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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A typical June pattern will set over this weekend with much warmer temperatures expected. A cold front will arrive from the northwest early next week, bringing an increased chance of thunderstorms on Monday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 11am and 5pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 7 mph.
Monday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 1pm and 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Breezy.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between noon and 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds earli in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Sunday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 9am and 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. WInds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Monday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80.
Monday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and evening. Brief heavy downpours, gusty winds, and lightning will be the primary threats.
A cold front will cross the area on Monday and bring a chance of strong to possibly severe thunderstorms during the afternoon. These storms may become organized and potentially produce damaging winds and large hail. An isolated tornado or two will also be possible.
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
Big Flares for Field Day and Side-Swiping Storms | Space Weather News 23 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 Sat Jun 24 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 central Caribbean Sea, and on Tropical Storm Cindy, located several hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands.
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)
Bret, Cindy and What to Look for Next in the Tropics June 22, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for June 24th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1988
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Franklin in 1972
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.00 inches in Highlands in 1884
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 24th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County in 1911
Lowest Temperature 37°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1915
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.14 inches in Bayboro, Pamlico County in 2013
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
• 'He was making gunpowder:' Man suffers severe injuries in middle-of-night home explosion [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Without proposed solid waste fee changes, tax payers will be footing the bill for commercial businesses [The Southern Scoop]
• Macon imposes penalty for camping on greenway [Smoky Mountain News]
• Town and County pass budgets after delays [The Macon County News]
• The Wrap: House speaker's affair, movement on voting, abortion, anti-trans bills [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Cooper vetoes Farm Act, which could remove protections from half of NC’s wetlands [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 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
White House closely monitoring developing situation in Moscow | CNN
• It’s the Criminality, Stupid: Why Voters See Crooks in All Corners of Politics History is littered with presidential candidates calling their opponents corrupt [Wall Street Jouranl ]
Republican Presidential Candidates Address Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference | NTD News
• Texas and Louisiana lack right to challenge Biden immigration policy, court rules [ SCOTUSblog ]
• The Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration [ NPR ]
• Warren Buffett has given Berkshire Hathaway stock worth $130 billion today to philanthropic groups. Here's a chart showing his donations since 2006. [ Markets Insider ]
• White House responds to claims Biden's son Hunter received preferential treatment [ NBC News ]
• Iowa meteorologist Chris Gloninger quits 18-year career after death threat over climate coverage [ CBS ]
• Special counsel trades immunity for fake elector testimony as Jan 6 probe heats up [ CNN ]
• Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6 [ AP News ]
• Sudan conflict: Army outnumbered on Khartoum's streets [ BBC ]
Washington Today (6-23-23): SCOTUS sides with POTUS on prioritizing illegal immigrant deportations | C-SPAN
Global National: June 23, 2023 | Titan sub highlights unequal capsized Greek migrant boat treatment
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 23
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 23, 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 ]
TWiV 1018: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1018: 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]
• Children with supportive mothers tend to be more intelligent, regardless of their mother’s own intelligence [PsyPost]
• Regular daytime naps linked to bigger, healthier brains [New Atlas]
• Two Weeks After Moderators Blacked Out Reddit, Traffic Is Going Back to Normal [Gizmodo]
• Apple is trying to trademark a very simple image of an apple [Popular Science]
• Ford receives $9.2 billion loan from US Department of Energy to build EV battery factories [engadget]
• 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
Worry About The Humans, Not The AI - DTNS 4547 | Daily Tech News Show
What Is Hidden In The Darkness At The Beginning Of Time? | History of the Universe
Day On Earth Was 19 Hours Long For a Billion Years and The Reason is Very Surprising | Antov Petrov
Something Is Happening at KSC! Starship's Future at KSC, Blue Origin's New Hardware, and NASA's SLS! | NASA Spaceflight
Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? | Practical Engineering
Life in 2323 A.D. | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Facebook, Instagram to end news availability for Canadian users | CBC News
The Euclid Space Telescope: tackling dark matter and dark energy mysteries | Dr Becky
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 23 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 23rd]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 485 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 484: The West commits billions to rebuild Ukraine [Euromaiden Press]
• Putin in crisis: Wagner chief Prigozhin declares war on Russian military leadership, says ‘we will destroy everything’ [Politico]
• How Are Officials, Pro-War Bloggers Reacting to Prigozhin’s Threat Against Russian Defense Ministry? [The Moscow Times]
• Russian mercenary chief says his forces are rebelling, some left Ukraine and entered Russia city [Washington Post]
• Tass says riot police and National Guard scrambling to tighten security at government buildings in Moscow [ABC News]
• Liveblog: Russia-Ukraine live news: Russia accuses Wagner chief of mutiny [Al Jazeera]
