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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop ahead of a cold front dropping south into our area this evening then moving through overnight. The front will usher in cooler weather for Sunday, along with scattered storms then over the mountains. Temperatures should warm back up to normal on Monday and above normal Tuesday and Wednesday, but another cold front should bring back mild conditions for the late part of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
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. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. 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.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northeast after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. 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 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers before mid-afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northeast. 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 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and midnight. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light winds out of the southeast. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Air Quality Alert
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT TODAY...
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, until 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.
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 51 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 58 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.2 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 4th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 92°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Franklin in 1969
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.03 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 4th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1943
Lowest Temperature 30°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1929
Greatest One-Day Rain Rosman, Transylvania County in 1967
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
SATURDAY, JUNE 24
Franklin Amateur Radio Club to Hold Annual Field Day in Highlands
The Franklin Amateur Radio Club (HAMS) will hold its annual Field Day at the Highlands Recreation Center on Saturday, June 24, 2 PM until 6 PM. The center is located at 600 North Street and 4 th Street.
Field Day is amateur radio operators’ (hams) open house. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio's science, skill, service to communities and nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933 and remains the most popular ham radio event.
There are 190 ham radio operators in Macon County.
Anyone, regardless of residency, is welcome at Field Day.
Amateur Radio is a popular hobby and service that brings people, electronics and communication together. People use ham radio to talk across town, around the world, or even into space, without the Internet or cell phones. It's fun, social, educational, and can be a lifeline during times of need. Anyone interested in learning about Ham radio is welcome. Portable radio stations will be up and operational around 2 PM. Contacts will be made worldwide. As well as in North America. This year the amateur radio operators will also be demonstrating Parks On The Air and Summits On The Air.
Parks on the Air® (POTA) sites are for international portable amateur radio operations that promote emergency awareness and communications from national/federal and state/provincial level parks.
Summits on the Air (SOTA) is designed to make participation possible for all Radio Amateurs and Shortwave Listeners - this is not just for mountaineers! There are awards for activators (those who ascend to the summits) and chasers who operate from home, a local hilltop, or other summits).
Both SOTA and POTA will have stations set up and operators to demonstrate what the hobby is about.
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Local and State News
Bishop Barber responds to controversial NC GOP tweet | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending June 1 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden will visit NC next Friday. What to know. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Smoke from Canadian wildfires prompts Air Quality Alert for parts of Carolinas [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• ‘Trump or War’: N.C. man who pledged to ‘kick ass’ inside Capitol sentenced to 7 months [Charlotte Observer]
• Rep. Chuck Edwards spends most of $300,000 congressional allowance funds on staff [BPR]
• 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
288 Dead, 803 Injured After Horrific Three-Train Crash In Odisha (live stream from Indian TV) | NDTV
• Three-Way Train Crash in India Kills More Than 250: ‘I Haven’t Seen Anything So Horrific’ [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Boycotts hit stocks hard. What may be next for Target and others caught in the anti-Pride backlash [CNBC]
• US life expectancy problem is ‘bigger than we ever thought,’ report finds [USA TODAY (via Yahoo! News)]
• Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls U.S. back from brink of unprecedented default [CBS News]
• Apocalyptic Canada wildfire video captures driver's near miss [BBC News]
• Mexican prosecutors say 45 bags of human remains may belong to missing group [Reuters]
• Tennessee federal judge rules 'drag ban' is unconstitutional [WTVF-TV (Nashville, TN)]
• Trump Lawyer’s Notes Could Be a Key in the Classified Documents Inquiry [New York times (via Yahoo! News)]
• A ‘Roast and Ride’ diary: Debate jitters, freebies and high demand for DeSantis [Politico]
• DNA Test Proves Ex-Wrestler Not Lauren Boebert’s Father [The Daily Beast]
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.
