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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure will continue with drier conditions which lingers through Thursday. Expect a gradual increase in late day showers and storms late this week, and especially into the weekend. A cold front is expected to approach from the northwest early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph shifting to come out of the east after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph early in the morning shifting to come out of the south by midmorning.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the north before midnight.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Friday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 5am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT ABOVE 4000 FEET FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates above 4000 feet for Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, and Macon Counties, from midnight tonight to midnight EDT Wednesday night.
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 Wed Jun 28 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Remnants of Cindy):
A weak trough of low pressure, associated with the remnants of Cindy, continues to produce disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms about 500 miles to the south of Bermuda. Strong upper-level winds are currently preventing redevelopment of this system, and these environmental conditions are only expected to become marginally favorable for some gradual development later this week. The system is forecast to move generally northward over the western Atlantic, passing near Bermuda on Thursday or Friday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.
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 87 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 110 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (4.0 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 28th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1978
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.33 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1957
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 27th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Morehead City, Carteret County in 1952
Lowest Temperature 30°F in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1907
Greatest One-Day Rain 7.11 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1945
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)
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Macon Calendar
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Local and State News
• Supreme Court rules against North Carolina Republicans over election law theory [SCOTUSblog]
• Moore v. Harper Case History [SCOTUSblog]
• Moore v Harper Supreme Court Decision [SCOTUSblog (PDF) ]
• Town of Franklin Fourth of July Celebration Returns Tuesday, July 4th [Macon Media]
• NC lawmakers try again on Sunday liquor sales, consider tax break for Durham space whiskey [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Vote on social district postponed indefinitely amid concerns it would 'ruin' town [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• With $1.5 billion from settlements, North Carolina counties tasked with reversing opioid epidemic [BPR]
---Recent News Recap---
Special Meeting of the Macon County Commissioners 06-26-2023 | Macon Media
Macon County Board of Education - June 2023 | Macon Media
• The state of journalism: Tying It Together with Tim Boyum
• 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
• Supreme Court Upholds State Courts’ Power to Prevent Gerrymanders [Wall Street Journal]
Supreme Court rejects controversial Trump-backed election law theory | CNN
• Supreme Court rules against North Carolina Republicans over election law theory [SCOTUSblog]
• How the Supreme Court’s decision on election law could shut the door on future fake electors [Politico]
• Federal Reserve's message to the bullish stock market: We will break you [Yahoo Finance]
• Russia’s War Against America [Front Page Magazine]
How much of a threat are private armies? | Inside Story
• Amazon plans multibillion-dollar development in Ohio as FTC bears in[Washington Times]
• Competing Accounts of Justice Dept.’s Handling of Hunter Biden Case [New York Times]
Kazakhstan drifts away from Russia's sphere of influence | Eastern Express | TVP World
• Riots in Paris suburb after police kill a 17-year-old [DW News]
• Malaria detected in the southern US for first time in 20 years [Al Jazeera]
• Van life is far from glamorous on LA's streets [BBC News]
Washington Today (6-27-23): Supreme Court rejects giving state lawmakers sole power over elections | C-SPAN
Global National: June 27, 2023 | Canada’s grocery giants not cooperative with pricing investigation
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 27
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 27, 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 12:15pm CEST, 21 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 12:15pm CEST, 21 June 2023, there have been 768,187,096 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,945,714 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 20 June 2023, a total of 13,461,344,203 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Should you ‘forever’ mask in some settings? Here’s what UCSF’s Bob Wachter and other COVID experts are doing [ San Fransisco Chronicle ]
• WHO: Nearly 36 million in Europe suffering from 'long COVID' [ DW News ]
• U.S. Vaccine Program Now Flush With Cash, but Short on Key Details [ New York Times ]
TWiV 1019: Eddie Holmes on SARS-CoV-2 origins | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1018: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1019: Eddie Holmes on SARS-CoV-2 origins [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from June 23 to 30: Check out the First Quarter Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• A Big Gravitational Wave Announcement Is Coming Thursday. Here's Why We're Excited [Science Alert]
• Human embryo-like models created from stem cells to understand earliest stages of human development [University of Cambridge: Research ]
• Google Violated Its Standards in Ad Deals, Research Finds: About 80% of Google’s video ad placements on third-party sites violated promised standards, new research shows; Google disputes claims [Wall Street Journal]
