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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front will approach out of the west early this morning leading to widespread showers and thunderstorms through the early morning hours. A few storms may become strong to severe. The cold front will continue pushing east this afternoon leading to scattered shower and thunderstorm development along the front across the far southeastern fringe of the forecast area. Brief drying returns this evening into early Tuesday, before unsettled weather returns for the rest of the workweek into the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm by midmorning.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light by midnight.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 57. Winds out of the west5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A Filament Launch To Side-Swipe Earth | Solar Storm Forecast 07 June 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 Mon Jun 12 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 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (2.2 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Walnut being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (4.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1964
Lowest Temperature 35°F in Highlands in 1913
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.84 inches in Highlands in 1899
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 12th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 103°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1911
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1988
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.40 inches in Graham, Alamance County in 1932
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
• North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Tillis for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Chuck Edwards ignores GOP appeals to decry Trump’s federal indictment [Asheville Watchdog]
• NC GOP aims for an air of stability amid Trump indictment chaos [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Unabomber Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in federal prison at Butner, North Carolina [Raleigh News and Observer]
President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden speak at Nash Community College | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending June 8 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Cooper signs Blue Cross NC deregulation bill into law over concerns about profits [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Parking pandemonium: Travelers scramble to find parking at Asheville Regional Airport [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Former NC NAACP head Bishop Barber celebrates retirement from Goldsboro church [WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)]
• Community supports workers leaving their last shifts at Canton paper mill [BPR]
NCGOP Convention Special Section
The 2023 State Convention of the North Carolina Republican Party took place at the Koury Copnvention Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Events started on Thursday and will conclude today (Sunday). The information presented here is not an endorsement and is presented in the public interest.
• NCGOP re-elects Whatley as chair (Saturday)
Chairman Michael Whatley wins a third term as @NCGOP Chairman today in Greensboro. #NCPOL #NCGOPConvention
— Matt Mercer (@mattmercer) June 10, 2023
• Report of the Plan of Organization Committee for the 2023 NCGOP State Convention [PDF Download]
• Trump, Desantis and Pence are scheduled to speak at N.C. GOP convention this week [Spectrum News 1]
• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hits familiar talking points in Greensboro during North Carolina Republican convention [WGHP-TV (High Point, NC)]
• Donald Trump, Mike Pence speak at NCGOP State Convention in Greensboro [WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)]
• NC GOP votes to censure Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, citing his record on gay marriage, immigration [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Trump pledges to endorse Mark Robinson for North Carolina governor [Greensboro News and Record]
2023 North Carolina GOP convention kicks off in Greensboro (Friday) | WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
The Old North State Dinner featuring Governor Ron DeSantis | The Independent (UK)
First in Freedom Luncheon featuring the 48th Vice President Mike Pence | WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
Grand Old Party Dinner featuring 45th President Donald J. Trump | WFMY-TV (Greensboro, 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
Officials provide update following I-95 collapse in Philadelphia | WPVI-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
• Months of repairs and travel headaches are ahead after an I-95 bridge collapsed in a fire [Philadelphia Inquirer]
• Fact Sheet on WMD Threat Reduction Efforts with Ukraine, Russia and Other Former Soviet Union Countries [US Department of Defense]
• ‘West can’t stop Iran from getting nuclear weapon,’ ayatollah says [Jerusalem Post]
• Some Oklahoma City metro Target stores briefly evacuated after bomb threat [The Oklahoman]
• Protesters Holding Nazi Flags, Shouting ‘White Power’ Line Disney World Entrance [Disney Dining]
Rifle-toting thieves rob armored truck in broad daylight | KABC-TV
• Unabomber Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in federal prison at Butner, North Carolina [Raleigh News and Observer]
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski dies in prison | ABC News
• Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81 [New York Times]
• George Soros Hands Control to His 37-Year-Old Son: ‘I’m More Political’ [Wall Street Journal]
• Port of Seattle closed due to ILWU labor strife [CNBC]
• Secrecy, Cigars and a Venetian Wedding: How the PGA Tour Made a Deal with Saudi Arabia [Wall Street Journal]
• German Institute for Human Rights: Requirements for the AfD ban are met [News in Germany]
• Fires intensify in Canada, could last 'all summer' [Le Monde (France)]
• Donald Trump calls indictment 'ridiculous and baseless' in campaign speeches [BBC News]
• Trump vows to stay in the race even if convicted [Politico]
• Lauren Boebert tweets that the Pentagon views her as a security threat [Insider]
Washington Today (6-9-23): Federal indictment unsealed in classified docs case against Donald Trump | C-SPAN
Global National: June 11, 2023 | Wildfire threatening Alberta town explodes in size
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 10
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 11, 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.
