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GENERAL OUTLOOK
The persistent low pressure that brought the recent rain will move northeast of the area today, and a more typical June pattern will set up by this weekend with much warmer temperatures expected. Another front will arrive from the northwest early next week, bringing with it another increased chance of storms.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 78. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 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 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to coming out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Light winds out of the north.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 20%.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A Flood Watch will be in effect through Thursday afternoon. Please usa caution on area rodways, and if you live in a flood-prone area, keep an eye out for rising water.
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
14 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2023
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A Filament Launch To Side-Swipe Earth | Solar Storm Forecast 07 June 2023
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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 23 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Bret, located over the eastern Caribbean Sea near the Windward Islands, and on recently upgraded Tropical Storm Cindy, located over the central tropical Atlantic.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Thursday] Bret on Final Approach to Lesser Antilles; TD4 Forms (06-22-2023)
Atlantic Basin Dominating for Now as We Await What El Nino Does June 22, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 30 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 30 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.2 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (2.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1948
Lowest Temperature 41°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1947
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.54 inches in Highlands in 1941
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 23rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County in 1981
Lowest Temperature 35°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1947
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.38 inches in Roxboro, Person County in 1964
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)
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
• Toyota’s new CEO visits Raleigh to celebrate the Japanese automaker’s battery plant [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 91-year-old N.C. furniture manufacturer shuts down unexpectedly: ‘Everyone just…vanished’ [Furntiure Today]
This is where abortion access stands in North Carolina one year after Roe v. Wade was overturned | WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
• NC Republicans drop surprise abortion bill as federal lawsuit looms [WRAL-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Attorney of Cherokee man shot by SWAT team says law enforcement's handling of case is 'an abomination' [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Macon GOP precinct chair threatens to censure four Republican commissioners [Smoky Mountain News]
• Town of Franklin Fourth of July Celebration Returns Tuesday, July 4th [Macon Media]
---Recent News Recap---
• NC gets tougher on power grid attacks after Moore County winter sabotage and blackout [Raleigh News and Observer]
• NC grid attacks scrutinized as congressional hearing addresses security [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Energy Subcommittee Field Hearing: “Enhancing America’s Grid Security And Resilience” | Field Hearing in Moore County, NC
• Van Repair Fundraiser [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
• U.S. Navy Heard What It Believed Was Titan Implosion Days Ago [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
James Cameron on "fundamental flaw" in design of Titan submersible | CNN
Under pressure | Scott Manley
• Can anyone visit the Titanic? Inside a lucrative tourism industry [National Geographic]
• Titanic sub crew: Who were the five people on board the vessel [Franced 24]
• OPINION ANALYSIS: Supreme Court rules 5-4 against Navajo Nation in water rights dispute[SCOTUSblog]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addresses Joint Meeting of Congress | C-SPAN
• PM Modi in US: Anand Mahindra shares incredible moments from President Biden's state dinner [Hindustan Times]
• President Biden and Prime Minister Modi of India Deliver Remarks and Take Questions from the Press [White House (video) ]
• Prime Minister Modi focuses on India’s growth in congressional speech [Washington Post]
• Why Has Oman Not Normalized Relations with Israel? [The National Interest]
• UPDATED: Controversial ‘vent and burn’ in East Palestine derailment may not have been needed [Politico]
• Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in water supply case [CNN]
• Moms for Liberty's Hamilton County chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in newsletter [Indianapolis Star]
2024 Election Mini-Section
The view expressed in any of these articles are not endorsements. They are presented for informational purposes. “...wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.” --Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, an excerpt from a letter written in Paris on January 8, 1789. [SOURCE]
Are Dems, the media writing off RFK Jr. as a primary threat? | On Balance | NewsNation
• RFK Jr. Gives Away the Game With Decision to Speak at Moms for Liberty Summit [The New Republic]
• What RFK Jr., now a presidential candidate, has said about Ukraine, vaccines, the economy and more [ABC News (via Yahoo News)]
• Biden can barely say the word, but ‘abortion’ is set to define his 2024 pitch [Politico]
• McCarthy sidelines Lauren Boebert's push for quick vote on Biden impeachment [Fox News]
• Trump’s TV confessions pave path to prison: Jack Smith sends Trump his own interviews in new filing [MSNBC]
• DeSantis Dodges Question on Endorsing Trump as 2024 Nominee [New York Times]
Trump does not fear going to jail: Bret Baier | Fox News
Washington Today (6-22-23): Indian PM Modi meets POTUS in state visit to U.S., talking trade & China | C-SPAN
Global National: June 22, 2023 | All 5 aboard Titan submersible dead after "catastrophic implosion"
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 22
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 22, 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 3:20pm CEST, 14 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 3:20pm CEST, 14 June 2023, there have been 767,984,989 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,943,390 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 13 June 2023, a total of 13,397,334,282 vaccine doses have been administered.
