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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A couple of weak cold fronts will help generate scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and Wednesday afternoon. A couple of these storms could become severe today. Otherwise, the week will start out seasonably warm, but mild temperatures return Thursday and Friday behind the second front.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light winds out of the north in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am, then a chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph becoming light winds after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph before mid-evening. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light winds out of the north early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the southwest early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light winds out of the north early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...
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 for Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon, and Transylvania Counties, from 7 AM Tuesday to 7 AM EDT Wednesday.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the North Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/.
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 Tue Jun 6 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Northeastern Atlantic Ocean:
A complex, non-tropical area of low pressure located between the Azores and Canary Islands is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms with winds to gale force over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. This system could acquire some subtropical characteristics during the next day or two while it meanders to the southeast and east of the Azores. By Thursday, the system is forecast to move northeastward over cooler waters and further development is not expected. For additional information on this system, see products issued by the State Meteorological Agency of Spain and High Seas Forecasts issued by Meteo France.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - June 05, 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 100 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 115 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.8 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 6th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 37°F at the Coweeta Experimental Stationn in 1946
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.50 inches in Highlands in 1916 (also a state record for the date)
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 6th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 103°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1943
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1954
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.50 inches in Highlands, Macon County in 1916
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
• Six earthquakes in two weeks. Should western NC be worried? [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Community unites to help families of high school students killed in crash [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Canton without the mill: Looking forward at Rep. Edwards town hall [BPR]
• Should NC call new elections when politicians switch parties? Some Democrats think so [Raleigh News and Observer]
• With so much federal assistance, state treasurer says legislation a needed tool [The Center Square]
• 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
Navy releases video of close call with Chinese warship in Taiwan Strait l ABC News
• China accuses US of ‘provocation’ after near collision of warships [CNN]
DEA: Chinese organized crime laundering money for Mexican drug cartels | NBC News
• Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, dead at 79 [CBS News]
• Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S. [New York Times]
• Ex–Intelligence Official Says Government Is Hiding Alien Technology From Congress [New York Intelligencer]
• Lululemon CEO who fired employees for confronting thieves stands by decision: ‘It’s only merchandise’ [NY Post]
• Supreme Court takes last word in ‘Trump too small’ dispute [Courthouse News Service]
• Pence Files Paperwork to Run for President [Politico]
• Poll: Can Trump win the White House if convicted of a ‘serious’ crime? [Yahoo! News]
Washington Today (6/5/2023): U.S. warns China’s ‘growing aggressiveness’ raises risk of conflict| C-SPAN
Global National: June 5, 2023 | Canada projected to have worst year of wildfire destruction
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 05
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 05, 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.
• COVID-19 outbreaks at 7 N.B. long-term care homes after mask mandate for employees lifted [ CBC ]
• Novavax exec says its new COVID shot should work against variants on the rise [ Reuters (via Yahoo! News)]
• Biological mechanisms underpinning the development of long COVID [ iScience ]
TWiV 1012: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1012: 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]
• Apple WWDC 10 biggest announcements: Vision Pro, MacBook Air, iOS 17, and more [The Verge]
• Apple’s $3,499 Vision Pro AR headset is finally here [TechCrunch]
• Reddit’s plan to kill third-party apps sparks widespread protests [ARS TECHNICA]
• Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel [University of Sheffield]
