event (FROG FAIR) From 10am to 4pm
Friends of the Greenway announce their Spring arts and crafts event. FROG FAIR will be held May 6, 2023 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Volunteers needed too. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
THURSDAY, MAY 4th
Mainspring Walk at the Library 5.30pm
Find a sense of place with Mainspring and the Macon County Public Library. On the first Thursday of each month, we will take a casual 1 mile stroll through the trails behind the library, noticing how the forest, meadow, and river changes with the seasons. Each month we will pick an aspect of nature to explore during our walk, and spend a brief moment learning about the evening’s theme before heading out on the trails to discover the world around us. This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not required to attend. We will meet in the Meeting Room at the Macon County Public Library (149 Siler Farm Rd, Franklin, NC 28734) at 5:30PM, where participants will be introduced to the day’s theme through a quick lesson. The walk will take about an hour and is on a variety of trails, from narrow and sloped to wide and flat. There is one moderate hill during this walk. For questions, please email Skye at scahoon@mainspringconserves.org This event is weather-dependent.
SATURDAY, MAY 6th
Contra Dance in the Macon County Public Library Living Room 6:30—9:00 p.m.
Join the fun of contra dancing, with beginners’ lessons at 6:30. Suggested donation, $10 per person helps to pay the musicians and callers for their travel and expertise. Hosted by the Arts Council of Macon County. SATURDAY, MAY 27th
Clarks Chapel Fire-Rescue Annual BBQ Fundraiser From 2pm until sold out Plates are $10 each
Clarks Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is hosting their annul BBQ Fundraiser on Saturday, May 27. It will feature Barbeque, Music, Raffles, Silent Auction, and plenty of family fun. The fire department is located at 270 Fulcher Road in Franklin.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
Special Olympic Torch Run in Sylva
• NC lawmakers file bill that would overhaul mental health, expand Medicaid [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Blue Cross NC could access billions from policyholders with no oversight, official warns [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 'There is no oversight' Proposed bills call for changes to HOAs in North Carolina [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• There's a "flurry" of NC housing bills. What's in them, and what might pass? [BPR]
• Angel Medical Center President's Column for April 2023 [Macon Media]
Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Here is the county-sponsored video of the meeting:
Macon County Commissioners Meeting 3-14-23
• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
U.S. and Philippines Hold Largest-Ever Joint Military Drills to Counter China | WSJ
• China’s Project 912 used social media to target dissidents [Stars and Stripes]
360° Video: King Charles's Coronation ceremony virtual tour at Westminster Abbey | BBC News
• Taliban kill mastermind of Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members [NBC News]
• No sign Sudan warring parties ready to ‘seriously negotiate’: UN [Al Jazeera]
• 'High Risk of Biological Hazard' In Sudan After Fighters Seize Biolab, WHO Says [Vice News]
• The first Substack dedicated to war correspondence launches [Nieman Lab]
• What Tucker Carlson’s Ouster Means for Him and Fox News [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Fox News reportedly kept an 'oppo file' on Tucker Carlson to preempt him from attacking the network [Raw Story]
• Singapore executes man for trafficking two pounds of cannabis [CNN]
• They spoke at a public hearing. Now they’re being sued by the business owner. [WTVF-TV (Nashville, TN)]
ELECTION 2024 MINISECTION
Biden launches reelection campaign | NBC News
• President Biden Announces 2024 Re-Election Bid, Setting Up Potential Trump Rematch [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Biden’s campaign launch is immediately overshadowed by other events — and his team loves it [Politico]
• Biden, Harris officially announce their 2024 re-election campaign [ Foc News]
• Biden is running for re-election. It's not going to be easy. [MSNBC]
Washington Today (4-25-23): President Biden says he is running for reelection to 'finish this job' | C-SPAN
Global National: April 25, 2023 | Federal campaign officials testify on election interference
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 25
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 25, 2022)
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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]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 11:04am CEST, 19 April 2023, there have been 102,977,396 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,120,529 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 April 2023, a total of 666,541,020 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 11:04am CEST, 19 April 2023, there have been 763,740,140 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,908,554 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 24 April 2023, a total of 13,325,228,015 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Dr. Fauci Looks Back: ‘Something Clearly Went Wrong’ [New York Times Magazine]
• COVID response exposed "collective national incompetence," commission says [ Axios ]
• Effectiveness of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Bivalent Vaccine [ Oxford Academic: Open Forum Infectious Diseases ]
• Vaccine hesitancy against COVID-19 vaccine over time in Nigeria [ Vaccine: Volume 41, Issue 17, 24 April 2023, Pages 2749-2753 ]
New COVID-19 variant 'Arcturus' is on the rise in U.S. | ABC News
TWiV 1000: Live from New York, 1k epitopes of virology | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1001: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1000: Live from New York, 1k epitopes of virology [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Private Japanese spacecraft apparently fails on historic moon landing try [SPACE.COM]
• SpaceX to take over Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base [Teslarati]
• Tesla Drops Model Y Starting Price Below the Average US Vehicle [Bloomberg]
• Japanese lander appears to fail just before touchdown on the Moon [Updated] [ARS TECHNICA]
• First up-close images of Mars’s little-known moon Deimos [Nature]
• Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Spherical Lens: Reflections on a Gravity Lens Telescope (Part I) [Centauri Dreams]
• Exploit released for 9.8-severity PaperCut flaw already under attack [ARS TECHNICA]
• SpaceX Starship Grounded Indefinitely By FAA [Flying Magazine]