• SARS-CoV-2 and the host-immune response [ Frontiers in Immunology, 19 June 2023 ]
• SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant shedding during respiratory activities [ International Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 131, P19-25, June 2023 ]
• U.S.-Funded Scientist Among Three Chinese Researchers Who Fell Ill Amid Early Covid-19 Outbreak [ Wall Street Journal ]
• Lessons Learnt from COVID-19: Computational Strategies for Facing Present and Future Pandemics [ MDPI ]
• A risk assessment study of SARS-CoV-2 propagation in the manufacturing of cellular products [ Future Medecine ]
Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 6/21/23 8 pm EST | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1016: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1017: From Nature, not a lab [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from June 16 to 23: Welcome summer [Astronomy Magazine]
• 2023 Cars.com American-Made Index: Which Cars Are the Most American? [Cars.com]
• As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal [PC MAaazine]
• Get a clue, says panel about buzzy AI tech: it’s being “deployed as surveillance” [Tech Crunch]
• Microsoft says Xbox has ‘lost the console wars.’ [The Verge]
• CPKC and CSX announce planned collaboration to develop additional hydrogen locomotives [Yahoo Finance]
• 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
Facebook, Instagram to end news availability for Canadian users | CBC News
The Euclid Space Telescope: tackling dark matter and dark energy mysteries | Dr Becky
The Level1 Show June 23 2023: ChatGPT Is My Co-pilot | Level1 Techs
Google's Golden Egg Laying Days Behind Them? - DTNS 4546 | Daily Tech News Show
Life in 2323 A.D. | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Reddit CEO Goes Ape | TWiT TV
Is the weak nuclear force really a force? | Fermilab
When Your Reservoir Evaporates | Asianometry
A Cold Universe: The James Webb Space Telescope, MIRI, and the Cryocooler (Live Public Talk) | Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series Presented by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Trade in the Early Bronze Age: Ancient Mesopotamia and the East (Harappan Civilization, Oxus & Elam) | History with Cy
Life under UBI: Work, hobbies, and wellbeing without work | David Shapiro ~ AI
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 22 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 21st]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 485 [Al Jazeera]
**note** Website Down
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 483: Russia mined Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – Ukrainian Intelligence [Euromaiden Press]
• Western countries commit billions to rebuild war-ravaged Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Russia added to UN list of offenders for killing children in Ukraine [TVP World]
• Russia must pay to rebuild Ukraine, says Germany [DW News]
• Is Putin's endgame a 'failed state'? Ukraine battling to preserve life, economy and infrastructure [France 24]
• Ukraine strikes Chonhar bridge to Crimea, says Russia [BBC News]
Ukraine pleas for more U.S support in the air | NBC News
Revisiting a destroyed Ukrainian village 1 year later, full of solace and sorrow | Global News (Canada)
Evan Gershkovich detention in Russia: Wall Street Journal reporter's appeal rejected | Al Jazeera
How to understand the “RESET with Russia” – a TVP docuseries | Rock Rachon | TVP World
NATO holds unprecedented air drill in show of strength | FRANCE 24 English
🔴 (redacted) - Trench CQB, Russian VBIEDs, Bradley Nightvision | 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
1,000,000 Russian troops all the way around Ukraine | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• New Russian frigates will be armed with hypersonic missiles – Navy head [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Algerian President's landmark visit to Russia: Resounding Success [Pravda]
• Kiev’s counteroffensive ‘not meeting expectations’ of Western states — CNN [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 23rd is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 191 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)
229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
• [Wikipedia: Sun Quan]
• [Wikipedia: Eastern Wu]
• [Who was Sun Quan? Part One]
• [Who was Sun Quan? Part Two]
1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
• [Wikipedia: War of Saint Sabas]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Trapani]
1280 – The Spanish Reconquista: In the Battle of MoclÃn the Emirate of Granada ambush a superior pursuing force, killing most of them in a military disaster for the Kingdom of Castile.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of MoclÃn (1280)]
