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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A few rounds of thunderstorms are possible across the area through the end of the week. Hot temperatures expected to remain into Friday. A frontal boundary is anticipated to move through the area Saturday and bring drier air with decreasing rain chances into the start of next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-uipper 60s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the north early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to become light before midnight.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Patchy fog beforem midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog between 2am and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 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.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 10am. 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 three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph decreasing to light winds after midnight.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. WInds out of the southwest 3 to 8 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. 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.
Friday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday Night
A chance of thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Organized severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon into the early evening hours. Swaths of damaging wind will be the primary hazard along with small hail.
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 Thu Jul 20 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.
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands is currently interacting with the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The combination of these features is producing a broad area of showers and thunderstorms over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic. While dry air to the north may prevent significant organization during the next few days, environmental conditions could become more conducive for some development by this weekend as the wave moves westward across the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Thursday] Bret on Final Approach to Lesser Antilles; TD4 Forms (06-22-2023)
New Development Potential in Deep Tropics - Plus a Look at Don, Calvin and the SW Monsoon July 19, 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
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (0.5 out of 12) today with Grasses,Plantain, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (3.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for July 20th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 46°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.35 inches in Highlands in 1913
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 20th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 106°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1900
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1909
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
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Local and State News
Sky5 surveys damage left behind by Nash County tornado | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• NC tornado aftermath: 16 people injured between Nash & Edgecombe counties, 89 structures damaged by EF3 tornado [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Year-round schools remain rarity in WNC 30 years after they began [Mountain Xpress]
• The Inflation Reduction Act is clean energy’s ‘Super Bowl.’ How can NC benefit? [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 'We definitely don't feel safe:' Gunman at large after Asheville's 19th injury-inducing shooting of 2023 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• A new mental health facility opens in Asheville this August [BPR]
---Recent News Recap---
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)]
---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
IRS whistleblowers testify at House hearing on Hunter Biden investigation | CBS News
• IRS whistleblowers air claims to Congress about ‘slow-walking’ of the Hunter Biden case [AP News]
• NEWS EXPLAINERS: The Hiring Boom Is Hiding a Recession Signal (video) [Wall Street Journal]
Michigan secretary of state unpacks charges against fake electors | CBS News
• Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll [Washington Post]
• Jan. 6 rioter who charged police while carrying a gun sentenced to 7 years [NBC News]
• WATCH: Bodycam footage shows dramatic drowning rescue (MIchigan) [WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)]
International News Headlines
Violent protests in Kenya continue in opposition to rising cost of living | BBC News
• Egyptian researcher will 'return to Italy' following presidential pardon - Italian PM [Africa News]
• New Zealand shooting kills two ahead of World Cup tournament [Al Jazeera]
• Manipur: India outrage after two women paraded naked in violence-hit state [BBC News]
• Can China’s new action plan lift economy out of deep-rooted malaise, bring market peace of mind? [South China Morning Post]
• Ethics panel to decide disciplinary action for lawmaker over cryptocurrency suspicions [Yonhap News Agency]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism The Problem With Independent "Journalists" | Robert Tolppi
• A murdered journalist, the media mogul, and an epic reporting project in Cameroon [Columbia Journalism Review]
• Politics reporters in Florida share the wild intensity in the lead-up to 2024 [Poynter]
• Google News Initiative grants in Africa and the Middle East yield mixed results, study finds [Nieman Lab]
• Countering news avoidance: focus on relevance and value [JOurnalism (UK)]
• The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/19/2023 [Media Bias/Fact Check]
Washington Today (7-19-23): IRS whistleblowers testify about alleged bias in Hunter Biden tax case | C-SPAN
Global National: July 19, 2023 | Frustration grows as BC port workers' labour dispute reignites
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 19
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 19, 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.
