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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Weak high pressure remains over the area today. A weak cold front drops south across the area Saturday night which brings our next chance for rain, and then a brief cool down Sunday. Another cold front will arrive from the north on Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers between 11pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph becoming light and variable before midnight.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph becoming light and variable.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Air Quality Alert
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EDT SUNDAY...
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Ground Level Ozone for elevations above 4000 feet in Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon, and Transylvania Counties, from 7 AM this morning to 7 AM EDT Sunday.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Goodbye Solar Snooze Big Flares are Back | Space Weather News 18 May 2023
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
Hurricane Season 2023: What to Watch For As We Keep Tabs on El Nino | hurricanetrack
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
• The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to November 30, but tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurs before and after these dates, respectively. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is September 10, with most activity occurring between mid-August and mid-October.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Arlene, located over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
Tropical Storm Arlene Discussion Number 7
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL022023
1000 PM CDT Fri Jun 02 2023
Arlene is only producing small bursts of convection to the north and northeast of its exposed low-level center tonight. The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters investigated the cyclone earlier this evening and reported peak 850-mb flight-level winds of 45 kt in the northwestern portion of the circulation. These winds support an initial intensity of 35 kt, which is also consistent with the latest satellite intensity estimates from TAFB and UW-CIMSS.
Arlene is moving south-southeastward (155 degrees) at 6 kt. The cyclone remains embedded within a mid-level trough, which is resulting in significant vertical wind shear over the system. The steering flow on the upstream side of this trough should keep the cyclone moving generally southeastward during the next day or so. An increasingly dry and confluent environment aloft, along with continued deep-layer shear, is expected to limit new convective development overnight. The NHC forecast shows Arlene spinning down over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, degenerating to a remnant low on Saturday and dissipating by early Sunday.
Although Arlene is forecast to weaken well offshore, there is still the potential for heavy rainfall over portions of the southern Florida peninsula through Saturday.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 03/0300Z 25.4N 85.5W 35 KT 40 MPH
12H 03/1200Z 24.4N 85.1W 30 KT 35 MPH
24H 04/0000Z 23.5N 84.0W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
36H 04/1200Z...DISSIPATED
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 87 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 101 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (6.1 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 3rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1951
Lowest Temperature 37°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1956
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.44 inches in Highlands in 1967
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 June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for June 3rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1895
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1955
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.53 inches in Washington, Beaufort County in 2015
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
FRIDAY and SATURDAY, JUNE 16 and 17
ST. FRANCIS CHURCH WOMEN’S GUILD ANNUAL GOOD STUFF SALE
ST. FRANCIS CHURCH WOMEN’S GUILD SETS ANNUAL GOOD STUFF SALE FOR JUNE 16 and 17
FRANKLIN -- The Women’s Guild of St. Francis Church will hold its annual Good Stuff Sale Noon to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 16, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at the church, 299 Maple St. in Franklin. The event supports the Guild’s ministry activities. Guests can expect great prices on household and decorative objects, kitchen items, linens, books, personal accessories, toys, tools, exercise equipment, furniture, craft supplies and yard tools including indoor and outdoor plants. Everyone is welcome.
CONTACT: Becky Peeling, APR, Women’s Guild President, bapeeling12@gmail.com or (561) 801-3301
WHAT: Good Stuff Sale
WHEN: Noon to 3 p.m. Friday, June 16, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 17, 2023
WHERE: St. Francis Church, 299 Maple St., Franklin
WHO: St. Francis Women’s Guild
WHY: Raise money for ministry projects
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Local and State News
Military leaders gather to redesignate Fort Bragg as Fort Liberty (video of ceremony) | WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)
• Pactiv’s request for a tax break is soundly rejected [Smoky Mountain News]
• Updated: Eastern Band of Cherokee Primary Election unofficial results [BPR]
• EBCI primary election narrows field for chief to two [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• New elections bill filed in NC would make big changes for 2024 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• What to know about Dr. Mandy Cohen, who is expected to be Biden’s next CDC director [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Angel Medical Center President's Column for May 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
Odisha Tragedy: More than 230 killed, 900 injured in three-train crash in India | World DNA | WION
• India: Over 280 dead in massive train crash [DW News]
Biden addresses the nation on bipartisan budget agreement and averting debt default — 6/2/23 | CNBC Television
• Fitch warns it could still downgrade America’s credit rating despite debt ceiling resolution [CNN]
• Payrolls rose 339,000 in May, much better than expected in resilient labor market [CNBC]
• If you live in California, your power bill will soon depend on your income [Washington Post]
• YouTube changes policy to allow false claims about past US presidential elections [AP News]
• Exclusive: Stellantis, GM pay $363 million in US fuel economy penalties [Reuters]
• Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’ [AP News]
• Dave Ramsey sued for $150 million over endorsing deceptive timeshare-exit company [Tennessean]
• Japan’s birth rate drops to fresh record low [Al Jazeera]
• Trump’s Fox News Town Hall Brings in Fewer Viewers Than His CNN Town Hall [MEDIAITE]
Washington Today (6-2-23): POTUS on debt limit bill passing: 'stakes could not have been higher' | C-SPAN
Global National: June 2, 2023 | Air Canada service disruptions stir nationwide frustration
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 02
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 02, 2023)
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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:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 6:07pm CEST, 31 May 2023, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,127,152 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 5 May 2023, a total of 668,168,096 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 6:07pm CEST, 31 May 2023, there have been 767,364,883 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,938,353 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 29 May 2023, a total of 13,356,281,548 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Recovery and symptom trajectories up to two years after SARS-CoV-2 infection: population based, longitudinal cohort study [ The British Medical Journal]
• Passive swab versus grab sampling for detection of SARS-CoV-2 markers in wastewater [ Science Direct]