• Ants inflict pain with neurotoxins [Institute for Molecular Bioscience]
• 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
WWDC 2023 — June 5 | Apple
Apple WWDC 2023: Everything Revealed in 12 Minutes | CNET
The Level1 Show June 6 2023: The Jaywalking Dead| Level1 Techs
Video Hasn't Killed The Pinball Star - DTNS 4533 | Level1 Techs
India discovers $410 billion lithium deposit | Caspian Report
The UFO/UAP Phenomenon: A Radical Development | John Michael Godier
Open Space June 5th 2023: Live QA with Fraser | Fraser Cain
JWST/Hubble Make Unusual Findings On Enceladus and Saturn's Rings | Antov Petrov
Cordkillers 458 - HMD: Hollywood Movie Device? (w/ Ashley Esqueda) | Cordkillers
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 05 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 5th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 468 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 467: Russian missiles kill 2-year-old girl, injure 22 in Dnipro [Euromaiden Press]
• Zelenskyy lauds Ukraine advance amid counteroffensive speculation [Al Jazeera]
• Ukrainian troops continue moving forward near Bakhmut: report [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: Russia launches overnight air attack [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Ukrainian forces conducting 'offensive actions' at the front, says Kyiv [France 24]
• Russian strategy will cause 'significant' defeats near Bakhmut, warns Wagner boss [WION]
Ukraine says Russian forces blew up Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson | Al Jazeera
Child deportations to Russia | Mark Savchuk | TVP World
Ukraine must be brought into Nato to ‘prevent war in Europe’ | Kurt Volker | Times Radio
Ex-CIA Agent Breaks Down Why Putin is in Trouble | The Infographics Show
Ukraine 'shifting towards offensive actions' against Russia | 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
Douglas Macgregor describes the Defense budgets Americans could cut | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• NATO-supplied tanks destroyed in failed Ukrainian offensive – Russian MOD [Russia Today]
• Russia's next step: Accession of Kharkiv region [Pravda]
• Kiev loses 300 troops, 16 tanks in failed offensive south of Donetsk — Russian top brass It is reported that as many as 300 Ukra [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 6 is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 208 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)
640 - Arab Muslim army sent by Caliph Omar begins siege of Heliopolis, city succumbs mid to late July, paving way for Muslim conquest of Byzantine Egypt
[Kings and Generals: Muslim Conquest of Egypt 640]
913 – Constantine VII, the 8-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed by Constantine's uncle Alexander III on his deathbed.
1002 - German King Henry II the Saint crowned 1242 - 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris
[section of wikipedia article on book burnings]
1328 - Franciscan theologian William of Ockham [Occam] excommunicated by Pope John XXII
[Wikipedia article on Occam's life]
[Encyclopedia Britannica article]
1391 - Inhabitants of Seville, Spain, massacre 5,000 Jews
[Chabad.org article]
1505 – The M8.2–8.8 Lo Mustang earthquake affects Tibet and Nepal, killing about 30 percent of the population in the area and causing severe damage in Kathmandu and parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain.
[Wikipedia article]
1513 – Battle of Novara. In the Italian Wars, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
[Pike and Shot Channel]
[Wikipedia article]
1523 – Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.
[Wikipedia article]
1536 - Mexico begins its inquisition
[Wikipedia article]
1654 - Queen Christina of Sweden resigns and converts to Catholicism
[Wikipedia article]
[Queen Christina of Sweden]
1665 - Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese armies beat Spain
1673 - France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty
1683 - The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum
[Wikipedia article]
1716 - French transport the 1st African slaves to Louisiana
[64 Parishes]
[Wikipedia article]
1744 - France and Prussia sign peace treaty
1752 - 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed
1762 – In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
[Wikipedia article]
1795 - Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured
[Wikipedia article]
1801 - Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Badajoz
[Wikipedia article]
1813 – The Battle of Stoney Creek, considered a critical turning point in the War of 1812. A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
[Wikipedia article]
["The War of 1812, Battle of Stoney Creek", as described from Burlington Heights and the Battlefield]
[Song: Stoney Creek]
[Song: Battle of Stoney Creek]
1816 - 10" of snowfall in New England, part of a "year without a summer" which followed the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia
[Wikipedia article on eruption]
[Geographics: The Year Without a Summer]
[1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora]
[The Year Without a Summer Season]
1822 – Alexis St Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.
[Video: The Curious Case of Alexis St Martin (June 6, 1822) ]
1832 – The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
[Wikipedia article]
1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
[YMCA article]
1859 – Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.