• [Wikipedia: Reconquista]
• [Flashpoint History: Reconquista ]
• [Flashpoint History: Reconquista - The Next Generation]
• [Flashpoint History: Reconquista The Last Kingdom of Islam - The Story of the Final Days of Islamic Spain]
1305 – A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge]
1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Bannockburn]
• [Wikipedia: First War of Scottish Independence]
• [HistoryMarche Video: Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 ⚔️ First War of Scottish Independence]
1532 – Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign the "Treaty of Closer Amity With France" (also known as the Pommeraye treaty), pledging mutual aid against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
• [Wikipedia: Field of the Cloth of Gold]
1565 – Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.
• [Wikipedia: Great Siege of Malta]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Dragut]
• [Kings and Generals: Great Siege of Malta 1565]
1594 – The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack Cinco Chagas, loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 700 on board.
• [Wikipedia: Action of Faial]
1683 – William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
1713 – The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
• [Wikipedia: Expulsion of the Acadians]
1757 – Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Plassey]
• [Kings and Generals: Battle of Plassey 1757 - British Conquest of India Begins]
• [How did Britain Conquer India? | Animated History]
1758 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Krefeld]
1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Landeshut (1760)]
• [Wikipedia: Third Silesian War]
1780 – American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Springfield]
1794 – Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kyiv.
1810 – John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
• [Wikipedia: Pacific Fur Company]
• [Wikipedia Bio: John Jacob Astor]
1812 – War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
1860 – The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
1865 – American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
• [Native Voices: Civil War general Stand Watie, Cherokee, surrenders last]
• [Wikipedia: Stand Watie]
• [Cherokee Almanac: Stand Watie's Ceasefire]
• [Stand Watie Presentation - Randall University (4/18/2020)]
1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• [Wikipedia Bio: Christopher Latham Sholes]
• [Wikipedia: Typewriter]
• [World's First Typewriter, Birth of Q-W-E-R-T-Y, an ITM Clock video]
1887 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• [Wikipedia: Banff National Park]
• [Official Website: Banff National park]
• [Best Drone Video in 4K || Banff National Park || canada]
• [SCENIC DRIVE - Banff National Park, Icefields Pkwy, Alberta, CANADA, Travel]
1894 – The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• [IOC Tribute]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [The Olympic Museum: INSIDE | Pierre de Coubertin] (French w/ English subtitles)
1913 – Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Doiran (1913)]
• [Wikipedia: Second Balkan War]
• [Wikipedia: Balkan League]
• [The Second Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes]
1914 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Zacatecas (1914)]
• [Wikipedia: Mexican Revolution]
• [Captivating History: The Mexican Revolution Explained in 10 Minutes]
1917 – In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
• [Babe Ruth punched an umpire in the CRAZIEST MLB game ever | Crazy Sports Stories]
• [Babe Ruth Once Punched an Umpire, Opening the Door for a Wild No-Hitter]
1919 – Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of CÄ“sis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of CÄ“sis (1919)]
• [Wikipedia: Estonian War of Independence]
• [Estonian War of Independence animated]
1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
1931 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
1938 – The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• [The Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938] (PDF)
• [Living New Deal Glossary Entry]
1940 – Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
• [Silent Newsreel]
• [Hitler in Paris - The Secret 1940 Visit]
• [Hitler's triumphant tour of Paris, 1940]
1940 – Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1941 – The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
• [Wikipedia: Lithuanian Activist Front]
1942 – World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
• [The German World War II fighter pilot who accidentally landed his plane in West Wales... and helped the Allies win the war]
• [Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Pt. 1, design philosophy and features.]
