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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A moist cold front will continue to drift south across our area today with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. 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 Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 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-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to light winds after midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 10 mph.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the north 3 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds becoming north northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Friday Night
Clear, with lows around 51. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
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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 Thu Jun 8 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - June 05, 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 115 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE) 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 (5.1 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 8th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
Lowest Temperature 36°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1977
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.10 inches in Highlands in 2019
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 8th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 103°F in Dobbins Heights, Richmond County in 2008
Lowest Temperature 32°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1977
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.70 inches in Conover, Catawba County in 2017
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
• Overthrown: A developing feud within the Macon GOP threatens one of the region’s strongest political institutions [Smoky Mountain News]
• The wildfire smoke plume you’re smelling could break up, but another is coming to NC [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Online sports betting in NC could start as soon as January after House's approval [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Affordable housing challenges in rural WNC counties focus of upcoming study funded by Dogwood Health Trust [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• 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
Canada wildfire smoke over NYC: 4 p.m. Wednesday June 7 update | WCBS-TV (New York City, NY)
• How Long Will Wildfire Smoke Last, and Where Will It Spread? [Scientific American]
• Orange Skies and Burning Eyes as Smoke Shrouds New York City [New York Times]
• Wildfire Smoke Blankets Sky Across New York, Other States, Prompting Air-Quality Warnings [WSJ]
PGA's Jay Monahan and PIF's Yasir Al Rumayyan break down surprise deal to merge PGA and LIV | CNBC Television
"I hope it GOES AWAY!" | Rory McIlroy REACTS to LIV Golf, PGA Tour & DP World Tour merger! | Sky Sports Golf
• House Is Paralyzed as Far-Right Rebels Continue Mutiny Against McCarthy [New York Times]
• House heads home after hard-right Republicans defy McCarthy, block legislation [Washington Post]
• Opinion | News that the PGA Tour will merge with the Saudi-backed LIV Tour stunned the sports media world [Poynter]
• Trump notified that he is the target of an ongoing criminal investigation [Politico]
• Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, USGS reports [AccuWeather]
• L.A. Times to Cut 13% of Newsroom Jobs, Union ‘Outraged’ Over Layoffs [Variety]
• Firing Chris Licht won’t fix CNN [Vox]
Washington Today (6-7-23): Freedom Caucus standoff with Speaker holds up bills for second day | C-SPAN
Global National: June 7, 2023 | Millions at risk as wildfire smoke blankets Eastern Canada, US
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 07
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 07, 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 12:23pm CEST, 7 June 2023, there have been 103,436,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,127,152 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 June 2023, a total of 668,882,018 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 12:23pm CEST, 7 June 2023, there have been 767,750,853 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,941,095 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 2 June 2023, a total of 13,381,562,028 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Long Covid can impair quality of life more than advanced cancers, study says [ The Guardian (UK) ]
• Becerra says DeSantis bears responsibility for Covid’s outsized toll [ Politico (via Yahoo! News) ]
• ABC Defeats COVID-19 Vaccine Suit From Fired ‘General Hospital’ Star Ingo Rademacher [ The Hollywood Reporter ]
Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 6/7/23 8 pm EST | 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]
• Boeing sued over alleged theft of IP, counterfeiting of tools used on NASA projects [CNBC]
• Amazon plans ad-supported streaming tier amid race for profitability: Report [Yahoo! News]
• All the features Apple didn’t mention in its WWDC 2023 keynote [The Verge]
• Robocalls claiming voters would get “mandatory vaccines” result in $5M fine [ARS TECHNICA]
• 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
Apple’s Game Tool is Very Metal – DTNS 4536 | Daily Tech News Show
macOS 14 Hands-On First Look: Best NEW Features! | MacVince
More Pro, More Problems | Coder Radio 521 | Jupiter Broadcasting
True Size of the Universe, Inescapable Planets, Magnetic Poles Reversal | Q&A 226 | Fraser Cain
New Vulcan Centaur rocket fired up for first time in test | VideoFromSpace
SpaceX New Starbase Flyover Update! Episode 4 | RGV Aerial Photography
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 07 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 7th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 470 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 469: Massive flooding after an explosion at the hydroelectric power plant [Euromaiden Press]
• Russia accused of shelling rescue workers amid dam evacuations [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine war: Teens used to report Russian propaganda [BBC News]
• Poland to provide in-kind need to Ukraine amid dam’s blowing up [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: Kakhovka dam flooding to immerse more areas [DW News]
• Torrent of destruction: what next after Ukraine dam burst? (video) [France 24: The Debate]
Why did Putin blow up the Nova Kakhovka dam? “Russia wants to create a failed state in Ukraine.” | TVP World
Ukraine war: Rescue efforts underway after Nova Kakhovka dam disaster & flood | Al Jazeera
How far will Russia go in Moldova? | Conflict Zone Special | DW News
Why is Ukraine unlikely to operate 100 F-16s? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
Torrent of destruction: what next after Ukraine dam burst? | FRANCE 24 English
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
• Russia seeks to replace ‘Nazi regime’ in Ukraine – security chief [Russia Today]
• Cloud of ammonia moving towards positions of Ukrainian troops [Pravda]
• US media wages disinformation campaign regarding Kakhovka HPP — Russian ambassador [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 206 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
On This Day
June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 206 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)
218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.
