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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A nearly stationary front stretched out west to east across the Southeastern states to the Carolina coast will be the focus for showers and thunderstorms as it wobbles from north to south with low pressures riding along the front. The front should sink back to the south tonight. Another cold front will be dropping south into our area from Virginia on Friday and Saturday. Our weather will become almost summerlike with more humidity through the weekend. Early next week, a new upper low may move in from the west, bringing more rain to the region.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to light winds before midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the northwest increasing to 5 to 10 mph before midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. 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. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers before midnight. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light winds out of the west increasing and shifting to come out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light west northwest after midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered thunderstorms are expected to move east across the area this afternoon into the evening. A few of these storms could become severe with large hail and damaging winds.
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 Thu Jun 15 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 58 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 71 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (4.2 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Walnut being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (4.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 15th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Highlands in 1903 (also a state record and the latest date for frost in Macon County since 1933
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.44 inches in Highlands in 1969
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 101°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 15th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 2015
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1933
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.71 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1969
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
• NC lawmakers consider harsher penalties for substation attacks [WRAL-TV (Raleigh News and Observer]
• Van Repair Fundraiser [Macon Media]
• WCU projects larger freshman class for 2023 [Smoky Mountain News]
• Women’s college sports included in transgender athlete ban as NC lawmakers near agreement [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Unraveling the perfect storm: Why Haywood County Schools is cutting 36 positions [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Building Code Council delays vote on new energy efficiency rules [BPR]
• $44 Million Waiting to Be Claimed in NC - - Act by July 17 Deadline! Pisgah Legal Services Offers Free Help Filing for Taxes Credits, Returns [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
FOMC Press Conference, June 14, 2023 | Federal Reserve
• Transcript [PDF ]
• Summary of Economic Projections [PDF]
Why the Federal Reserve paused interest rate hikes in June | CBS News
• The End of the Fed’s Tightening Is Still in Sight [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• How to hold a public trial when the key evidence is classified [Politico]
• Russia’s Medvedev says Moscow could strike undersea cables linking Europe to U.S. [Washington Times]
• The Reddit Protest Is a Battle for the Soul of the Human Internet [Reddit]
• UPS Drivers Finally Get AC in New Trucks as Strike Authorization Vote Looms [Gizmodo]
• In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S. [Scientific American]
• VIDEO: Federal government to terminate lease for new Russian embassy [ABC Nerws (Australia)]
• Dozens drown in latest European migrant boat disaster [Courthouse News Service]
• Inside North Korea: 'We are stuck, waiting to die' [BBC News]
Washington Today (6-14-23): Federal Reserve pauses interest rate hikes, but says it may resume soon | C-SPAN
Global National: June 14, 2023 | Young Canadians facing consequences of rising household debt
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 14
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 14, 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 6 June 2023, a total of 13,396,086,098 vaccine doses have been administered.
• New imaging technique captures COVID-19’s impact on the brain [ University of Waterloo ]
• UK Covid Inquiry Raises Concerns Over Lack of Lockdown Preparation and Impact on Society [ Daily Info Link ]
• Brain fog after COVID-19 has similarities to ‘chemo brain,’ Stanford-led study finds [ Stanford Medicine ]
TWiV 1014: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1014: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1015: Soldiers and Scientists at USAMRIID [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]
• Hundreds of subreddits plan to go dark indefinitely after Reddit CEO’s internal memo [Tech Crunch]
• What Reddit Got Wrong [Electronic Frontier Foundation]
• Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted [The Verge]
• Twitter is getting evicted from its Colorado office over unpaid rent [engadget]
• Iran's 'quantum processor' turned out to be a $600 dev board [PC Gamer]
• Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard [ARS TECHNICA]
• Moving Off-Grid: My Ultimate Pandemic Project Is About More Than Utility Bills [CNET]
• 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 14 2023: Blinded By the Price | Level1 Techs
AI Dangers Remain Unknown - DTNS 4541 | Daily Tech News Show
Solar Wind Slowing Down Planets, Nuking the Sun, Exomoon Reflection | Q&A 227 | Fraser Cain
What Supernova Distance Would Trigger Mass Extinction? | PBS Space Time
New Evidence Against Dark Matter! Or for dark matter? | Sabine Hossenfelder
Why More Education Is Not Always Better | Economics Explained
Scientists discover ingredients for life on Saturn moon | CBS News
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 14 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 14th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 477 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 476: Ukraine liberates seven settlements [Euromaiden Press]
• Ukraine attacks the front line; Russia says big losses inflicted [Al Jazeera]
• Ukrainian troops advance on two frontline sections [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates (liveblog): Odesa hit by deadly Russian missile attack [DW News]
• Ukraine war: The challenges of training F-16 pilots [BBC News]
• Apocalypse Now: Destroyed Donbas will unlikely 'ever be built back to former glory in our lifetimes' [France 24]
Fierce fighting' as Ukraine advances | Ukraine The Latest | The Telegtaph Podcast
Putin's military failure 'could rip apart Russia' | Maj. Gen. Chip Chapman | Times Radio
Guidebook to Russian Federation collapse after it loses the war to Ukraine | TVP World | Rock Rachon
How Putin and Russia's state media portray Ukraine's counteroffensive | DW News
🔴 (NSFW) - Liberated Mosins, Trench Assaults, Mine Strikes | 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
The Russian steamroller is now totally crushing Ukraine | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Sergey Karaganov: By using its nuclear weapons, Russia could save humanity from a global catastrophe [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Personal belongings of Kherson region residents washed ashore Black Sea [Pravda]
• Nearly 20 countries want to join BRICS — senior Russian diplomat [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 15 is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 199 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)
763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
844 – Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.
923 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
1184 – The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.
1215 – King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta.
1219 – Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.
1246 – With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
1300 – The city of Bilbao is founded.
1312 – At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.
1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1410 – In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
1410 – Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.[4]
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
1607 – Colonists finished building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Indian attacks.
1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
1670 – The first stone of Fort Ricasoli is laid down in Malta.
1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
1776 – Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
1800 – The Provisional Army of the United States is dissolved.
1804 – New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
1808 – Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1846 – The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
1859 – Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.
1864 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
1864 – Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
1878 – Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
1888 – Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
1896 – One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
1904 – A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
1916 – United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
1920 – Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
1921 – Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
1934 – The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
1936 – First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
1937 – A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
1940 – World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1944 – World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
1970 – Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
1972 – Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
1972 – Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) kills 81 people.
1977 – After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
1985 – Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
1991 – In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
1992 – The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
1996 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
2001 – Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
2007 – The Nokkakivi Amusement Park is opened in Lievestuore, Laukaa, Finland.
2012 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
2013 – A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
2022 – Microsoft retires its ubiquitous Internet Explorer after 26 years in favor of its new browser, Microsoft Edge.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, June 15, 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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