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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 Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 1am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 1am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the west 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of showers before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 1am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Light winds out of the northwest increasing and shifting to come out of the west 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 70. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the west 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers before midnight, then a slight chance of rain between midnight and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
A few thunderstorms will be possible through daybreak, with the main concerns of cloud-to-ground lightning and brief heavy downpours.
Additional rounds of thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday and Thursday. A few of these storms may become severe with damaging winds being the primary hazard.
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 Wed Jul 19 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 85 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 85 (UNHEALTHY/CODE ORANGE)
Fire and Smoke Map
usa smoke map Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (2.5 out of 12) today with Grasses,Plantain, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Franklin in 1986
Lowest Temperature 47°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2009
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.79 inches in Highlands in 1959
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 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1902
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2009
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
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
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
Digital Equity Leadership program at NCCU helps mend the digital divide | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• New NC elections officials take office amid high turnover, intense scrutiny [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Lawmakers want grown-up books, movies in NC libraries put in ‘adults only’ areas [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Should NC protect police whistleblowers? Law enforcement leaders opposed latest bill. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Proactive or overreach: Lawmaker not sold on Canton moratorium for Pactiv Evergreen site [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---Recent News Recap---
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]
---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
Why The U.S. Can’t Solve Hunger | CNBC
• Phoenix scorches at 110 for 19th straight day, breaking big U.S. city records in global heat wave [AP News]
• Trump, 5 rivals qualify for first GOP debate [Politico]
• Trump told by special counsel he is criminal target in Jan. 6 probe [CNBC]
• Michigan AG charges 16 GOP activists who falsely claimed to be electors in bid to aid Trump [News Facts Network]
• US soldier facing disciplinary action flees into North Korea [Reuters]
International News Headlines
History of Wagner Before Ukraine - Early Story | Kings and Generals
• Extreme heat radiates around the globe as 50C recorded in US and China [Taiwan News]
• There are now four ‘heat domes’ around the world: Weather watch [GazetteXtra (Janesville, WI)]
• Arresting Putin would be declaration of war against Russia, Ramaphosa says in confidential affidavit [News 24]
• Photos: Greece wildfires force thousands to flee seaside resorts [Al Jazeera]
• Yoon designates 13 special disaster zones over deadly downpours [Yonhap News Agency]
• Egyptian rights researcher sentenced to three years in prison [Africa News]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Ethics 101: The Difference Between Free Expression And Journalism | Ethical Journalism Network
• International journalist Thomas Sparrow joins MediaWise’s media literacy ambassador program [Poynter]
• OpenAI will give local news millions to experiment with AI [Nieman Lab]
• THE MEDIA TODAY: What just happened at the BBC? [Columbia Journalism Review]
• The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/18/2023 [Media Bias/Fact Check]
• The Importance of Ethics in Journalism [St Bonaventure University]
Washington Today (7-18-23): Special Counsel tells Donald Trump he is a target in Jan. 6 attack probe | C-SPAN
Global National: July 18, 2023 | Shoppers angry about soaring food prices as inflation sinks to 2.8%
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 18
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 18, 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 12:14pm CEST, 12 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 12:14pm CEST, 12 July 2023, there have been 767,972,961 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,950,655 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 9 July 2023, a total of 13,474,185,140 vaccine doses have been administered.
