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GENERAL OUTLOOK
After stormy conditions this evening, a return to more normal summertime temperatures and isolated afternoon thunderstorms is expected Sunday through Monday. More organized thunderstorms could arrive from the northwest during the middle to latter part of next week. Hot temperatures will likely build through the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 90.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph eraly in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest by midmorning.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 90.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the west.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Rain will gradually diminish across the region through the early morning hours as flooding continues in some parts of the foothills. The flooding situation should improve in the pre-dawn hours. A few thunderstorms are possible, mainly over the northwest Piedmont and over the mountains near the Tennessee border. Torrential rainfall and cloud-to-ground lightning are always possible with any thunderstorm.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Solar Storms Give a 1,2-Punch | Space Weather News 07 July 2023
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
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 Sun Jul 16 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Subtropical Storm Don, located over the central 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)
Big August Through October for Hurricane Season? New Guidance from UKMET/ECMWF Suggests So July 12, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
usa smoke map Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 out of 12) today with Grasses,Plantain, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1960
Lowest Temperature 41°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.77 inches in Highlands in 1916
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 July 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 July 16th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Red Springs, Robeson County in 1932
Lowest Temperature 35°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1926
Greatest One-Day Rain 14.70 inches in Brevard, Transylvania County in 1916
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 106°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 36°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, July 15th
MidDay Music at Frog Quarters
BARRY ROMA—If you love Frank Sinatra, Roy Orbison and other oldies, some from the stage and screen, you’ll love hearing Barry and his beautiful, baritone voice. You’ll swear you’re back on that date, back decades ago!
Mountain Findings
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Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
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Local and State News
North Carolina Chiggers may pose health risk, researchers find | WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC)
• How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending July 13 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Centenarian World War II veteran honored with prestigious medal right after 102nd birthday [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• UNC employee accused of running $9.3 million Ponzi scheme out of Durham [Raleigh News and Observer]
---Recent News Recap---
• Safe Kids reminds about children, hot cars [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Waynesville ramps up electric vehicle support with grant-funded charging stations [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Canton passes industrial development moratorium aimed at Pactiv [Smnoky Mountain News]
• Moore won't seek sixth term as NC House speaker [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Ecusta Rail Trail nets an unprecedented $45.9 million in federal funding [BPR]
• No North Carolina budget vote until August, top House member says [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• With NC budget debate dragging on through summer, the 2024 election comes into play [Raleigh NEws and Observer]
• The water in Brunswick County and Wilmington, NC, contains the highest levels of forever chemicals in US [The Guardia (UK)]
• Armed gunmen make off with $30,000 after robbing cash transit van in Canton [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Cherokee approves cannabis referendum, shelves constitution and Council term limit votes [Smoky Mountain News]
• GOP-backed bill would give NC parents more power to challenge school leaders [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Ruling explains why Asheville Blade reporters’ charges weren’t dismissed on First Amendment grounds [Carolina Public Press]
• NC House Democrats criticizes budget delay. Final plan may be weeks away. [NC Newsline]
• WLOS EXCLUSIVE: District attorney talks challenges, limitations in battling Asheville crime [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Vacation rentals: Explosive growth brings jobs, money, but some say it contributes to housing shortage [Smoky Mountain News]
• AUDIO STORY: 2024 NC primary election preview[WUNC Politics]
