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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 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the north early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to light winds midnight.
Saturday
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm wind in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 40%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. 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.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light north northwest after midnight.
Saturday
Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 40%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Areas of fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
Saturday
Areas of fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop across the region this afternoon and evening along and ahead of a passing cold front. Cloud-to-ground lightning strikes and gusty winds will be the main threats with any thunderstorms that develop.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
Persistent showers and thunderstorms may produce periods of heavy rainfall on Monday and Tuesday. Localized flooding could occur in any areas repeatedly affected by the showers and thunderstorms.
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 Fri Jun 16 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave located near the west coast of Africa is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear to be conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression could form during the early to middle portions of next week while the system moves westward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - June 05, 2023
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 77 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 77 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (4.3 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (4.8 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2018
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Highlands in 1917 (also a state record and the latest date for frost in Macon County since 1933
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.63 inches in Highlands in 1949 (also a state record)
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 16th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 103°F in Carthage, Moore County in 1981
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1933
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.63 inches in Lake Highlands, Macon County in 1949
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's most popular way of voting could grind to halt if new elections bill passes, group for elections officials says [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Van Repair Fundraiser [Macon Media]
• Budget, taxes, marijuana and more are on the to-do list as NC legislature winds down [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Sneed calls for forensic audit on cannabis LLC; Qualla Enterprises defends its record [Smoky Mountain News]
• GSMNP's Park it Forward program rakes in about $2.4 million in first few months [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Indian Child Welfare Act upheld by US Supreme Court: Here's why it matters in Western North Carolina [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
PGA played on emotions of 9/11 victims' families until Saudis wrote 'the biggest check' | MSNBC
• Families of 9/11 victims slam PGA Tour merger with Saudi-backed LIV Golf [France 24 ]
• Chinese spies breached hundreds of public, private networks, security firm says [ABC News ]
The Fed has destroyed more housing supply than demand, says Pretium's Don Mullen | CNBC Television
• The Global Economy Looks Like It’s Out of Sync [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Tribal preference over adoptions upheld at Supreme Court [Courthouse News Service]
• Airman Is Indicted on Charges of Mishandling Secrets [New York Times]
• Judge orders Trump lawyers to seek security clearances [Politico]
• Announcement of opinions for Friday, June 16 [SCOTUSblog]
• Mortgage rates tick down for the second week in a row [CNN]
• Drinking alcohol weekly could be connected to 61 different diseases, study finds [Fox News]
• Trump’s promise of payback for prosecution follows years of attacking democratic traditions [AP News]
Washington Today (6-15-23): President Biden says Ticketmaster, SeatGeek to disclose fees up front | C-SPAN
Global National: June 15, 2023 | Deadly Manitoba crash has "echoes" to Humboldt tragedy: RCMP
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 15
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 15, 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.
• Study: At-home rapid COVID tests may miss many infections [ Cal Tech]
• ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING: Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee June 15, 2023 Meeting Announcement[ USFDA ]
• Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, poll shows [ AP News ]
Beyond the Noise #5: The next wave of severe COVID-19 | 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]
• Watch 21-year-old solve Rubik’s Cube in astonishing 3.13 seconds, setting new world record [The Patriot Ledger]
• Virgin Galactic to send Italian researchers to space, then regular commercial flights [AP News]
• 20 years ago: Spirit and Opportunity rovers launched for Mars [Astronomy Magazine]
Reddit CEO seeks to end site protest by allowing users to vote out moderators | NBC News
• Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts [MacRumors]
• Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: Reddit ‘was never designed to support third-party apps’ [The Verge]
• Twitter has gotten away with not paying music publishers for copyrighted songs for years. A $250 million lawsuit might change that. [Insider]
• 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 16 2023: Life, Uh, Finds A Way | Level1 Techs
As the Journalism Crumbles? - DTNS 4542 | Daily Tech News Show
USS Texas in Drydock - 2023 (Lets go inside!) | Drachinifel
That Time the Soviets Tried to Abolish Money | Asianometry
Linux Action News 297 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Google's Ad Business Threatened By EU | TWiT TV
Mount Vesuvius Eruption (79 AD): The First 24 hrs - Survival and Rescue DOCUMENTARY | Invicta
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 15 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 15th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 478 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 477: Ukraine makes territorial gains [Euromaiden Press]
• US military chief says Ukraine offensive a ‘very difficult fight’ [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine makes significant advances in counteroffensive [TVP World]
• NATO ministers pledge arms for Ukraine and talk production [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: African leaders arrive in Ukraine in self-proclaimed bid to broker peace [France 24]
• Counting Russia's dead - and what it says about the changing face of the war [BBC News]
Ukraine: How important the German Gepard air defense system really is | DW News
Former Spec Ops officer: Ukraine has not committed the main forces to the offensive | Rock Rachon - TVP World
Russian air strikes: Rockets hit Kherson city centre overnight | Al Jazeera
Gravitas: Will NATO fight Ukraine's war against Russia? | WION
🔴 (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
• Kiev intends to kill as many Russians as possible – top Zelensky aide [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Personal belongings of Kherson region residents washed ashore Black Sea [Pravda]
• Russia doubts that Germany, Denmark and Sweden investigate Nord Stream sabotage [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 16 is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 198 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)
363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal, Roman forces suffer several attacks from the Persians.
