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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Weak high pressure with mostly dry conditions will be replaced through mid week with higher humidity and hotter temperatures. The hottest days will likely be Thursday and Friday. Expect storm chances will also increase through mid-week with the possibility of organized thunderstorms each day during the latter half of the week. A weak cold front is expected to cross our region from the north Friday night making the weekend a bit more comfortable.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs near 90.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Widespread haze before 9am. Sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 3am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a chance of showers between 2am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A slight chance of showers between 2pm and 3pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Widespread haze between 7am and 9am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs near 90.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Widespread haze betweenbefore noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 3am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates for Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon, Transylvania, Caldwell, Burke, McDowell, Rutherford, Polk, Alexander, Catawba, Iredell, Rowan, Cleveland, Lincoln, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, and Union Counties, from midnight tonight to midnight EDT Tuesday night.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Fine Particulates concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the North Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/.
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
800 PM EDT Mon Jul 17 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical 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)
Atlantic About to Get Active? We Shall See! July 17, 2023 | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 101 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 101 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE)
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 (3.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1980
Lowest Temperature 47°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.13 inches in Highlands in 1974
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 18th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County in 1942
Lowest Temperature 41°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2009
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.29 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1981
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
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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 surfers rally behind mischievous otter that's been attacking beachgoers | 7NEWS Australia
• Unhealthy Air Possible in NC This Week Due to Canadian Wildfires [Macon Media]
• Wildfire smoke from Canada drifts back down to parts of NC, prompting air quality alerts [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• WRAL Investigates: Rural counties hit hardest by North Carolina's attorney shortage [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• How the home building industry got a bill to delay new energy efficiency standards in NC [BPR]
• Waynesville’s mayoral race heats up with inclusion of Reece [Smoky Mountain News]
---Recent News Recap---
Data shows high demand for 988 Lifeline 1-year after launch | WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)
• NC lawmakers weigh big swing on economic development, using $1.43 billion from taxpayers [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Camping ban, other restrictions extended to protect popular NC mountain [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---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
Suspect in deadly mass shooting killed | ABC World News Tonight
• Dollar’s Busted Bull Run Has Doomsayers Calling End of an Era [Bloomberg]
• Markets Appear Convinced the Fed Can Pull Off a Soft Landing [Wall Street Journal]
• Biden administration announces loan forgiveness for 804,000 borrowers [Courthouse News Service]
• RFK Jr. accused of antisemitism, racism after remarks about COVID, Ashkenazi Jews [The Hill]
• Here’s who won, and lost, and face-planted in the presidential money race last quarter [Politico]
International News Headlines
Peru's fight for its isolated communities | DW Documentary
• 'Heat storm' stretches into southern Europe, health alerts issued [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
• Putin Sent Wagner to Belarus to Prepare Attack on Poland: Russian Lawmaker [Newsweek]
• Iran’s Morality Police Returns To Streets With Vengeance [Iran International]
• EU-Mercosur trade deal: A tale of two cattle ranchers [DW News]
• In Pictures: Photos: Armed mobs rampage through Indian state of Manipur [Al JAzeera]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Ethics 101: The 5 Core Values of Journalism | Ethical Journalism Network
• How journalists cover lies is the most important issue in news media [Poynter]
• The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/16/2023 (Weekend Edition) [Media Bias/Fact Check]
• Media execs haven’t learned a thing from these AI tests [The Verge]
• Exclusive: AP strikes news-sharing and tech deal with OpenAI [AXIOS]
• “Orange Is the New Black” Signalled the Rot Inside the Streaming Economy [The New Yorker]
Washington Today (7/17/2023): Rep. Jayapal walks back her comments calling Israel a 'racist state' | C-SPAN
Global National: July 17, 2023 | Record-breaking heat being felt around the world
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 17
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 17, 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.