• China deletes data on Covid-19 deaths [Irish Times]
• Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand COVID-19's Effect On the Brain [Time Magazine]
• A Positive Covid Milestone [New York Times]
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]
Why This NASA Battery May Be The Future of Energy Storage | Undecided with Matt Ferrell
• Analysis: Most research on PFAS harms is unpublicized [Eureka Alert! (American Association for the Advancement of Science) ]
• For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon [ARS TECHNICA]
• An extraordinary fossil captures the struggle for existence during the Mesozoic [Nature: Scientific Reports]
• Threads Usage Drops By Half From Initial Surge [SimilarWeb]
• This AI Watches Millions Of Cars Daily And Tells Cops If You’re Driving Like A Criminal [Forbes]
• 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 19 2023: A Gamer Scorned | Level1 Techs
The AI Goat - DTNS 4563 | Daily Tech News Show
When your Face Pulls 7.5Gs in Slow Mo | The Slow Mo Guy
The Clone Grift Wars | LINUX Unplugged 519 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Oliver Cromwell - The King Killer Documentary | The People Profiles
The Fort Worth Rodeo and Stockyards! Riding Bulls! The Second Oldest Burning Light Bulb! | The Carpetbagger
Android Faithful #2 | Daily Tech News Show
Why Oppenheimer Deserves His Own Movie | Veritasium
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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 18 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 18th ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 511 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 510: Russia moves reserves to Bakhmut to maintain positions [Euromaiden Press]
Why has Russia exited the grain deal brokered by Turkey? | Inside Story
• Medvedev calls for attacks on Ukraine housing as revenge for Crimean Bridgev [Yahoo News]
• Russian deserters keep fleeing abroad [DW News]
• After ending deal, Russia warns against Black Sea grain shipments [Al Jazeera]
• Russia conducting 21st-century colonial war: Polish FM at UN General Assembly [TVP World]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Russia strikes Ukraine's Odesa port for second night [France 24]
Slow pace of Ukraine's counteroffensive prompts military strategy questions | PBS News Hour
Fact check: How deepfakes spread disinformation in Russia's war against Ukraine | DW News
Ukrainian troops keep up the pressure against the Russians | Military Mind | TVP World
Deconstructing the Patriot Missile System In Ukraine and How It Works | WSJ
Ukraine: No fast results in offensive against Russia, top general says | BBC News
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 Arrival Of Russian Troops On The Polish Border | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Ammo depot fire forces evacuation in Crimea [Russia Today]
• Grain deal aftermath to hit EU, China and Turkey hard [Pravda]
• Failure of Ukraine's counteroffensive may lead to West's 'devastating defeat' — UK expert [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 19th is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 165 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)
AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
• [Wikipedia: Great Fire of Rome/a>]
• [Rome is Burning - Anthony Barrett] (dramatization)
• [Nero | Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire | BBC Documentary]
• [Nero: Rome’s Antichrist]
484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
532 - Start of Dionysian Paschal Cycle.
• [Encyclopaedia Britannica: Dionysian period]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Dionysius Exiguus]
711 – Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Guadalete]
• [Wikipedia: Umayyad conquest of Hispania]
• [Great Battles of the Reconquista - Guadalete 711] (the title is wrong, this is part of the Muslim Conquest of Hispania)
• [The Battle of Guadalete 711 AD]
• [Campaigns: Tariq b. Ziyad in Spain (711)]
• [The Arab Conquest of Spain - full documentary]
939 – Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Simancas]
998 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Apamea]
• [Wikipedia: Arab–Byzantine wars]
• [Wikipedia: Early Muslim conquests]
1333 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Halidon Hill]
• [Wikipedia: Wars of Scottish Independence]
• [The Battle of Halidon Hill 1333 AD - By Ian Mortimer]
• [HUNDRED YEARS' WAR: Battle of Halidon Hill]
1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins.
• [Wikipedia: Sieges of Boulogne (1544–1546)]
• [Wikipedia: Italian War of 1542–1546]
1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
• [Wikipedia: Mary Rose]
• [Official Website]
• [The Ghost Ship Of Henry VIII | Mary Rose | Timeline]
• [Pearl Divers and the Salvage of the Mary Rose]
• [Mystery of the Great Mary Rose : Documentary on the Mysterious Sinking of the Mary Rose]
• [HD Skeletons of the Mary Rose The New Evidence (2019)]
1553 – The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England collapses after only nine days.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gravelines]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]
• [panish Armada & Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)]
1595 - Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz.
• [APS Physics: Kepler’s Insight Leading to Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [Wikipedia: Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [DING: Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Johannes Kepler]
• [BBC Radio (In Our Time): Johannes Kepler]
• [The Day The Universe Changed: Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens]
1701 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
• [Wikipedia: Nanfan Treaty]
• [Wikipedia: Iroquois]
1702 – Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kliszów]
• [The Battle of Kliszów (1702) | Total War Cinematic Documentary]
• [Wikipedia: Great northern War]
1817 – Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
1821 – Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom.