[Wikipedia article]
[2021 Queensland Day - Share your Queensland story today (Extended)]
[Queensland Day 2021 - Gold Coast, Aus]
1862 – American Civil War: The First Battle of Memphis, a naval engagement fought on the Mississippi results in the capture of Memphis, Tennessee by Union forces from the Confederates.
[Wikipedia article]
[VIDEO: First Battle of Memphis]
1882 – The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
[Wikipedia article]
1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
[Wikipedia article]
[Seattle Municipal Archives]
[University of Washington Digital Collection]
1892 – The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
[Wikipedia article]
[Chicago L.org website]
1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
[Wikipedia article]
[IBEW Local 428 video]
1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
[GeologyHub Video]
[National Park Service Video]
[Wikipedia article]
1916 - The death of Yuan Shikai, ruler of much of China since 1912, causes the central government to virtually collapse in the face of warlords, including Sun Yat-sen
[Wikipedia article]
[History of China: Birth of the Warlord Era]
1918 – Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I: the U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry (the losses are exceeded at the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943).
[The Great War Video Series: Week 202]
[NRApubs video]
[MCU Belleau Wood Lecture Series (Lecture 1) / The Rise of the Modern Marine Corps in WW I]
[Wikipedia article]
1925 - Walter Chrysler founds automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation
[Walter Chrysler wikipedia article]
1933 – The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
[ThoughtCo article]
[Lost Americana - The Drive In Theater (Full Version)]
1934 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
[Edspira video]
[Text of Act]
1942 – The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also sunk.
[Victory At Sea - Episode 04 ~ Midway Is East]
[Internet Archive: John Ford's The Battle of Midway]
[Battlefield: The Battle of Midway]
[Battle 360: Battle of Midway Leads to WWII Victory (S1, E2) | Full Episode]
[Office of Naval Intelligence: Japanese Story of Midway]
[Sunwest Monograms article]
1944 – Commencement of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on four invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
[75th Anniversary article from Macon Media]
[Complete Radio Broadcast Day]
[Wikipedia article]
[D-Day in Color]
1964 – Rocket experiments at Cuxhaven are banned by the German authorities.
1966 - Civil rights activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi
1966 - Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator" [1967 - Israeli troops occupy Gaza during second day of the Six-Day War
1968 - Senator Robert F. Kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night
1971 – Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.
1971 - Air West flight 706 collides with a US Marine Corps F-4B Phantom jet over Los Angeles killing all 49 aboard the DC-6 and the pilot of the F-4B
1972 - Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie, Rhodesia)
1975 – British referendum results in continued membership of the European Economic Community, with 67% of votes in favour.
1981 - A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river, killing 268 officially with another 300 or more missing
1982 – The Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
1983 - Li Xiannian becomes President of the People's Republic of China and Deng Xiaoping the supreme commander
1985 – The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
1985 - Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1993 – Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
1999 - Largest jailbreak in Brazilian history at the Putim maximum security prison in Brazil, 345 prisoners run from the main gate. In the ensuing manhunt, two fugitives are killed and five innocent bystanders are accidentally jailed.
2002 – Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
2005 - The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich.
2012 - Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs - last transit of 21st century
2018 - Convicted drug trafficker, Alice Johnson, granted clemency by US President Donald Trump after Kim Kardashian highlights case
2018 - At least 46 Ethiopian migrants drown after their boat capcizes of fthe coast of Yemen
2019 - German serial killer nurse Niels Hoegel jailed for a second life sentence for the murder of 85 more people (previously convicted for six). Germany's worst post-war serial killer.
2019 - New York City’s police commissioner James O’Neill apologizes for his department's actions during the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn that resulted in the Stonewall Riots of June 28 – July 3, 1969.
[History Channel: How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement]
[Smithsonian Channel: The Day the Stonewall Riots Shook America]
[Wikipedia article on the riots]
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, June 06, 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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