• HOA bills garner bipartisan support. Critics say they could lead to higher costs, lower property values [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Experts revise forecast, say warmer ocean may mean ‘fast start’ to NC hurricane season [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Charles George VA Medical Center data breach reported, more than 1,500 veterans impacted [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Blue Ridge Parkway trail reopens after 'aggressive' bear encounters [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• 'Music For Mental Health' event organizer hopes to destigmatize mental health discussions [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• SBI investigating fraud allegations against director of Selma private school [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Broadband in WNC gets a $16 million boost [BPR]
• Two earthquakes reported just across North Carolina border in neighboring states [WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)]
• Election season opens: Candidates can file to run for local office in the fall [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
Macon County Board of Elections Calendar 2023 Election Schedule
July 7, 2023 at NoonJuly 7, 2023 at Noon Candidate Filing Gegins for 2023 Municipal Election
The Following Seats Will Be on the Ballot:
Mayor of Franklin
• Jack Horton Current 2 Year Term $72.00 Filing Fee
Franklin Town Council (Vote for Three)
• Council Member Joe Collins Current 4 Year Term $36.00 Filing Fee
• Council Member Adam Kimsey 4 Year Term $36.00 Filing Fee
• Council Member Mike Lewis 4 Year Term $36.00 Filing Fee
Highlands Board of Commissioners (Vote for Three)
• Commissioner Highlands John Dotson 4 Year Term $5.00 Filing Fee
• Commissioner Highlands Marc Hehn 4 Year Term $5.00 Filing Fee
• Commissioner Highlands Brian Stiehler 4 Yearterm $5.00 Filing Fee
July 18, 2023 Noon New County Board Members Are Appointed
July 18, 2023 5:00pm Deadline to Withdraw Candidacy Municipal
July 21, 2023 Noon Filing Ends for Municipal Election
August 4, 2023 One Stop Plans Are Sent to NCSBE for Approval
October 3, 2023 5:00pm 1st Absentee Meeting Municipal Election
October 5, 2023 11:00am Mock Election Preformed by the Boe Office
October 6, 2023 Absentee by Mail Begins
October 10, 2023 5:00pm 2nd Absentee Meeting Municipal Election
October 13, 2023 5:00pm Voter Registration Deadline for Municipal
October 16, 2023 10:00am One Stop Observer List Due by Party Chairs
October 17, 2023 5:00pm 3rd Absentee Meeeting Municipal Election
October 19, 2023 8:00am One Stop Early Voting Will Begin
October 24, 2023 5:00pm 4™ Absentee Meeting Municipal Election
October 31, 2023 5:00pm 5™ Absentee Meeting Municipal Election
October 31, 2023 5:00pm Last Day to Request an Absentee by Mail Ballot
November 2, 2023 10:00am Election Day Observer List Due
November 4, 2023 3:00pm Early Voting Ends at 3:00pm
November 6, 2023 5:00pm Pre Election Day Board Meeting
November 7, 2023 6:30am Election Day Polls Open at 6:30am-7:30pm
November 8, 2023 Sample Hand/eye Chosen by the NCSBE by 1pm
November 9, 2023 11:00am Hand Eye Count Preformed by Boe Staff
November 17, 2023 11:00am County Canvass of the Election
November 17, 2023 10:59am Deadline for Election Protest Concerning Votes
November 20, 2023 5:00pm Deadline for Candidates to Request Recount
---NORTH CAROLINA BUDGET PROCESS---
• 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
Active shooter: 4 dead after gunfire in Hampton, Georgia | LiveNOW from FOX
• 4 killed in Henry County mass shooting; shooter still on the run [WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA)]
• Biden authorizes military to use up to 3,000 reserve troops to augment US forces in Europe [Ground News]
• RFK Jr. says COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews [New York Post]
• Trump snubbed as major evangelical group declines to invite him to conference [The Independent (via Yahoo News)]
• US heatwave: A third of Americans under extreme heat advisories [BBC News]
• FDA says soda sweetener aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding on possible cancer link [CNBC]
• Man sentenced to 7 years in Jan. 6 assaults that forced an officer to retire [Washington Post]
International News Headlines
Mass graves discovered in Darfur | Al Jazeera
REPLAY - Bastille Day parade: India's Modi is guest of honour at Paris military march | FRANCE 24
• Erdogan claims Putin agreed to renew Black Sea grain deal [DW News]
• Japan, China agree on communication, but at odds on Fukushima water [The Mainichi]
• Security Council gives UN chief 30 days to come up with options on how to fight Haiti’s armed gangs [AP News]
• Khartoum internet, mobile networks cut as fighting rages [Africa News]
• Taiwan's foreign minister thanks NATO for recognizing China as threat to global security [Taiwan News]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism New York Times media reporter talks SAG-AFTRA strike, A.I. and industry impact | CBS Mornings
MBFC’s Weekly Media Literacy Quiz Covering the Week of July 8th – July 15th [Media Bias/Fact Check]
• Google is changing up search. What does that mean for news publishers? [Nieman Lab]
• 35 media podcasts that should be on every journalist's radar in 2023 [Journalism (UK)]
• One reason DeSantis is struggling? His strange, aggressive press strategy [Columbia Journalism Review]
• Hollywood grinds to a halt. What does that mean for consumers? [Poynter]
Washington Week full episode, July 14, 2023 | Washington Week PBS
Washington Today (7-13-23): President Biden in Finland says 'Putin's already lost war' in Ukraine | C-SPAN
Global National: July 15, 2023 | Canadian military mobilizes to help BC fight wildfires
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 15
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 15, 2023)