• [Wikipedia article]
452 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun.
• [Medievalists.net: Why did Attila leave Italy?]
• [The Introduction of Attila the Hun in Edward Gibbon’s “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”]
HistoryMarche: Erosion of the Western Roman Empire -Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, 451 AD (these two videos serve to provide an excellent background on the invasion of Italy)
Part One
Part Two
793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [HistoryPod Video: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria]
• [The Untold Past Video]
• [History With Hilbert: The History of the Vikings in England (AD. 793 - AD. 1066)]
1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England - the country's penultimate Anglo-Saxon king.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Biographics Video: Saint Edward the Confessor - Last of the Saxon Kings?]
• [Medieval Mayhem Video: Edward The Confessor (The last true Anglo Saxon King)]
1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre, beginning his crusade.
• [Kings and Generals Video: Third Crusade - the Beginning]
• [Charlene Newcomb: King Richard I’s fleet arrives in Acre]
• [A brief history of the siege]
• [Real Crusades History Video: The Siege of Acre]
1663 – Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial (aka Battle of Estremoz) ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Knowledgia Video: Why wasn't Portugal conquered by Spain?]
1776 – American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Three Rivers. (Trois-Rivières)
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Revolutional War Website]
1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• [The Laki Fissure eruption, 1783-1784]
• [The 1783 Laki Mega Eruption - Land Warden Stories] (click CC for English subtitles)
• [Mega Disasters - 1783 Iceland Eruption]
1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
• [James Madison's Journal]
• [Why didn't the original 12 amendments make it into the Bill of Rights?]
• [TeachingHistory.org: James Madison's Failed Amendments]
• [Video of James Madison Reenactor Speaking About the Bill of Rights]
1794 – Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
• [Background from HistoryPod]
• [Wikipeida article]
• [Robespierre - Fatal Revolutionary Terror Documentary]
1856 – A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
1861 – American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Civil War Talk: Tennessee Secedes]
• [American Battlefield Trust: Tennessee in the Civil War]
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [American Battlefield Trust: The Battle of Cross Keys]
• [Things You Should Know Video]
1867 – Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
• [The Great War Video: The Father of Austria-Hungary]
• [Biography on Wikipedia]
1887 – Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
• [Link to Patent]
• [Herman Hollerith and the Punch Card]
• [The 1890 US Census and the history of punchcard computing]
• [Connections: Loom History Moving to Computer] (the background history that led to punch cards)
1906 – Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• [Wikipedia]
• [TEXT]
• [VIDEO: NPS Antiquities Act]
1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• [Carl Laemmle Founder Universal Pictures Studios Hollywood City - 100 Years of Universal]
1918 – A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
1928 – Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• [The 1920s Channel: The Northern Expedition & The "Unification" Of China]
• [Wikipedia]
• [Wikipedia: Chinese Civil War]
1929 – Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
• [Wikipedia article]
1940 – World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Alphabet]
• [Newsreel]
• [Background video from Historigraph]
1941 – World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [The Forgotten Theatre: Middle East in WW2 Explained]
• [VIDEO: Former Ally now the Enemy - British Invasion of French Syria]
1942 – World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
1949 – Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
1949 – George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Sparknotes Video Summary]
1953 – An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [TV5 Vault: The Beecher tornado]
• [Flint-Beecher Tornado - June 8, 1953 - 'Tornadoes: Nature's Death Spirals']
1953 – The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
• [JUSTIA (Syllabus and Opinion of the Court)]
• [Wikipedia article]
1959 – USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail (aka Rocket Mail).
• [Wikipedia article]
• [PDF from USPS]
• [The Crazy Time When the US Delivered Mail by Missile]
• [Newsreel]
1966 – An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
• [XB-70 Valkyrie Mid-air collision June 8, 1966]
• [eath of a Valkyrie: The 1966 XB-70 Midair Collision]
• [Wikipedia article on the XB-70 Valkyrie]
1966 – Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [The Topkeka Captal-Journal]
• [VIDEO: 1966 Topeka Tornado: Path of Disaster]
1966 – The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
• [The Timeline: The Merger | AFL-NFL | NFL Films]
1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
• [SpyCast: The Liberty Incident Revealed]
• [Wikipedia article]
1972 – Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [“Napalm Girl” Kim Phuc, from iconic Vietnam photo, on pain and forgiveness]
1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
• [Falklands Conflict - Bluff Cove-attack on Sir Galahad & Sir Tristram]
• [Wikipedia]
1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.
1987 – New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
• [Wikipedia article]
1992 – The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1995 – Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
• [Scott O'Grady Explains How he was shot down over Bosnia]
• [AP VIDEO (a lot B-Roll Footage plus raw video of press events)]
• [National Geographic: Situation Critical - S01E05 - Downed Pilot]
2001 – Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
• [Japan knife attack: 19 killed at care centre in Sagamihara - BBC News]
• [Wikipedia]
2004 – The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [ABC News Story]
2007 – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
2008 – At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
2008 – At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
• [France 24 News Story]
• [AP VIDEO]
2009 – Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
• [AP VIDEO]
• [Journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling arrive home with President Bill Clinton]
• [Laura Ling on Imprisonment in North Korea | Inside North Korea]
2014 – At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan.
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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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