• [Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Pt.2]
• [Original Fw-190A-5 - BMW-801 - Only Flying Original in the world]
1946 – The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
1947 – The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Hartley_Act]
1951 – The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_United_States]
• [SS United States Conservancy Website]
• [SS United States: America's Flagship]
• [Abandoned - S.S. United States]
1956 – The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
1959 – Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs]
• [Freeman Dyson - The betrayal by Klaus Fuchs]
• [Frank Close tells the story of Klaus Fuchs and the Bodleian Library]
• ['Trinity: Klaus Fuchs, Oxford and the atomic bomb – a story of physics and espionage']
1960 – The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
1961 – The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.
• [National Science Foundation Website]
• [Wikipedia: Antarctic Treaty System]
• [RMIT Lecture: Antarctic Treaty System]
1967 – Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
• [Wikipedia: Glassboro Summit Conference]
• [Newsreel]
• [Rowan University: 1967 Glassboro Summit]
1969 – Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
• [AP VIDEO: Judge Warren Berger Receives Richard Nixon's Nomination for Chief Justice]
• [From the Archives 91: Warren E. Burger, The State of the Judiciary (1970)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Warren E. Burger]
1969 – IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
1972 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
1972 – Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
1973 – A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
1985 – A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
• [Wikipedia: 1985 Narita International Airport bombing]
• [Wikipedia: Air India Flight 182]
• [Air Crash Investigation New Series Air India Flight 182 Jumbo 747 Terrorist Bomb Attack]
1991 – Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise.
• [1991 Sonic The Hedgehog Commercial With Larry Cedar]
• [Wikipedia: Sonic the Hedgehog]
• [Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) ::: 100% Walkthrough ::: LONGPLAY á´´á´° ::: Mega Drive]
1992 - Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time
• [Wikipedia: Outstanding Lead Actress]
• [UPI: Erika Slezak beats out Susan Lucci for Emmy]
1992 - Yitzhak Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election
1994 – NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.
• [25th Anniversary Video Tribute]
• [Offiical Website]
• [Wikipedia: Space Station Processing Facility]
2001 – The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
• [Wikipedia: 2001 southern Peru earthquake]
2012 – Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
• [CBS News Article]
2013 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
• [Highlights]
2013 – Militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan killing ten climbers, and a local guide.
2014 – The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.
2016 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
• [Brexit and a Prime Minister's resignation: How events unfolded]
• [Out! Brexit Referendum MP Reactions on the Morning of Brexit Results 2016 - Cameron Resignation]
• [Wikipedia: 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]
2017 – A series of terrorist attacks took place in Pakistan resulting in 96 deaths and wounded 200 others.
2018 – Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand were trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day rescue operation.
• [Wikipedia: Tham Luang cave rescue]
• [Tham Luang Cave Rescue: Against the Elements | Full episode]
• [Divers reveal extraordinary behind-the-scenes details of Thailand cave rescue | Four Corners]
• [3D Scan of Tham Luang Cave | Drain the Oceans: Thai Cave Rescue | National Geographic UK]
2020 – Germany locks down a second area after a spike in COVID-19 cases in Gütersloh and Warendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, affecting half a million people
2020 – COVID-19 cases rise sharply again in America as country records its 3rd highest daily total, more than 35,000
2020 – 125 pilots grounded by Pakistan International Airlines after revelations many had cheated in exams or held fake licenses
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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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