• Russia must bear full cost of the war: Polish diplomat [TVP World]
• LIVEBLOG — Russia's Wagner chief faces 'mutiny' charges [DW News]
• Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief blames war on defence minister [BBC News]
🔴 (redacted) - Russia vs Wagner? | Combat Footage Show | Combat Footage Show
Ukraine Daily Update | Day 486 | Operator Starsky
Political coup in Russia? | Jason Jay Smart | TVP World
Russian coup fears: Wagner Group creates unrest in Moscow | LiveNOW from FOX
Is Kremlin likely to put the Wagner chief back in line? | DW News
Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin | WSJ
Ukraine counteroffensive: Tactics, progress, and the Russian response | BBC Newsnight
Prigozhin says Wagner has taken control of Russian army command centre in Rostov | The Times and The Sunday Times
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 area chosen by the Russians to annihilate the offensive | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Ukraine attempts to retake Artyomovsk after Prigozhin ‘provocation’ – MOD [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Algerian President's landmark visit to Russia: Resounding Success [Pravda]
• Prigozhin charged with armed mutiny, to face up to 20 years in prison [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 24th is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 190 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)
1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
• [Wikipedia: Hayasa-Azzi]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Muršili II]
• [The Complete History of the Hittites]
217 BC – The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Lake Trasimene]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Gaius Flaminius (consul 223 BC)]
• [Wikipedia: Second Punic War]
• [Battle of Lake Trasimene, 217 BC ⚔️ Hannibal (Part 6) - Second Punic War]
• [Lindybeige: Trasimene - history's greatest ambush]
• [The Battle of Lake Trasimene (217 B.C.E.)]
109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Rome.
• [Wikipedia: Aqua Traiana]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Trajan]
• [The Search for the Aqua Traiana (2012)]
• [The Aqua Traiana: Recovering the Sources of Rome’s Lost Aqueduct by Dr. Rabun Taylor (2021)]
474 – Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
637 – The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Moira]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Domnall mac Áedo]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Congal Cáech]
843 - Vikings destroy Nantes
972 – Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cedynia]
• [Real truth about first battle of Poland yr. 972 | Cedynia & Siekierki | Poland]
1128 – Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of São Mamede]
1230 – The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Jaén (1230)]
1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Bannockburn]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Robert the Bruce]
• [Wikipedia: First War of Scottish Independence]
• [Battle of Kings: Bannockburn]
• [Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 ⚔️ First War of Scottish Independence]
• [Battle of Bannockburn 1314 Line of Fire]
1340 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Sluys]
• [Wikipedia: Hundred Years' War]
• [Famous battles: Battle of Sluys (1340)]
1374 – A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
• [Wikipedia: Dancing mania]
• [The Plague That Makes You Dance To Death | Random Thursday]
• [The Forgotten Deadly Plague: Dance Mania]
1497 – John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
1527 - Paracelsus publicly burns standard medical textbooks in Basle as a protest against the current teaching and practice of medicine
• [Wikipedia Bio: Paracelsus]
1535 – The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
• [Wikipedia: Münster rebellion]
• [The Anabaptist Commune of Münster 1534 -1535]
• [The Medieval Communist Uprising, The Münster Rebellion]
1540 - English King Henry VIII commands his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court
1571 – Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
1604 – Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
1622 – Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Macau]
1648 - Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews and 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine
1658 - French fleet recaptures Duinkerk
1663 – The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ameixial]
1690 - King William III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14]
1717 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
• [Premier Grand Lodge of England]
1731 - Freemason and Mayor of Philadelphia William Allen is appointed Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania, the first and youngest Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
1762 – Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Wilhelmsthal]
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• [Wikipedia: Great Siege of Gibraltar]
• [The Great Siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783]
1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
• [Wikipedia: French First Republic]
• [Wikipedia: Reign of Terror]
• [Wikipedia: Thermidorians]
• [The French Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)]
• [The French Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 2)]
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.
• [Wikipedia: French invasion of Russia]
• [Why did Napoleon Invade Russia? (Short Animated Documentary)]
• [Epic History TV: Napoleon in Russia]
1813 – Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Beaver Dams]
1821 – The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Carabobo]
• [Venezuela, 1821: The Battle of Carabobo]
1853 - US President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670 square-miles (76,800 square km) from Mexico for $10 million (now southern Arizona and New Mexico)
• [Wikipedia: Gadsden Purchase]
• [VIDEO: Gadsden Purchase]
1859 – Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Solferino]
1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia Union forces attack Confederate batteries
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Mathias Point]
• [Civil War in Hindsight -034- Lets Fly Balloons]
1861 - American Civil War: Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from Union
1863 - American Civil War: Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac
• [Lee’s Invasion of Pennsylvania]
1866 – Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Custoza (1866)]
• [Epic History: The Austro-Prussian War]
1880 – First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
• [The Canadian Encyclopedia]
• [Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto sing “O Canada”]
1894 – French President Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio.