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 4:01pm CEST, 5 July 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 4:01pm CEST, 5 July 2023, there have been 767,726,861 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,948,764 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 July 2023, a total of 13,462,013,092 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes [Washington University in St Louis]
• ‘No one is talking about it’: the cruelty of long Covid in the global south [ The Guardian (UK) ]
• Biden administration asks Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax for ‘reasonable’ prices on updated Covid vaccines [ CNBC ]
• NYC to Consider Indoor Air Quality Regulations Following Covid-19 and Summer’s Smoky Haze [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Rapid COVID tests miss 90% of asymptomatic cases [ nature]
• COVID-19 cases continue to rise, straining health care system in Okinawa [ Japan Times ]
• Washington University researchers develop air monitor that detects COVID-19 virus [ St Louis Post-Dispatch ]
• Real-time environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 aerosols [Nature]
• CDC to Reduce Funding for States’ Child Vaccination Programs [KFF Health News]
TWiV 1025: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1025: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1024: Covering science with Katherine Wu [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from July 7 to 14: Venus shines bright [Astronomy Magazine]
The Broken Economics of the Oceans | Wendover Productions
• Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked talc to cancer [Reuters]
• Why AI detectors think the US Constitution was written by AI [ARS TECHNICA]
• New neuroscience research shows liberals experience more empathy than conservatives when they imagine others suffering [PsyPost]
• Families of Buffalo Massacre Victims Sue Meta, Reddit, and Google Over Conspiracy Theories [Gizmodo]
• The influence of emotion regulation strategies and sleep quality on depression and anxiety [Science Direct]
• Class-Action Lawsuit Says Google Stole Everyone's Data to Train Its AI [Gizmodo]
• 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 July 14 2023: Bad Blood (Canada's Version) | Level1 Techs
Lighting Up Tim's Garage - DTNS 4560 | Daily Tech News Show
Heat Anomaly On the Moon Surface Is a Strange Volcanic Structure | Antov Petrov
Why We Can't Have Small Trucks Anymore - Blame the EPA | All Cars with Jon
SpaceX Starbase, Tx Stage Zero Flyover (07-14-2023) | RGV Aerial Photography
OPPENHEIMER: The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965) | NBC News
This Is The World’s CHEAPEST Solar Powered Car | Fully Charged Show
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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, July 15 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 15th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 507 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 507: Putin agrees to extend Black Sea grain deal [Euromaiden Press]
• US Republican 2024 hopefuls defend Ukraine support at Iowa conservative forum [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
• Russia Pulls Back From Humanitarian Cooperation at U.N. [Wall Street Journal]
• Douglas Herbert describes the mounting paranoia following the Wagner Group's failed rebellion [France 24]
• Prigozhin Mutiny, ICC Warrant Create Dilemma for Putin Ahead of BRICS Summit [Moscow Times]
• Polish official confirms Wagner mercenaries have arrived in Belarus [TVP World]
• Full text: NATO Vilnius summit communique [al Jazeera]
Ukraine SURROUNDED Russians in Bakhmut | New Front in Kherson | Ukraine War Update
🔴 (redacted) - Civilians in War, POV Mine Strikes, Boat Stuff | Combat Footage Show
Cost of war: Millions in need of aid as conflict hits economy | Al Jazeera
Ukrainian counteroffensive sees intense fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region| Military Mind| TVPWorld
Ukraine Daily Update | Day 506 | Operator Starsky 🇺🇦
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 Russians Are Now Launching An Offensive Towards Kharkov | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Crimea invasion would kill 200,000 Ukrainian soldiers – ex-Zelensky aide [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• The West wants Russians to annihilate Russians in Donbass [Pravda]
• Ukraine lost 20% of vehicles, weapons during counteroffensive — report [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 16th is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 168 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)
622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
• [Wikipedia: Islamic calendar]
997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Spercheios]
• [Wikipedia: Byzantine–Bulgarian wars]
• [The Byzantine Bulgarian Wars (Documentary)]
1054 – Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an Papal bull (of doubtful validity) of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism.
• [Wikipedia: East–West Schism]
1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.
• [Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]
• [Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212)] (Kings and Generals)
• [LINKTEXT]
1228 – The canonization of Saint Francis of Assisi
• [Wiki Bio: Francis of Assisi]
• [Reluctant Saint - Francis of Assisi]
1232 – The Spanish town of Arjona declares independence and names its native Muhammad ibn Yusuf as ruler. This marks the Muhammad's first rise to prominence; he would later establish the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state in Spain.