1832 – The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
1843 – Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
• [Wikipedia: SS Great Britain]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Isambard Kingdom Brunel]
• [Bristol - SS Great Britain - walk tour inside the famous iron steamship]
• [The "Great Britain" project - Documentary]
• [50 years back in Bristol | ITV News]
1845 – Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
• [Wikipedia: Great New York City Fire of 1845]
1848 – Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
• [Wikipedia: Seneca Falls Convention]
• [NPS" Declaration of Sentiments]
• [Division at Seneca Falls | The Vote | American Experience | PBS]
1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• [Wikipedia: Morgan's Raid]
1864 – Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• [Wikipedia: Third Battle of Nanking]
• [The Deadliest Rebellion in the World - the Taiping Rebellion - Part 1]
• [Part 2]
• [BBC Radio 4: The Taiping Rebellion]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaWv5cE-_hM]
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• [Franco-Prussian War]
• [Franco Prussian War]
• [How Prussia Ended The French Empire: Franco-Prussian War | Animated History]
1880 - San Francisco Public Library starts lending books.
1900 РThe first line of the Paris M̩tro opens for operation.
1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
1916 – World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• [Wikipedia: Attack at Fromelles]
• [Australia's Darkest Hour - The Battle of Fromelles I THE GREAT WAR - Week 104]
• [The Battle of Fromelles Commemoration Film]
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cape Spada]
1940 - World War II: Adolf Hitler orders Great Britain to surrender.
1940 – World War II: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
1941 - World War I: British PM Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign. BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) ("...-" in Morse code) (opening of Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th symphony).
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign]
• [Almanac: "V for Victory" sign]
• [Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Morse Code]
• [Darkest Hour (2017) - Up Your Bum Scene (3/10) | Movieclips] (Dramatization)
• [Where does 'V for Victory' come from?]
• [Defense Media Network: The ‘V for Victory’ Campaign]
1942 – World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
1942 - US première of Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony in NYC by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini in a concert broadcast nationwide on NBC radio.
• [Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" Toscanini / NBC Whole broadcast 1942, live, restored]
• [Wikipedia: Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)]
• [Music: Shostakovich Premiere] (Time Magazine)
• [New York Times Article]
1943 – World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
1947 – Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
1947 – Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
1952 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
1964 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyá»…n Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
1969 – Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• [Wikipedia: Chappaquiddick incident]
• [Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick incident | Boston Globe]
• [eputy Sheriff's story differs from Ted Kennedy's at Chappaquiddick]
1969 - Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit.
• [Apollo 11 in Real Time]
• [Apollo 11 Flight Log, July 18, 1969: Entering the Moon's Gravity]
1972 – Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
1977 – The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).
1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
1979 – The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
1980 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
• [Wilkipedia: 1980 Summer Olympics]
• [The XXII Moscow Olympic Summer Games. Opening Ceremony] (Full Video)
• [Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Last scene of the opening ceremony]
1981 РIn a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President Fran̤ois Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• [Wikipedia: Farewell Dossier]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vladimir Vetrov]
• [President Reagan is Stunned by the Scale of Soviet Espionage]
• [Soviet pipeline sabotage was 'Reagan's idea': security adviser Richard Allen] (English Subtitles)
1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
1984 - Geraldine Ferraro (US Representative, New York), becomes the 1st US female major-party vice-presidential nominee, officially joining Walter Mondale's Democratic Party ticket.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Geraldine Ferraro]
• [Geraldine Ferraro's Full Speech at the 1984 Democratic Convention]
• [Wikipedia: 1984 Democratic National Convention]
1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
1989 – United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
• [Wikipedia: United Airlines Flight 232]
• [United Airlines Flight 232 Crash in Sioux City - KIRO-TV7 News (Seattle) - July 19, 1989]
• [The Impossible Landing - United Airlines Flight 232] (flight sim reconstruction)
• [Seconds From Disaster United Airlines Flight 232]
1992 – A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
2014 – Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.
2015 - World Health Organization puts world's Ebola death toll at 11,284.
2017 - US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer.
2020 - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticizes federal policing of protesters in his city, calling it unconstitutional.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, July 19, 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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