• Long COVID takes heavy toll on health even as pandemic fades, study shows [ Los Angeles Times (via Yahoo! News)]
• High concentrations of COVID detected at all 14 New York City wastewater treatment plants [ CBS News]
• More than 70% of US household COVID spread started with a child, study suggests [ CIDRAP]
Ep 132 Osterholm Update: Looking in the Windows | Osterholm Update
• TWiV 1010: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1013: Bird flu around the world [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]
• Ultralong-Range Electric Cars Are Arriving. Say Goodbye to Charging Stops [Wall Street Journal]
• UFOs: Five revelations from Nasa's public meeting [BBC News]
• The effects of cash transfers on adult and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries [Nature]
• Amazon and Google fund anti-abortion lawmakers through complex shell game [The Guardian]
• Chipmaker TSMC needs to hire 4,500 Americans at its new Arizona plants. Its ‘brutal’ corporate culture is getting in the way [Fortune (via Yahoo! News)]
• 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
Did Polynesians Reach America? DNA evidence | Stefan Milo
Week 249 - The Allies are Driving for Rome - WW2 - June 3, 1944 | World War Two
The Controversy Surrounding The Michigan Relics Explained | The Michigan Relics | Real History
Withdrawal from West Hubei - Pacific War #80 | Kings and Generals
The Unexplained Medieval Mystery of the Splitting Moon... | MedievalMadness
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 03 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 3rd]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 465 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 465: A ceasefire unacceptable – US Blinken [Euromaiden Press]
• ‘Real Peace’ for Ukraine Requires More Military Support, Blinken Says [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Russian attack wounds 20, including children in Ukraine’s Dnipro [Al Jazeera]
• Ukrainians are fighting for sovereignty, not autarky or a shapeless blob: Polish PM [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: Several injured, trapped after Dnipro blast [DW News]
• Le Pen’s far right served as mouthpiece for the Kremlin, says French parliamentary report [France 24]
• Why are people leaving Russia, who are they, and where are they going? [BBc News]
Analyzing Ukraine's Next Move Against Russia | The Infographics Show
Will the F-16 Turn the Tide in Ukraine: A Warographics Analysis | Warographics
Could BRICS challenge U.S. dominance in the global economy? | Inside Story
Is the Ukraine counteroffensive happening on Russian soil? | DW News
Do Russians really hate the US, UK and West? | 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
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
• Western journalists banned from ‘Russian Davos’ [Russia Today]
• Mundo: Ukraine's attacks on Russia to become the new normal [Pravda]
• Russia's newest satellites to change course of Ukrainian conflict — former UN inspector [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 210 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)
781 BC – Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse
1039 – Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor
1070 – Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France
[VIDEO: Roquefort - The king of Cheeses]
1133 – Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor
[Wikipedia article]
1357 – The "Peace of Ath", signed by Count Louis II of Flanders and Duke Wenceslaus of Luxembourg ends the attempt of the succession of Brabant
1391 – Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surrounds and sets fire to the Jewish quarter of Seville in Spain, the surviving Jews are sold into slavery
1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
[Wikipedia article]
1745 – Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
[VIDEO: Battle of Hohenfriedberg 1745 - First and Second Silesian War]
[Wikipedia article]
1760 – Great Upheaval/Expulsion of the Acadians: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
[Wikipedia article]
[Video Overview]
1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
[The Montgolfier Brothers and the Hot Air Balloon]
[Wikipedia article on the brothers]
1784 – Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
[Wikipedia article]
1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1802 – King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
[The Abdication of Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia]
1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
1825 – General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
[Ellis County Museum: U.S. Army Camel Corps]
[Wikipedia article]
1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army. [Wikipedia article]
1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
[History of Henry Ford's Quadricycle | The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation]
[Wikipedia article]
1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
[HistoryNet article https://www.historynet.com/the-first-minimum-wage.htm]
1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
[Wikipedia article]
1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
[Wikipedia article]
[The Brusilov Offensive - The Arab Revolt I THE GREAT WAR Week 98]
1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
[The Very First Pulitzer Prize]
1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
[History.com article]
[Wikipedia article]
1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
[Wikipedia article]
1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
[Wikipedia article]
[A very detailed history podcast of the time period]
1932 – Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. [Wikipedia article]
1939 – The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
[A Survivor Speaks]
[The Voyage of the St. Louis]
1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
[Newsreel]
[Audio of Churchill Speech]
[Text of Churchill Speech]
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
[How did the US Navy win the Battle of Midway?]