• [Sadi Carnot (statesman)]
• [Sante Geronimo Caserio]
• [Anarchism as a movement, 1870–1940]
1901- 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso aged 19, opens in Paris
• [Wikipedia Bio: Pablo Picasso]
• [Watch Picasso Make a Masterpiece]
• [★ Pablo Picasso Complete Documentary The ★ Art Story]
1902 – King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
1913 – Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mary Pickford]
• [PBS American Experience: Mary Pickford]
• [LINKTEXT]
1917 - World War I: Russian Black Sea fleet mutinies at Sebastopol
• [WWI Centennial: Russian Black Sea Fleet Mutinies]
1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
1922 – The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
1922 - Adolf Hitler begins a prison sentence for paramilitary operations; he rails against the 'Jewish sell-out' of Germany to the Bolsheviks
• [Adolf Hitler in Prison]
• [How Hitler Launched His Fortune From Prison ]
1932 – A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
1938 – Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
1939 – Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• [History.Info]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Plaek Phibunsongkhram]
1940 – World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Collar_(commando_raid)]
1941 - World War II: Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy, Lithuania, exterminated
• [Wikipedia: The Holocaust in Lithuania]
1941 - World War II: Germans advance into Russia and take Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas
1942 - World War II: Village of Ležáky, Czechoslovakia destroyed by Nazis after Gestapo finds a radio transmitter believed to have been involved coordinating the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, 33 adults were executed by firing squad on site, and children were sent to concentration camp gas chambers, and the village was burned down and plowed under. It has not been rebuilt.
• [Wikipedia: Ležáky]
1943 – World War II: US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Bamber Bridge]
• [When US Soldiers brought Jim Crow to Britain in World War II]
• [Heroes Among Us: Incident at Bamber Bridge]
1945 - World War II: The Moscow Victory Parade takes place
• [1945 Moscow Victory Grand Parade (HD) - Moscow Victory Parade of 1945] (Russian, click closed captioning and autotranslate for English subtitles)
• [Excerpts of Red Army 1945 Moscow Victory Parade English Narration]
• [2021 Victory Day Parade] (English subtitles)
• [Wikipedia: Moscow Victory Parade of 1945]
1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
• [Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting]
• [The Mysterious Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting in 1947 - FindingUFO]
1948 – Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• [Wikipedia: Berlin Blockade]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Ernst Reuter]
• [Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Begins - Extra History]
• [The Berlin Airlift - The Cold War Mission to Save a City]
1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Mang Yang Pass]
• [Wikipedia: First Indochina War]
• [Vietnam: A Television History - The First Vietnam War (1946-1954)]
1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• [Wikipedia: Roth v. United States]
• [JUSTIA: Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957)]
• [Roth v. United States Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
1963 – The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
1973 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
• [Wikipedia: UpStairs Lounge arson attack]
• [Prejudice & Pride: Revisiting the tragic fire that killed 32 in a New Orleans gay bar]
1975 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.
• [Wikipedia: Eastern Air Lines Flight 66]
• [WNBC-TV Eastern Flight 66 Crash Coverage, June 24, 1975]
• [Deadly Draft | Eastern Air Lines Flight 66]
1977 - IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
• [WaPo: Carter Owes No '76 Tax But Will Pay]
1981 – The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17 years.
1982 – "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
1985 - 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth
1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1995 – Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
1997 - USAF reports Roswell 'space aliens' were dummies
2002 – The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
• [Wikipedia: Igandu train collision]
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• [LINKTEXT]
2004 – In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
2010 – At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
• [Wikipedia: Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships]
• [John Isner vs Nicolas Mahut | Wimbledon 2010 | The Longest Match in Full] (over 11 hours)
2010 – Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
2012 – Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Lonesome George]
• [Lonesome George Tribute, Galapagos 2012]
• [Preserving Lonesome George Short Doc]
2013 – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
2020 - NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announces people arriving from nine states hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to isolate for two weeks
2020 - COVID-19 pandemic worsens dramatically in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, with 25% mortality according to the UN
2020 - Russia celebrates its victory 75 years ago over Nazi Germany with huge military parade through Red Square in Moscow (delayed from May 9 due to pandemic)
• [SCMP Live: Russia Victory Day parade]
2020 - World Monetary fund predicts a deeper global recession with contraction of 4.9% (down from 3%), noting 2/3 of all countries used 11 trillion to support their economies
• [Why the IMF Is Predicting an Even Deeper Global Recession]
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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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