• Jewish groups denounce RFK Jr.’s false remarks that Covid-19 was ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews and Chinese people [CNN]
• A doctor known for assessing Covid risk fell ill with the virus. Here’s what he wants you to know [CNN (via Yahoo News)]
• Is California’s COVID calm coming to an end? Here’s what the numbers show [San Francisco Chronicle]
TWiV 1026: Debunking RFK Jr.’s vaccine funk with Dan Wilson | 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 14 to 21: Pluto at opposition [Astronomy Magazine]
Important Mars Updates: UV Images, Magnetic Pockets, Mars Axis Flipped? And More! | Antov Petrov
• WormGPT Is a ChatGPT Alternative With 'No Ethical Boundaries or Limitations' [PC Magazine]
• Reddit nukes everyone’s pre-2023 chats and messages [Android Police]
• Social media riot shutdowns possible under EU content law, top official says [Politico]
• 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 18 2023: Achievement Unlocked: Defeat the FTC | Level1 Techs
Sony Answers The Call of Duty - DTNS 4562 | Daily Tech News Show
YKK: Japan’s Zipper King | Asianometry
What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution? (July 2016) | World Economic Forum
The 4th Industrial Revolution (May 2021) | Futurology — An Optimistic Future
Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution Worth the Hype? (December 2021) | Economics Explained
'Mondovi Horseshoe' & Withrow Moraine | Nick Zenter
BROKEN Spacecraft Requires Repair Plan... BEFORE Crew Can Launch - NSF Live
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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 17 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 17th ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 510 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 509: Russia suspends Black Sea grain deal [Euromaiden Press]
• Russia launches wave of air attacks on south and eastern Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine launches land and sea drone attacks on major Crimean navy port [Telegraph (via Yahoo News)]
• NATO summit a success, but bitter-sweet for Ukraine [TVP World]
• Ukraine Liveblog: 'Emergency' on bridge linking Crimea to Russia [DW News]
• East Ukraine fighting ‘intensifies’ as Putin dismisses offensive [Al Jazeera]
• AS IT HAPPENED: Russia repels Ukraine drone attack on Crimea, claims Kremlin [France 24]
• Crimea bridge closed following 'emergency' [bbc News]
Why is the Black Sea grain deal important? | DW News
Kerch bridge blast: Russia blames Kyiv for attack killing two | Al Jazeera
Prigozhin's Coup - Wagner Mutiny - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals
Ukrainians push on relentlessly | Military Mind | TVP World
'Kerch Bridge attack aimed at disrupting Crimea-Zaporizhzhia supply chain & create internal discord' | France 24
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
NATO Is Moving The World Towards WWIII, It's Inevitable | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Crimean Bridge partially reopened after attack (VIDEOS) [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Putin: Russia will definitely respond to Crimea Bridge attack [Pravda]
• Russia terminates commitment on memorandum with UN on grain deal — Guterres [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 18th is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 166 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)
77 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Cremera]
• [Wikipedia: Roman–Etruscan Wars]
• [The Battle of Cremera (Ancient Rome History Explained)]
387 BC – (Some date this as 390 BC) Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Allia]
• [Wikipedia: Brennus (leader of the Senones)]
• [Wikipedia: Senones]
• [Battle of Allia and Sack of Rome – Rise of the Republic ] (Kings and Generals)
362 – Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire.
• [Wikipedia: Roman–Persian Wars]
• [Wikipedia: Julian's Persian expedition]
• [Julian's Persian Expedition]
452 – Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia and eventually destroys it.
• [Wikipedia: Sack of Aquileia]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Attila]
• [Wikipedia: Huns]
645 – Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo–Tang War.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Ansi]
• [Siege of Ansi - Tang Taizong's Greatest Defeat by Goguryeo - Korean 3 Kingdoms]
• [Wikipedia: Goguryeo–Tang War/a>]
• [Korean Three Kingdoms Period explained (History of Korea)]
1195 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to Toledo.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Alarcos]
• [The Battle of Alarcos 1195 - the Fight Between Christianity and Islam Intensifies]
• [Spain's Two Greatest Battles: Alarcos and Las Navas de Tolosa]
1290 – King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.
• [Wikipedia: Edict of Expulsion]
1334 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
1389 – France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War.
• [Wikipedia: Truce of Leulinghem]
1391 – Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southeast Russia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Kondurcha River]
• [Wikipedia: Tokhtamysh–Timur war]
1507 – In Brussels, Prince Charles I, is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, a year after inheriting the title.
1555 – The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.
1806 – A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.
• [Wikipedia: 1806 Birgu polverista explosion]
1812 – The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.