• [Julian’s Gamble in the Desert]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
632 – Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
• [VIDEO BIO]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Wikipedia: Sasanian Empire]
1407 – Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán ThÆ°Æ¡ng of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
• [Ming–Hồ War]
1487 – Battle of Stoke Field: King Henry VII of England defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Stoke Field]
• [Nottinghamshire County Council]
• [The FORGOTTEN Final Battle Of The Wars Of The Roses ]
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison, Scotland
• [On This Day in Tudor History]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Wikipedia: Babington Plot]
1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
1673 - Peace of Vossem: French King Louis XIV and Frederik Willem of Brandenburg
• [Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Vossem_(1673)]
1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
• [Siege of Louisbourg (1745)]
• [War of the Austrian Succession]
• [War of the Spanish Succession | Animated History]
1746 – War of the Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
• [Wikipedia article]
1755 РFrench and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beaus̩jour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
• [LINK TEXT]
• [Parks Canada: The siege of 1755]
1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• [Wikipedia article on the siege]
• [The Great Siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783]
• [Why Does Britain Own Gibraltar? (Short Animated Documentary)]
1784 - Holland forbids the wearing of orange clothes
• [No Orange Clothes Day]
1795 – French Revolutionary Wars: In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat, a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admiral William Cornwallis strongly resists a much larger French Navy force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the Battle of Groix six days later.
• [Conwallis's Retreat]
1811 – Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100 attackers.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Bloody Point]
1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
• [The Battle of Ligny and Quatre Bras]
1819 – A major earthquake strikes the Kutch district of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a 6 m high, 6 km wide, ridge, extending for at least 80 km, that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").
• [The Wire: The Significance of the 1819 Allah Bund Earthquake, 200 Years on]
1836 – The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
• [Wikipedia: Chartism]
1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [Speech Performed by a Lincoln Impersonator]
• [Matthew Pinsker: Understanding Lincoln: House Divided Speech (1858)]
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Lynchburg, Virginia
• [Wikipedia]
• [National Park Service: Lynchburg Campaign- June 14 - June 22, 1864]
1864 - American Civil War: Skirmish at Golgotha, Georgia
1871 – The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
• [Wikipedia]
• [Text of Legislation]
1871 - Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, NYC
• [Traveling Templars]
1879 - Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
• [Wikipedia article]
• [BBC Proms 2005 - Sullivan - HMS Pinafore (Proms premiere)]
1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [The disaster as told by Marie Gardiner]
• [The Victoria Hall Disaster | Fascinating Horror]
1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• [LaMarcus Adna Thompson's Scenic Railways at Coney Island]
1893 - RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack
• [Wikipedia: Cracker Jack]
• [racker Jack and the prize inside - Life in America]
1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
• [Wikipedia: Republic of Hawaii]
1900 - In China, a fire is set by Boxers, virtually destroying the Western Quarter and spreading to engulf many Chinese landmarks
• [Wikipedia: Boxer Rebellion]
1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
• [History.com Article]
1903 – Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1904 – Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
• [Wikipedia Bio of Eugen Schauman]
• [Wikipedia Bio of Nikolay Bobrikov]
• [Music Video Tribute to Schauman]
1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
• [Bloomsday - James Joyce]
1907 - Tsar Nicolas II of Russia dissolves the Second Duma (parliament) and issues an edict that will increase representation of propertied classes while reducing that of peasants, workers and national minorities
1908 - The Republican Party convenes in Chicago where President Theodore Roosevelt picks William Howard Taft as his successor
• [Wikipedia article]
1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
• [Wikipedia article]
1911 - A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn
• [Wisconsin Dell Events]
1922 РGeneral election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn F̩in party wins a large majority.