• Early Biological Markers of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection [ medRxiv ]
• A common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection [ nature ]
• Additive effects of booster mRNA vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection on T cell immunity across immunocompromised states [ Science: Translational Medicine (American Assocation for the Advancement of Science) ]
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]
Deep Fakes are About to Change Everything | Johnny Harris
• Kevin Mitnick, 1963-2023 [BoingBoing]
• Driving High: New Study Detects Cognitive Risks Associated With Driving While Under the Influence of Cannabis [impirica]
• Rival US Lawmakers Mobilize to Stop Police From Buying Phone Data [Wired]
• A continent-wide detailed geological map dataset of Antarctica [nature: scientific data]
• You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills [Electronic Frontier Foundation]
• 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
Humans Stealing NPC Jobs - DTNS 4564 | Daily Tech News Show
7/10/2023 Day 1 the new volcano after sunset in Iceland 4K Drone | Isak Finnbogason - ICELAND FPV
Why NATO-Russia Tensions Are Rising in the Arctic | TLDR News Global
Lake in Canada Is Now The Origin of Anthropocene, Here's What This Means | Anton Petrov
Super Ooops | Linux Out Loud 69
What If The Speed of Light is NOT CONSTANT? | PBS Space Time
Evidence for Dark Stars in Webb Telescope Data | Sabine Hossenfelder
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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 19 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 19th ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 511 [Al Jazeera]
**website offline. Here is the most recent post**
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 510: Russia moves reserves to Bakhmut to maintain positions [Euromaiden Press]
• Russian missiles pound Ukrainian port city of Odesa | CBC News
• Ukraine liveblog updates: Russia targets Ukrainian ports [DW News]
• Russia warns ships traveling to Ukraine considered part of war [Al Jazeera]
• Russia threatens to put any ship traveling to Ukraine in its crosshairs [TVP World]
• HOUR BY HOUR: 🔴 Liveblog - Several injured in Russian attacks on Mykolaiv and Odesa [France 24]
• Ukraine war: Russia strikes Ukraine grain after ending sea deal [BBC News]
Russia warns Ukraine-bound Ships on Black Sea are military targets from Thursday | Al Jazeera
Speaking to the Ukrainians who have returned to the liberated villages | DW News
Fire at Crimea military base forces evacuation, road closure: Report | Fire at Crimea military base forces evacuation, road closure: Report
Russia bombards Odesa region with missiles and drones, calls grow for arrest of Belarus president | CBS News
Ukraine's Frontline Deminers: 'Always First, Always Forward' | Scripps 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
NATO Members Are Now Openly Discussing War Plans Against Russia | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Russia will ‘never abandon’ goals of military operation – Lavrov [Russia Today]
• Russian Defence Ministry: All ships bound for Ukrainian ports are now military objects [Pravda]
• US lacks courage to admit that its plans of defeating Russia are failing — ambassador [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
July 20th is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 164 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 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem]
• [Invicta: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) - The Great Jewish Revolt]
• [Invicta: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) - The Destruction of the Second Temple]
• [Fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD (Flavius Josephus)] (Librivox Recording)
• [A Temple in Flames The Final Battle for Jerusalem and the Destruction of the Second Temple]
792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Marcellae]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Kardam of Bulgaria]
• [Wikipedia: Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria]
911 – Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Chartres (911)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Rollo]
• [The Real Rollo & the Foundation of Normandy // Vikings Documentary]
1189 – Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.
1225 – Treaty of San Germano is signed at San Germano between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX. A Dominican named Guala is responsible for the negotiations.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of San Germano]
• [Frederick II a bridge between East and West]
1398 – The Battle of Kellistown between the forces of the English led by Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March against the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles under the command of Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach, the most powerful Chieftain in Leinster.
• [The Irish at War: The Battle of Kellistown]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach]
• [Ireland’s Wars: How Art MacMurragh Brought Down The English Monarchy]
1402 – Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ankara]
• [Wikipedia: Ottoman Interregnum]
• [Timur against Bayezid - Battle of Ankara 1402] (Kings and Generals)
1592 – During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
• [Wikipedia: Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)]
• [Imjin War - Beginning of the Japanese Invasion of Korea] (Kings and Generals)
1715 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
• [Wikipedia: Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)]
1738 – Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
1799 – Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia.
1807 – Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
1810 – Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
1831 – Seneca and Shawnee people agree to relinquish their land in western Ohio for 60,000 acres west of the Mississippi River.
1848 – The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Peachtree Creek]
• [March 2018 Chicago Civil War Round Table: Robert D. Jenkins: The Battle of Peach Tree Creek]
1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea. Also known as the Seven Weeks' War.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Lissa (1866)]
• [Wikipedia: Austro-Prussian War]
• [Drachinifel: The Battle of Lissa - Special]
• [Ocean Explorers: S01E09 History day - Battle of Lissa 2018]
• [Knowledgia: The Austro-Prussian War - Explained in 11 Minutes]
1871 – British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
1885 – The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
1906 – In Finland, a new electoral law was ratified, guaranteeing the country the first and equal right to vote in the world. Finnish women were the first in Europe to receive the right to vote.
1917 – World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• [Wikipedia: Corfu Declaration]
• [TimeGhost History: Enter Yugoslavia Part 1 | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1929 Part 2 of 3]
• [The Rise of Yugoslavia - From a Scrambled Kingdom to Brotherhood and Unity by Josip Broz Tito]
1920 – The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
1922 – The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
1932 – In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
1934 – Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
• [Wikipedia: Minneapolis general strike of 1934]
• [The 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike]
• [KTCA-TV: Minneapolis Teamsters Strike Documentary Part 1]
• [Part 2]
1934 – West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
• [Wikipedia: 1934 West Coast waterfront strike]
1935 – Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
1936 – The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
1938 – The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• [United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.]