• [Wikipedia: Emirate of Granada]
1377 – King Richard II of England is crowned.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Richard II of England]
• [The Tyrannical Boy King | Richard II | Real Royalty]
1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
1683 – Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Penghu]
1769 – Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Stony Point]
• [A Moment in History: Battle of Stony Point]
1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
• [Wikipedia: Residence Act of 1790]
• [Wikipedia: Compromise of 1790]
• [The Reason Why DC Is Between Maryland and Virginia]
1809 – The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.
1849 – Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
1858 – The last apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France.
1861 – American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• [Wikipedia: First Battle of Bull Run]
• [First Manassas: Animated Battle Map] (American Battlefield Trust)
• [Civil War - "The First Battle Of Bull Run" 1861 - A Concise History]
1862 – American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• [Wikipedia: David Farragut]
• [60 Years of Service: The Life of Admiral David G. Farragut]
• [Admiral David G. Farragut and the End of the Civil War (Lecture)]
• [David Glasgow Farragut 5 July 1801 – 14 August 1870] (Naval History and Heritage Command)
• [The Farragut Story] (1962 Film)
• [March of Admiral David Farragut] (The guy even had a March named after him!)
1909 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
1910 – John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
1915 – Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
1915 – At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• [Wikipedia: Order of the Arrow]
• [Order of the Arrow - Becoming an Arrowman]
1927 – Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Augusto César Sandino]
• [Sandino's Insurrection, 1927-1933]
1931 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Haile Selassie]
• [Wikipedia: 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia]
1935 – The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• [History.com: World’s first parking meter installed]
• [HISTORY OF THE PARKING METER – PARK-O-METER NO. 1]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Carl Magee]
1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
1942 – Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
• [Wikipedia: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup]
• [Shoah Documentary]
• [Operation Spring Breeze: How German Occupation Changed Rights and Responsibilities in Wartime France]
1945 – World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
• [USS Indianapolis (CA-35)]
• [Top Secret: The Final and Tragic Voyage of USS Indianapolis]
• [Last voyage of the warship Indianapolis: Crew delivers A-Bomb, then is decimated by sharks]
1945 – Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
• [Wikipedia: Trinity (nuclear test)]
• [Trinity Atomic Test complete takes] (silent footage of the test)
• [The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project]
• [TRINITY - THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TEST]
1948 – Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Dekel]
• [Wikipedia: 1948 Arab–Israeli War]
• [First Arab - Israeli War 1948] (Kings and Generals)
1948 – The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
• [Miss Macao]
1950 – Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• [Chaplain–Medic massacre]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Taejon]
• [US Army 24th Infantry in Battle of Taejon, with General William Dean] (Documentary with newsreel footage)
• [Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum - Battle of Taejon Panorama] (North Korean Museum)
• [Korean War: The First Forty Days | US Army Documentary | 1951]
1951 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
1965 – The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
1965 – South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
• [Wikipedia: Apollo 11]
• [Apollo 11 Real-Time Mission Experience] (click the blue button)
• [Wikipedia: Apollo program]
• [Launch of Apollo 11 (CBS)]
1979 – Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Saddam Hussein]
• [LINKTEXT]
1983 – Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
• [Wikipedia: 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash]
1990 – The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.
• [Wikipedia: 1990 Luzon earthquake]
• [1990 Luzon Earthquake] (no English translation)
1990 – The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, died when the Piper Saratoga PA-32R aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
• [Wikipedia Bio: John F. Kennedy Jr.]
• [John F. Kennedy, Jr: The Death Of An American Prince ]
• [Does This Scenario Explain JFK Jr.'s Plane Crash?]
• [ABC News Segment on the search]
2004 – Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
2007 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.
• [Wikipedia: 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake]
• [Live Coverage on Japanese TV] (subtitles available)
2009 – Teoh Beng Hock, an aide to a politician in Malaysia is found dead on the rooftop of a building adjacent to the offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission, sparking an inquest that gains nationwide attention.
2013 – As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
2015 – Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• [Wikipedia: 2015 Chattanooga shootings]
• [Raw video of Chattanooga shooting]
• [4 Marines Killed In Chattanooga Shooting; Suspect Also Dead (WTVF-TV)]
• [The President Delivers a Statement on the Shooting in Chattanooga, TN]
• [Chattanooga Shooting Dead Were Decorated Veterans (ABC News)]
2019 – A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.
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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' --->
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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