• Tesla Projects Its EV Batteries Degrading Just 12 Percent After 200,000 Miles [Auto Evolution]
• The Sky This Week: The Lyrid meteor shower peaks [Astronomy Magazine]
• The wave of lawsuits that could kill social networks [El Pais]
• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]
Evergreen Links
• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir
Hardcore History: AddendumEP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick | Dan Carlin
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1: Landing Live Stream (starts at 11am) | ispace
The Level1 Show April 26 2023: Chip Frenzy | Level1 Techs
Social Media Wears Me Out - DTNS 4506 | Daily Tech News Show
[4K] [HEADPHONES] Starship Launch - High Fidelity Audio | LabPadre
How Do You Move a Skyscraper Sized Rocket? | Curious Droid
Artificial Gravity Experiments, JWST VS The Big Bang, Eyes Under Other Stars | Q&A 221 | Fraser Cain
M87 Galaxy Updates: New Blackhole Image, Jet Details and 3d Map | Antov Petrov
It's Becoming Very Clear That Birds Are Not Normal | PBS Eons
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 25 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 25th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 427 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 425: Russian jets drop five guided bombs on Kherson Oblast [Euromaiden Press]
• Putin signs decree to control two foreign firms’ assets in Russia [Al Jazeera]
• Two women dead after Russia targets ethnographic museum in Kupiansk [TVP World]
• UKraine Updates [DW News]
• Former correspondents in Russia call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich [France 24]
• Ukraine rapidly expanding its 'Army of Drones' for front line [BBC News]
Are China and India fueling Russia's war economy? Jeffrey Sonnenfeld interview | DW Business Special
Russia's new foreign policy: an analysis of Putin's boondoggles | World Today - TVP World
Black Sea grain deal not working for Moscow, Kremlin says | Al Jazeera
Russia vs the West: Grain Deal Deadlock! Sergei Lavrov Slams Western Countries | WION News
Russia criticized as it led UN Security Council meeting on international peace | CBS News
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Russia's breakout offensive in pursuit of what remains of Ukraine | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Russia accuses West of turning Ukraine into ‘radioactive landfill’ [Russia Today]
• The grain deal: Kremlin decides Russian sovereignty issue [Pravda]
• West’s ‘schizophrenic logic’ and UN head’s letter. What Lavrov told media at UN [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
April 26 is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 249 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)
1348 – Czech king Karel IV founds the Charles University in Prague, which was later named after him and was the first university in Central Europe.
1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux.
1478 – The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral.
1564 – Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of birth is unknown).
1607 – The Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry.
1721 – A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
1777 – Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64 km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
1794 – Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France.
1803 – Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist.
1805 – First Barbary War: United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
1865 – Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
1900 – Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours. 12,000 people are left without a home.
1903 – Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
1915 – World War I: Italy secretly signs the Treaty of London pledging to join the Allied Powers.
1920 – Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring seven goals in Canada's 12–1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match.
1923 – The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
1925 – Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
1933 – The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established by Hermann Göring.
1933 – Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the amount of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
1942 – Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
1943 – The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
1944 – Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
1944 – Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
1945 – World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army are liberated in Baguio and they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
1954 – The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
1954 – The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia.
1956 – SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
1958 – Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
1960 – Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
1962 – NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
1962 – The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1.
1963 – In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
1964 – Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the United Republic of Tanzania.
1966 – The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
1966 – A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
1970 – The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
1981 – Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
1982 – Fifty-seven people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
1986 – The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
1989 – The deadliest known tornado strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
1989 – People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
1991 – Fifty-five tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado.
1993 – The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
1994 – China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
1994 – South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.
2002 – Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
2005 – Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
2015 – Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote.
2018 – American comedian Bill Cosby is convicted of sexual assault.
2019 – Marvel Studios' blockbuster film, Avengers: Endgame, is released, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing the previous box office record of Avatar.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla'-->
owMacon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla'-->
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