• SAE International Announces Standard for NACS Connector, Charging PKI and Infrastructure Reliability (developed by Tesla) [SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers)]
• Illegal trade in AI child sex abuse images exposed [BBC News]
• 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
The Level1 Show June 28 2023: Google Owes YOU Cash! Learn More Here! | Level1 Techs
AI: Fury Web - DTNS 4549 | Daily Tech News Show
Star Moving Toward Solar System at 4300km/s Or a Weird Magnetic Illusion? | Anton Petrov
🔴 Joe Rogan Strikes Again | [OFFICE HOURS] Podcast 113 | Kyle Hill
Long Valley Supervolcano Update; A New Hot Spring Just Formed | Geology Hub
Population III stars: the primordial forge | ParallaxNick
Belleau Wood: The US Marines' Bloodiest Conflict Of World War One | History Of Warfare | Timeline
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 27 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for June 24th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 490 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 489: Putin admits that the Ministry of Defense funds Wagner group [Euromaiden Press]
• Reporter's Notebook: 'One step closer to victory' as Ukraine counteroffensive gets underway [Fox News]
• NATO will defend members from threat of Wagner forces in Belarus [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine: Deadly Russian missile strike hits Kramatorsk [DW News]
• Putin loyalist Sergei Shoigu survived Prigozhin’s onslaught – but for how long? [France 24]
• Wagner mutiny: Group fully funded by Russia, says Putin [BBC News]
• After Wagner Revolt, Questions of Blame in Vladimir Putin’s Inner Circle [Wall Street Journal]
🔴 (redacted) - Russia vs Wagner? | Combat Footage Show | Combat Footage Show
Putin addresses Wagner fighters after mutiny | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
PEGASUSGATE: How Russia Uses NGOs to Destabilize Poland and Other Countries | Irina Tsukerman
The war is coming back to Zaporizhzhia: how dangerous will it get? | DW News
Ukrainian Counteroffensive Begins - Russian Invasion | Kings and Generals
xxx | xxx
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
BREAKING: Putin just dropped a BOMBSHELL and outplayed the Western coup | Redacted w Clayton Morris
Prigozhin breaks his silence on the mercenary rebellion in Russia | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Sergey Karaganov: Here’s why Russia has to consider launching a nuclear strike on Western Europe [Russia Today]
• Putin praises Russian military for preventing civil war in the country [Pravda]
• NATO shouldn’t underestimate Russia, its secretary general says [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 186 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)
1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
• [Wikipedia: Kerbogha]
• [Wikipedia: First Crusade]
• [Documentary: The First Crusade]
1119 - Battle of Sarmada (aka Battle of Ager Sanguinis or the Battle of the Field of Blood) - Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ager Sanguinis]
• [Battle of the Field of Blood, 1119 AD ⚔️ The Crusades ⚔️ (a.k.a. Battle of Ager Sanguinis)]
• [Ager Sanguinis: The Battle of the Field of Blood, 1119]
1245 - 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens
• [Wikipedia: First Council of Lyon]
1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
• [Wikipedia: Muhammad VI of Granada]
• [Wikipedia: Ismail II of Granada]
1389 - Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kosovo]
• [Kings and Generals: Battle of Kosovo 1389 - Serbian-Ottoman Wars]
1461 – Edward, Earl of March, is crowned King Edward IV of England.
• [Wikipedia: Edward IV of England]
1519 – Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
• [Wikipedia: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]
• [Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219]
• [Wikipedia: Holy Roman Empire]
1575 – Sengoku period of Japan: The combined forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu are victorious in the Battle of Nagashino.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Nagashino]
• [Wikipedia: Sengoku period]
• [HistoryMarche: Battle of Nagashino, 1575 ⚔️ Takeda clashes with the Oda-Tokugawa alliance]
1635 – Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
1651 – The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Berestechko]
• [Video Essay: Battle of Berestechko]
1709 – Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Poltava]
• [Poltava – The Great Northern War – Sabaton History 057 [Official]]
• [Great Northern War - When Sweden Ruled the World - Extra History - #1]
1745 – A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Sullivan's Island]
• [SouthCarolinaETV: Carolina Day | History In A Nutshell]
• [The story of Carolina Day]
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
• [Did George Washington’s Bodyguard Plot to Kill Him in 1776?]
• [Wikipedia: Thomas Hickey (soldier)]
• [Legends & Lies: The Patriots - Thomas Jefferson - The spy Thomas Hickey is Hanged] (Dramatization)
1778 – American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Monmouth]
• [The Battle of Monmouth Courthouse]
• ["Monmouth 1778: Battle for the North" Rev War Re-enactment Documentary]
1797 – Napoleonic Wars: French troops disembark in Corfu, beginning the French rule in the Ionian Islands.
• [Wikipedia: French rule in the Ionian Islands (1797–1799)]
1807 – Napoleonic Wars: Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
• [Wikipedia: British invasions of the River Plate]
1838 – Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
• [Wikipedia: Coronation of Queen Victoria]
• [The Coronation Where Everything Went Wrong]
• [Victoria Coronation] (Dramatization)
1841 – The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier.
• [Wikipedia: Giselle]
• [Giselle - Full-Length Ballet by Bolshoi Ballet Theatre; Music by Adolphe Adam]
• [Adolphe Adam - Giselle - Yuri Fayer (conductor) - Royal Opera House Orchestra]
1855 – Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America.
1859 – The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
1865 – The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
• [Wikipedia: Union Army of the Potomac]
1870 – The US Congress establishes the first federal holidays (New Year Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas).