• [Treaty of Örebro]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812)]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Swedish War (1810-1812)]
1841 – Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
1857 – Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
1862 – First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
• [Wikipedia: Second Battle of Fort Wagner]
• [Battles of Fort Wagner]
• [The Second Battle of Fort Wagner]
1870 – The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• [Wikipedia: First Vatican Council]
• [Wikipedia: Papal infallibility]
1872 – The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
• [Wikipedia: Ballot Act 1872]
1914 – The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
• [Wikipedia: Adolf Hitler]
• [Wikipedia: Mein Kampf]
• [Mein Kampf: The Secrets of Adolf Hitler's Book of Evil ]
• [Download Links]
1936 – Spanish Civil War: On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
• [Wikipedia: Second Spanish Republic]
• [Wikipedia: Spanish coup of 1936]
• [The Spanish Civil War - Episode 1: Prelude to Tragedy]
• [How Left/Right Partisanship Starts a Civil War in Spain | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1936 Part 2 of 3]
1942 – World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
• [Beisfjord massacre]
1942 – World War II: The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
• [Battle Stations: Messerschmitt 262 - Race for the Jet ]
• [AIRPOWER 2016 - Full Messerschmitt Me 262 Flying Display]
1944 – World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
1966 – Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
• [Gemini 10 Launch]
• [Gemini 10 : A Quick Look - 1966 NASA Space Program Educational Documentary - WDTVLIVE42]
1966 – A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
• [Wikipedia: Hough riots]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [ABC News 1966 Special Report: "Cleveland Riots"]
1968 – Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
1976 – Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
• [Nadia Comaneci - 1976 Gymnastics All Seven Perfect 10's]
1982 – Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre.
• [Wikipedia: Plan de Sánchez massacre]
1984 - Walter Mondale wins the Democratic Party presidential nomination in San Francisco
• [CSPAN2: 1984 Walter Mondale Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech]
1984 – McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: In a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
• [News 8's Carlos Amezcua reports on San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre in 1984]
• [San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre — 35 Years Later] (2019 Video)
1992 – A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
1994 – The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
• [Wikipedia: AMIA bombing]
• [Micro-History: AMIA Bombing]
• [Chilling Account of the AMIA Terror Attack]
1994 – Rwandan genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.
• [Wikipedia: Rwandan genocide]
• [Rwandan Genocide Documentary]
• [Rwanda Genocide documentary]
1995 – On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.
1996 – Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
1996 – Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 soldiers.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Mullaitivu (1996)]
• [Video playlist] (no translation)
• [Wikipedia: Sri Lankan Civil War]
2012 - Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army
• [Wikipedia Bio: Kim Jong-un]
• [North Korea names new 'supreme leader']
2012 – At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
• [Wikipedia: 2012 Burgas bus bombing]
• [WSJ: New Developments in Bulgaria Bus Bombing]
2013 – The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
• [Wikipedia: Detroit bankruptcy]
• [How Detroit Went From A Booming Metropolis To A Shrinking City | NBC Nightly News]
• [Bankrupt - How Cronyism and Corruption Brought Down Detroit]
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.
• [Wikipedia: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]
• [Profile: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)]
2018 - Google fined record $5.1 billion by the EU for abusing its power in mobile phone market
• [Google fined a record $5 billion by the EU for Android antitrust violations]
• [EU hits Google with record fine of over $5 billion]
• [WSJ: Google Is Fined $5 Billion by EU in Android Antitrust Case]
2018 - New Earth geological age announced, the Meghalayan Age 4,200 years ago to the present, by the International Commission on Stratigraphy
• [Wikipedia: Meghalayan]
• [Wikipedia: 4.2-kiloyear event]
• [Massive drought or myth? Scientists spar over an ancient climate event behind our new geological age]
• [Welcome to the Meghalayan Age, the Latest Stage in Earth’s 4.54-Billion-Year History]
• [Meghalayan Age - Indepth Explanation, Evidence, Geological Timescale]
• [In Depth : Meghalayan Age]
• [Hunger and the Late Bronze Age Collapse (Sea Peoples)]
2019 – A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens of others.
• [Wikipedia: Kyoto Animation arson attack]
• [33 dead in arson attack on Kyoto animation studio | Nine News Australia]
• [Mourners pay tribute to victims of the Kyoto Animation studio fire]
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, July 18, 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' --->
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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