[Video playlist: The Battle of Midway from both perspectives]
[Wikipedia article]
1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
[Wikipedia article]
1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
[Wikipedia]
[U-Boat Heist! The American Operation to Capture U-505]
[Take a tour-German U-505 Submarine U boat Museum of Science and Industry 2016]
[Moving the U-505 Submarine]
[US Navy: Now it can be told]
1944 – World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
[The Liberation of Rome]
[Wikipedia Battle of Anzio (the battle that resulted in the liberation of Rome]
1945 - 6th US Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa
[USMC Combat Footage]
[Wikipedia: Okinawa Campaign]
1945 - US, Soviet Union, Britain and France agree to divide up occupied Germany
1946 - Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed
1947 - US House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act
[Former President Truman Recalls How the Taft-Hartley Act Was Passed Over His Veto]
[Wikipedia]
1954 - Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 meters
[Bell X-1A Flight Report (1954) - Restored color - Chuck Yeager, Arthur Murray, altitude record]
[List of X-1A flights]
1956 - 'Secret speech' by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev criticising Joseph Stalin is made public
[Soviet Congress Criticises Stalin Aka Twentieth Congress Of The Communist Party (1956)]
[De-Stalinization: The Secret speech (1956)]
1961 – Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
[Khrushchev and Kennedy Vienna Summit 1961]
[Berlin Crisis Newsreel]
1962 - Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US
1967 – Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.
[Newsreel]
[British Documentary]
1970 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1974 - Never repeated 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th
[The 'Ten Cent Beer Night' Riot]
[Wikipedia article]
[Box score and play-by-play]
[Ten Cent Beer Night Was A Total Disaster]
1975 – The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
[Wikipedia article]
1975 - Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in North Carolina
[New York Times]
[General Wikipedia article on Paleontology in North Carolina]
1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
[Wikipedia article]
1983 – Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
[Wikipedia article]
[US Marchalls article]
1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard]
[Pollard Arrives in Israel]
[Jonathan Pollard English Speech at Jerusalem Day Celebration at Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva - May 10 2021]
1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
1989 – Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).
[ABC News Video]
[The Tank Man (full film) | FRONTLINE]
[Footage shows what really happened in lead-up to Tiananmen Square massacre | Four Corners]
[Wikipedia article]
[The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995)]
1989 – Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
[30 Years Later]
1990 - Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
1990 - Dr Jack Kevorkian assists an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die
[Wikipedia article]
1991 - Pope John Paul II compares abortion with Nazi murders
[BBC News]
[NIMSHMA Response]
1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds.
[Ariane 5 Explosion | A Very Costly Coding Error]
1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
[SpaceVidCast Video]
[SpaceX Mission Highlights]
2012 - US drone attack kills 15 militants in Pakistan, including high ranking al-Qaeda official, Abu Yahya al-Libi
[White House announces the death of al-Qaeda 'number two' Abu Yahya al-Libi]
[Al-Libi death's impact on al Qaeda]
2018 - US President Donald Trump tweets "I have the absolute right to PARDON myself"
[ABC News]
2018 - Former US President Bill Clinton in interview with NBC says he hasn't and doesn't need to apologize to Monica Lewinsky
2019 - Former US school security guard Scot Peterson arrested and charged with neglect of a child and culpable negligence for not confronting gunman during Parkland school massacre in a landmark case
[CBS News]
2019 - Over 100,000 people mark the 30th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square Massacre in Hong Kong and around the world
[Wikipedia]
2020 - Memorial for George Floyd led by Rev. Al Sharpton, killed in police custody, in Minneapolis, as 10th night of protests at his death held around the country
[ABC News (Sharpton only)]
[NBC News (Full Service)]
2020 - State of Emergency declared after 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil spills near Russian city of Norilsk, Siberia within the Arctic Circle
[Russia's 20,000-tonne diesel spill pollutes waterways in Siberia ]
[How Russia is cleaning up the Arctic's biggest oil spill ]
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, June 04, 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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