1880 – Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
• [Wikipedia: Ned Kelly]
• [Extra History: Ned Kelly] (video playlist)
• [Ned Kelly: Australia's Most Famous Outlaw]
• [Johnny Cash Sings: Ned Kelly]
1881 – The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
• [Wikipedia: Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881]
• [5 Major Treaties & Alliances in the Build Up to World War One]
• [Serbia Before World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special]
1882 – The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
• [Anglo-French Convention of 1882]
1894 – Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day]
• [History of the Holidays: Labor Day | History]
1895 – The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
• [Wikipedia: James Reavis]
• [LEGENDS OF THE OLD WEST | Episode 2: “The Baron of Arizona”]
• [The Peralta Land Grant: James Addison Reavis’s Plan to Steal the Southwest]
1896 – An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
• [Wikipedia: Twin Shaft disaster]
• [Folksong: Twin Shaft Disaster]
1902 – The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
• [Wikipedia: Spooner Act]
1904 – The SS Norge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270 mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
• [Wikipedia: SS Norge]
1911 – The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhla_meteorite]
• [video clip]
1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
• [Wikipedia: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand]
• [Movietone Newsreel]
• [A Shot that Changed the World - The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand I PRELUDE TO WW1]
• [How A Wrong Turn Started World War 1 | First World War EP1 | Timeline]
• [Why Did the Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Cause WWI?]
1917 – World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
1919 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Versailles]
• [Silent Newsreel]
1921 – Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
• [Wikipedia: Vidovdan Constitution]
• [Wikipedia: Kingdom of Yugoslavia]
• [Wikipedia: Alexander I of Yugoslavia]
1922 – The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
• [Wikipedia: Irish Civil War]
• [Wikipedia: Irish Free State offensive]
1926 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
1936 – The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
• [Mengjiang]
1940 – Romania cedes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
• [Wikipedia: Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina]
• [Stalin's Secret Annexation (1940) - How The Soviets Seized Northern Bukovina]
• [A Soviet-Nazi Alliance - The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1939 Part 2 of 3]
1941 - German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
• [Wikipedia: Kishinev pogrom]
1942 – World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
• [Wikipedia: Case Blue]
• [FALL BLAU 1942 - Examining the Disaster]
• [Case Blue: "Road" to Stalingrad? Combat Effectiveness 1941 vs 1942]
1945 – Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.
1948 – Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
• [Wikipedia: Tito–Stalin split]
• [Tito vs Stalin - COLD WAR DOCUMENTARY]
• [Newsreel - 18 months later]
1948 – Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
1950 – Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 and 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• [Wikipedia: Bodo League massacre]
• [Korean Bodo League Massacre]
1950 – Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
• [Wikipedia: Hangang Bridge bombing]
• [[최태성의한국전쟁 Eng c.c] 한강 인도교 폭파의 비극 The tragedy of the Hangang Bridge bombing] (Korean with English subtitles)
1950 – Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
• [Wikipedia: Seoul National University Hospital massacre]
1956 – Cold War: in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
• [Wikipedia: Poznań protests of 1956]
• [Poznan June: 1956 Anti-Soviet Uprising DOCUMENTARY]
• [Newsreel Footage]
1956 - 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago Illinois)
1964 – Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
• [Wikipedia: Organization of Afro-American Unity]
• [Malcolm X - By Any Means Necessary - Organization for Afro American Unity]
1965 - 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson
• [Vietnam Archive: Study Tells How Johnson Secretly Opened Way to Ground Combat]
1969 – Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
1973 – Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
1976 – The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
• [Luanda Trial]
1978 – The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
• [Wikipedia: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke]
• [JUSTIA: Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978)]
• [Regents of University of California v. Bakke Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
1981 – A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
• [Wikipedia: Hafte Tir bombing]
1987 – For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
• [Wikipedia: Chemical bombing of Sardasht]
• [OPCW Chief Voices Solidarity with Victims of Sardasht Chemical Attack]
• [Iran-Iraq war: Looking back at the chemical bombing of Sardasht]
1989 – On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
• [Wikipedia: Gazimestan speech]
• [Wikipedia: Slobodan Milošević]
• [President Slobodan Milošević most patriotic speech, 1988, English - Слободан Милошевић Ушће 1988.] (English subtitles)
1997 – Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
• [Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II full fight HD]
• [Mike Tyson Bites Holyfields Ear Clean Off]
• [Wikipedia: Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II]
2001 – Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
• [BBC News Article]
2004 – Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
• [Wikipedia: Coalition Provisional Authority]
2009 - Professor Stephen Hawking hosts a 'party for time travellers' at the University of Cambridge, not sending out the invites until after the party
• [Stephen Hawking’s party for time travellers ]
2009 – Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
2016 – A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.
2018 - Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine
• [Wikipedia: Capital Gazette shooting]
• [NBC News Special Report]
2019 - 3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the Mittani Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir
2020 - Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 500,000, doubling in less than two months (Johns Hopkins)
2020 - COVID-19 cases surge in southern and western US states with California, Texas and Florida closing bars, Arizona reports 20% of tests returning as positive
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla' -->
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla' -->
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