• [The day the Supreme Court killed Hollywood’s studio system]
• [Why are Movie Theater Concessions So Expensive? (The US v Paramount)]
• [The Paramount Case]
1940 – Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
1941 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief.
1944 – World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
• [Wikipedia: 20 July plot]
• [Wikipedia: Operation Valkyrie]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Claus von Stauffenberg]
• [The Secret Plot To Kill Hitler | Operation Valkyrie | Timeline]
• [75th Anniversary of the 20 July plot - Claus von Stauffenberg] (Germand with English subtitles)
• [Conspirators of July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler appears at People's Court] (German, English translation does not)
• [The German Resistance and July 20 Plot | Operation Valkyrie (1944)]
1949 – The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
1950 – Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Harry Gold]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Klaus Fuchs]
• [Digging for Gold: The Story of Harry Gold, NE Philly's Atom Spy]
1951 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Abdullah I of Jordan]
• [Newsreel: King Abdullah Assassinated (1951)]
1954 – Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
1960 – Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
1960 – The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
1961 – French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
1968 – The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.
• [Apollo 11 landing from PDI to Touchdown]
• [Apollo 11 - Day 5 (Full Mission)]
• [Apollo 11 Real-Time Mission Experience] (blue button for real-time)
1969 – A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
• [Wikipedia: Football War]
• [El Salvador-Honduras 1969 Football War] (includes newsreel footage)
• [Football War - MiniWars #2]
1974 – Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• [Wikipedia: Viking 1]
• [How Viking Conquered Mars: Entry, Descent, and Landing]
• [Homemade Documentaries: The Viking Mission]
• [Viking Landing Commentary First Picture 7-20-76]
• [Carl Sagan Mars the Search Begins Nasa Mariner & Viking Missions] (Narrated by Carl Sagan)
• [Mission Website]
1977 – The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.
1977 – The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
• [Wikipedia: Johnstown flood of 1977]
• [WJAC-TV: 1977 Johnstown Flood]
1981 – Somali Airlines Flight 40 crashes in the Balad District of Somalia, killing 40 people.
1982 – Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
1985 – The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
1989 – Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
1992 – Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
1994 - Alexander Lukashenko is inaugurated as the first president of Belarus
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [Lukashenko: The story of 'Europe's Last Dictator | EuroNews]
• [Why is Belarus a country? - History of Belarus in 10 Minutes | Knowledgia (video)]
1997 – The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
• [Wikipedia: USS Constitution]
• [The USS Constitution Old Ironsides (Documentary)]
• [USS Constitution: The US Navy's Most Iconic Ship? | Timeline]
1999 – The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
2005 – The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
2012 – James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
• [Wikipedia: 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting]
• [Aurora, Colorado Mass Shooting at Movie Theater (ABC News RAW VIDEO)]
• [What James Holmes thought and felt during the massacre | 60 Minutes]
• [James Holmes | Mental Health & Personality | What is Schizotypal Personality? | Dr Todd Grande]
• [After Aurora | KUSA-TV (Denver, CO)]
2012 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.
2013 – Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
2013 – Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn ends with the expulsion of Islamist forces from the city by the People's Protection Units (YPG).
• [Wikipedia: Syrian civil war (2011-present)]
• [Wikipedia]
• [Syria 2013 | A Guide to Watching Syria's War | The New York Times]
• [Wikipedia: Ras al-Ayn]
2015 – A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
2015 – The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.
2017 – O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.
• [AP News (video)]
• [O.J. Simpson Parole Hearing (Full) | NBC News]
• [Wikipedia: OJ Simpson robbery case]
2020 - Scientists find evidence of volcanoes on Venus, showing the planet is not as dormant as previously thought (Nature Geoscience)
• [Corona structures driven by plume–lithosphere interactions and evidence for ongoing plume activity on Venus | Nature Geoscience]
• [37 Enormous Strangely Shaped Volcanoes Found on Venus | Antov Petrov (video)]
• [Lunch Break Science: Volcanic Activity on Venus | Science Museum of Virginia (video lecture)]
2021 - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos goes into space in first unpiloted suborbital flight with all-civilian crew, aboard rocket developed by his company Blue Origin
• [Replay - New Shepard First Human Flight (Blue Origin Video)]
• [Replay - First Human Flight Post-Flight Press Conference (Blue Origin Video)]
• [Wikipedia: Blue Origin]
• [CNET Highlights Video]
• [Jeff Bezos returns to Earth after successful Blue Origin space flight 9ABC News VIdeo Coverage)]
2021 - New York records the worst air quality in the world due to smoke from 80 wild fires on the US west coast
• [The Guardian] Back to Top
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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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