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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A moist cold front will drop south from Kentucky and Virginia bringing scattered to numerous showers and a few thunderstorms to our area. The shower activity may continue into Thursday as the front gradually drifts south of our area. Cool and dry high pressure will spread over the region late Thursday and linger into Saturday. Another moist cold front will approach from the northwest late Sunday and move through our area on Monday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Isolated showers after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 8am and 5pm. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming 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. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
IScattered showers after 3pm. Increasing clouds, 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 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 70.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Isolated showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 3pm, then a chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. 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 Night
Clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the north 3 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the west early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly between 8am and 3pm. Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows around 50.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates for Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon, and Transylvania Counties, until midnight EDT tonight.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Fine Particulates 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 Wed Jun 7 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Northeastern Atlantic Ocean:
A non-tropical area of low pressure located near the eastern Azores is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms with winds to near gale force over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. This system could acquire some subtropical characteristics while it moves to the east of the Azores. Later today, the system is forecast to turn northeastward over cooler waters, and further development is not expected. Regardless of development, heavy rains and gusty winds will continue across portions of the Canary Islands, Madeira Island, and the Azores over the next day or so. For additional information on this system, see products issued by the State Meteorological Agency of Spain, the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, 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 101 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 125 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.3 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 7th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 92°F in Franklin in 1947
Lowest Temperature 37°F in Highlands in 2000
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.75 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2003
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 7th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1899
Lowest Temperature 32°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1998
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.57 inches in Dunn, Harnett County in 2013
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
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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
• Trump, DeSantis, Pence: How to watch the 2023 NC GOP convention this week [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC Democrats file bill to discourage party switching [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Hicks, Sneed to face off in September General Election [Smoky Mountain News]
• North Carolina GOP negotiations likely next to curb appointment powers of Gov. Roy Cooper [BPR ]
• N.C. Board of Transportation Adopts New 10-Year Capital Plan [Macon Media]
• 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
Dr. Jen Ashton gives advice as New York faces poor air quality l WABC-TV (New York City, NY)
• Smoke from Canadian wildfires sets off health alerts in New York, Ottawa [SReuters]
California investigating migrant flights | CBS Evening News
• Mysterious COVID strain found in central Ohio [WCMH-TV (Columbus, OH) ]
• Seven shot and two killed at Virginia high school graduation [BBC News]
• Fights break out outside Glendale school district meeting as protesters battle over gender studies [CBS News]
• Chris Christie joins already bloated 2024 presidential field [Courthouse News Service]
• Menomonee Falls residents worried about future of community's library [Wisconisn Public Radio]
• Unlawful southern border entries down 70% from record highs since end of Title 42 [ABC News]
Washington Today (6-6-23): House Freedom Caucus blocks GOP bills to protest debt ceiling agreement | C-SPAN
Global National: June 6, 2023 | Canada's wildfires put millions under air quality advisories
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 06
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 06, 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.
• U.S. House bill would address pandemic preparedness [ The Center Square ]
• Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination among incarcerated persons in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, June-July 2021 [ Science Direct]
• Moderna, Pfizer hit with new patent lawsuits over COVID vaccines [ Reuters (via Yahoo! News) ]
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]
• US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles [The Guardian (UK) ]
• Reddit Laying Off About 90 Employees and Slowing Hiring Amid Restructuring [Wall Street Journal]
• TSMC prepares for 2nm trial production using AI-assisted process [TechSpot]
• Florida man (not that one) sold $100M-plus in counterfeit network gear [The Register]
• Intel’s backside power delivery process could make CPUs a whole lot more efficient [The Verge]
• 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
The Level1 Show June 7 2023: Pay 2 Pool | Level1 Techs
Zero Risk Doesn't Mean Zero Waste - DTNS 4535 | Daily Tech News Show
The Strange Number System Used Only By Mathematicians | Veritasium
MacBreak Weekly: Bubble Lover Lay - Apple Vision Pro, 15" MacBook Air, macOS Sonoma | TWiT TV
Confrontation with COPS over drone | Almost ARRESTED! | Ken Heron
9 Windows settings EVERY user should change NOW! | Ask Your Computer Guy
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 06 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 6th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 469 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 468: Russians blow up a hydropower plant, Kherson is flooding [Euromaiden Press]
• Photos: Hundreds evacuated after Nova Kakhovka dam blast [Al Jazeera]
• Kremlin continues its ‘glorious Soviet tradition’ of blowing up dams on retreat [TVP World]
• Fact check: Viral video of the Kakhovka dam explosion is old [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Evacuations continue following attack on major Russian-held dam in Ukraine [France 24]
• Destruction of Ukraine Dam Floods Front Line, Cutting Counteroffensive Options [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says dam blast will not stop military plans | Al Jazeera
No place for Russians to hide | Military Mind | TVP World
Genereal Petraeus: The spring offensive will be 'much more successful' than many think | DW News
Nova Kakhovka dam breach: old image resurfaces to falsely illustrate today's damage | FRANCE 24
Ukraine dam: Thousands flee floods after dam collapse near Nova Kakhovka | 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 on the Ukrainian dam - Destroyed by the Russians? | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Tucker Carlson steamrolls Ukraine propaganda in new show [Russia Today]
• Burn, German Leopard tanks, burn [Pravda]
• Water that flooded Novaya Kakhovka after dam incident continues to recede — authorities [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 7 is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 207 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)
421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).
879 – Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state.
1002 – Henry II, a cousin of Emperor Otto III, is elected and crowned King of Germany.
1099 – First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
1420 – Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patria del Friuli.
1494 – Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and becomes law.
1654 – Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
1692 – Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
1776 – Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
1788 – French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
1800 – David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
1810 – The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina.
1832 – The Great Reform Act of England and Wales receives royal assent.
1832 – Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
1862 – The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
1866 – One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
1880 РWar of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campa̱a del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
1892 – Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
1899 – American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
1905 – Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
1906 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
1917 – World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
1919 – Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
1929 – The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
1938 – The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
1940 – King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
1942 – World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
1944 – World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
1945 – King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
1946 – The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of World War II.
1948 – Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
1948 – Edvard BeneÅ¡ resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
1955 – Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
1962 РThe Organisation Arm̩e Secr̬te (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
1965 – The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
1967 – Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
1971 – The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1971 – The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
1975 – Sony launches Betamax, the first videocassette recorder format.
1977 – Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
1981 – The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
1982 – Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
1989 – Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
1991 – Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
2000 – The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
2017 – A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashes into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, Myanmar, killing all 122 aboard.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, June 07, 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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