• The Origins of Covid-19 — Why It Matters (and Why It Doesn’t) [ New England Journal of Medicine ]
• Effectiveness of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Bivalent Vaccine [ Oxford Academic: Open Forum Infectious Diseases ]
• Mild SARS-CoV-2 infection results in long-lasting microbiota instability [ American Society for Microbiology: mBio ]
TWiV 1014: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1014: 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 9 to 16: See Mira at its brightest [Astronomy Magazine]
• Space mining startup CEO says asteroid resources can save the planet [Interesting Engineering]
• Tech, an Early Booster of Remote Work, Wants People Back in the Office [Wall Street Journal]
• ATTG 1978: It's Made of People - Apple Vision Pro, Kindle Oasis, eBike Charging [TWiT TV]
• The Sun Reaches Solar Maximum in 2032. A new NASA Flagship Mission Could Give Us a Perfect View [Universe Today]
• Ah, the Unabomber... And Why Almost Every Maven in Artificial Intelligence gets the Big Picture All Wrong [Contrary Brin/a>]
• What Does the Future Hold for Archive Television? [TransDiffusion]
• Where and when to see the October 2023 annular eclipse [Astronomy Magazine]
• 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
Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp | Lex Fridman Podcast #383
The Level1 Show June 9 2023: Get More Drone Points With This One Neat Trick | Level1 Techs
Netflix is Proud of Its Measurements - DTNS 4538 | Daily Tech News Show
Are We on The Verge of Nuclear War? | WhatIfAltHist
Rock 3C: Maker-priced SBC | Explaining Computers
The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Week 250- The Invasion of Normandy begins! - WW2 - June 10, 1944 | World War Two
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 11 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 11th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 474 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 473: Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place — Zelenskyy [Euromaiden Press]
• Ukraine war: Russia moves to take direct control of Wagner Group [BBC News]
• Fact Sheet on WMD Threat Reduction Efforts with Ukraine, Russia and Other Former Soviet Union Countries [US Department of Defense]
• Ukraine hails first territory recaptured in counteroffensive [Al Jazeera]
• 95 Ukrainian soldiers return home after another UA-RU prisoners swap [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: 3 villages recaptured in counteroffensive [DW News]
• Ukraine’s Offensive Begins With Ground Gained, Tanks Lost [Wall Street Journal]
This Ukraine soldier returned to the front after losing a leg | Focus on Europe
Russia: Wagner group rejects defence ministry’s attempt to sign contract | Al Jazeera
Ukraine continues counteroffensive | World News | TVP World
Ukraine's recaptured villages 'symbolically significant' at start of counteroffensive | FRANCE 24
🔴 (NSFW) - Ukraine Couteroffensive Begins | Combat Footage Show
Why Do We Call the War in Ukraine Unprovoked? - Debunking Russian Claims | Kings and Generals
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Extra Interview: Russia and China are at our Frontline Defense | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Russian navy rebuffs Ukrainian drone attack – MOD (VIDEO) [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Personal belongings of Kherson region residents washed ashore Black Sea [Pravda]
• North Korean leader expresses support for Russia, hopes for victory [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 12 is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 202 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)
910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.
1381 – Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London.
1418 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre.
1429 – Hundred Years' War: On the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
1550 – The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden.
1643 – The Westminster Assembly is convened by the Parliament of England, without the assent of Charles I, in order to restructure the Church of England.
1653 – First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins, lasting until the following day.
1665 – Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City.
1758 – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.
1772 – French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
1775 – American War of Independence: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
1776 – The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.
1817 – The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais.
1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
1830 – Beginning of the Invasion of Algiers: Thiry-four thousand French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch.
1864 – American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
1898 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
1899 – New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
1900 – The Reichstag approves new legislation continuing Germany's naval expansion program. It provides for construction of 38 battleships over a 20-year period. Germany's fleet will be the largest in the world.
1914 – Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
1921 – Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
1935 – A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
1938 – The Helsinki Olympic Stadium was inaugurated in Töölö, Helsinki, Finland.
1939 – Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
1939 – The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
1940 – World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
1942 – Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
1943 – The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
1944 – World War II: Operation Overlord: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.
1954 – Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
1963 – NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement.
1963 – The film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released in US theaters. It was the most expensive film made at the time.
1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
1967 – The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
1975 – India, Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha of the city of Allahabad ruled that India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had used corrupt practices to win her seat in the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office. Mrs. Gandhi sent word that she refused to resign.
1979 – Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man-powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
1979 - Sandinista occupies parts of Managua
1980 - Ronald Reagan says he will submit to periodic medical tests
1981 – The first of the Indiana Jones film franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is released in theaters.
1982 – Nuclear disarmament rally and concert, New York City.
1986 - P. W. Botha declares South African national emergency
1987 – The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
1987 – Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
1988 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 46, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.
1990 – Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
1991 – Russians first democratically elected Boris Yeltsin as the President of Russia.
1991 – Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
1993 – An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military Government of Ibrahim Babangida.
1997 – Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
1999 – Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2007 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist and historian, is awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for his humanitarian work by President Putin
2009 – Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
2009 – A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
2012 - The chemical compound NOTT-202, which is capable of selectively absorbing carbon dioxide, is created
2012 - World Health Organization concludes that diesel exhaust causes cancer
2015 - Al-Qaeda's 2nd-in-command Nasser al-Wuhayshi (Osama Bin Laden's former private secretary) is killed in a US air strike in Yemen
2016 – Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.
2017 – American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later.
2017 - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced to 30 days administrative arrest for organizing rallies
2018 – United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore.
2018 - Battle for key Yemen port of Hudaydah begins with assault by Saudi backed pro-government forces against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels
2019 - World’s largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund, worth $1 trillion, gets authorization to drop fossil fuel investments from Norway's government
2019 - Violent protests in Hong Kong as tens of thousands of protesters block and try to storm government buildings to stop extradition law
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, June 12, 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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