• [Wikipedia: 1922 Irish General Election]
1923 - Sun Yat Sen founds Chinese military academy
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1925 – The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
• [Wikipedia article]
1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
1932 US President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis renominated by Republican Convention
• [Wikipedia article]
1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
• [Wikipedia article]
• [National Industrial Recovery Act: FDR’s Statement – 1933]
• [Rise and Fall of the National Industrial Recovery Act]
1940 – World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
1940 – World War II: A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
1944 – In a gross miscarriage of justice, George Junius Stinney Jr., age 14, becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century after being convicted in a two-hour trial for the rape and murder of two teenage white girls.
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [George Stinney Jr. Was The Youngest American Ever Put To Death In The Electric Chair – Then His Conviction Was Overturned]
• [CNN Story]
1944 - Iceland adopts constitution
• [Wikipedia article]
1944 - World War II: King George VI visits General Montgomery's HQ in Normandy
• [Newsreel]
• [RADIO REPORT: ing George VI visits Normandy : 16 June 1944]
1944 - World War II: US bombs Kyushu Japan
1948 – Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
1955 – In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
1961 – While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
• [Nureyev defects to the West]
• [Rudolf Nureyev's great leap to freedom]
1961 - Discoverer 25 launched
• [Wikipedia article]
• [NASA Mission Page]
• [LINK TEXT]
1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
• [Wikipedia: Vostok 6]
• [Wikipedia: Valentina Tereshkova]
1963 – In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders.
1963 - Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli Prime Minister
1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
• [Newscast: Churchill Falls Hydro]
1976 – Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
• [South Africa's June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising | Our History]
• [Wikipedia article]
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
1977 - Leonid Brezhnev named Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1981 – US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
• [President Reagan’s Remarks at an Award Presentation to Ambassador Kenneth Taylor on June 16, 1981]
• [Reflections on Iran | Ken Taylor | Talks at Google]
• [Ken Taylor: 'The right man in the wrong place at the right time']
1983 - Pope John Paul II visits Poland
• [1983: Pilgrimage of hope – the Pope in communist Poland under martial law]
• [Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism]
1983 - General Secretary Yuri Andropov appointed President of the Soviet Union
• [Stories From Somewhere - Yuri Andropov]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
1987 - New York City subway gunman Bernhard Getz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
• [ABC7 News]
• [Wikipedia: 1984 New York City Subway shooting]
1989 – Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
1997 – Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
• [Wikipedia: List of massacres during the Algerian Civil War]
• [Islamic Extremists Target Civilians As Algerian Conflict Intensifies]
1999 - Thabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
• [AP VIDEO]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
2000 – The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
• [Wikipedia article]
2012 – China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
• [Wikipedia: Shenzhou 9]
• [Space.com article]
2012 – The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
2013 – A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
• [Youtube Videos]
2015 - TV personality and Real estate mogul Donald Trump launches his campaign for the Republican nomination for US President at Trump Towers
• [C-SPAN VIDEO]
2016 – Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
• [ABC News Story (ABC is owned by Disney)]
• [Walking Tour]
• [Wikipedia article]
2017 - US President Donald Trump reinstates Cuban travel and business restrictions after they were loosened by President Obama
• [Reuters Article]
2019 – Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.
• [Wikipedia: 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]
• [Bloomberg Special Report: Hong Kong on Edge]
2020 - At least 20 Indian soldiers killed in 1st deadly clash on the Chinese Indian border in 45 years in the Galwan Valley, Himalayas
2020 - Support from Manchester United player Marcus Rashford and others forces UK Government to make U-turn on summer school meal vouchers
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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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