• CAMH study confirms ongoing brain inflammation associated with long COVID [ CAMH: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ]
Ep 132 Osterholm Update: Looking in the Windows | Osterholm Update
• TWiV 1010: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1011: Aquatic viruses [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from June 2 to 9: See a Full Strawberry Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs [University of Cambridge]
• Ice Age North Americans Were Freshwater Fishers, New Evidence Suggests [Gizmodo]
• Reversing Synchronized Brain Circuits Using Targeted Auditory-Somatosensory Stimulation to Treat Phantom Percepts (tinnitus) [JAMA Network]
• Air Force denies running simulation where AI drone “killed” its operator [ARS TECHNICA]
• Scientists Successfully Transmit Space-Based Solar Power to Earth for the First Time [Gizmodo]
• 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: Addendum EP26 Dig This! | 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
SpaceX Ax-2 Crew Dragon splashdown | SciNews
Video Hasn't Killed The Pinball Star - DTNS 4533 | Level1 Techs
There's No Moore's Law for Autonomous Cars - DTNS 4532 | Daily Tech News Show
Elon Musk Updates Next Starship Launch Date, Peek Behind-The-Scenes | spaceXcentric
Starship vs N1... Is Starship doomed to repeat history? | Everyday Astronaut
Synthetic Biology to Restore Endangered Species - Ryan Phelan | Long Now Foundation
Flammable Space Tape, China Sets Moon Shot, and North Korea Takes a Swim - This Week In Spaceflight | NASA Spaceflight
Huge Discoveries by James Webb // Fire In Space // Quantum Squeezing | Fraser Cain
Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 02 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 2nd]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 465 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 464: Russia spent up to US$17 million on the attack on Kyiv [Euromaiden Press]
• Ukraine’s Zelensky: We Are Ready for Counteroffensive [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
How Russia Is Preparing for Ukraine’s Counteroffensive | WSJ
• Wagner boss says Russian forces laid mines to harm his fighters [Al Jazeera]
• ‘Impossible’ for Ukraine to join NATO during wartime: Zelenskyy [TVP World]
• 'Step in right direction': Blinken evokes just & lasting peace as prerequisite for Ukraine ceasefire [France 24]
• Kyiv missile strikes: Tracking the rise of Russian attacks [BBC News]
Why Do We Call the War in Ukraine Unprovoked? - Debunking Russian Claims | Kings and Generals
Ukraine Continues to Raid Russia, NATO Attacked in Kosovo | Combat Footage Show
Can we believe in the Russian opposition? | Igor Guz | TVP World
Why Ukrainian troops are training for perilous urban warfare | DW News
‘I don't want Russian provocations,’ says Georgia's Zurabishvili | FRANCE 24 English
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
This was a trap that the Russians set for the Ukrainians | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Blinken outlines conditions for ‘true’ peace in Ukraine [Russia Today]
• The life of the mobilised in the special operation zone: Soup and pasta for lunch [Pravda]
• Ukrainian forces shell DPR settlements 62 times over day [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 3 is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 211 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)
350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He is succeeded by Anastasios II, who begins the reorganization of the Byzantine army.
1098 – After a five-month siege during the First Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch (today's Turkey).
1140 – The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
1539 – Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
1602 – An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish galleys, and captures a large Portuguese carrack at the Battle of Sesimbra Bay
1608 – Samuel de Champlain lands at Tadoussac, Quebec, in the course of his third voyage to New France, and begins erecting fortifications.
1621 – Dutch West India Company (WIC) receives charter for The West Indies (The Americas, Caribbean and West Africa)
1658 – Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
1781 – Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
1844 – The last pair of great auks is killed.
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
1866 – The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
1885 – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
1916 – The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
1932 - Paul von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament
1933 - Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain"
1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
1937 – The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
1940 – Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
1941 – World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
1942 – World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
1943 – In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.
1950 – Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
1961 - American President JFK and Soviet Premier Khrushchev meet in Vienna
1962 – At Paris Orly Airport, Air France Flight 007 overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
1963 – Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
1965 – The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
1969 – Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half; resulting in 74 deaths.
1970 - 1st artificial gene synthesized
1973 – A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
1974 - Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and forms a new government
1976 - US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
1979 – A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
1980 – An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
1980 – The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $987 million in 2021) worth of damage.
1980 - Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
1982 – The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
1984 – Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
1989 – Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing.
1991 – Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
1992 – Aboriginal land rights are recognised in Australia, overturning the long-held colonial assumption of terra nullius, in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo and leading to the Native Title Act 1993.
1998 – After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.
2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.
2012 – A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and six people on the ground.[
2012 – The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
2013 – The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.
2013 – At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.
2015 – An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, killing more than 200 people.
2017 – London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police.
2018 - Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts killing at least 110, with 332 missing and forcing the evacuation of over 3,100 2019 – Khartoum massacre: In Sudan, over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a sit-in protest.
2020 - Three former police officers charged in connection with death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin's charge upgraded to second degree murder
2020 - Former Defense Secretary James Mattis says in The Atlantic: "Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us."
2021 - NASA launches 128 baby squid and 5,000 microscopic animals, to study effects of spaceflight, to the International Space Station aboard Space X's Falcon 9 rocket
2021 - NASA administrator Bill Nelson announces two new missions to study ‘Lost Habitable’ world of Venus in 2028 and 2030
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, June 03, 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' -->
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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' -->
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