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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Drier high pressure to our north will control our weather into mid week. A stationary front to our south will move north as a warm front in the second half of the week bringing a return of showers and thunderstorms. As the front crosses our area expect a return of the heat and humidity especially over the weekend.
Winter Outlook 2023-24: El Niño's potential impacts (07-21-2023) | Matt Makens, Weatherman
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
`Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers between 10pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%. Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 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 chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers between 10pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 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 chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers between 7pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the east. Chance of rain is 40%. Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Highs near 70. Chance of rain is 80%.
Thursday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Incoming Solar Storm to Hit Earth amid Radiation Storm | Informal Solar Storm Forecast 30 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 31 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL96):
Showers and thunderstorms remain disorganized in association with a gale-force low pressure area located about 700 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Environmental conditions still could support tropical cyclone formation during the next few days while the system moves northwestward and then northward at 10 to 15 mph over the central subtropical Atlantic. Additional information on this system, including gale warnings, can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.
2. Western Atlantic (AL97):
Shower and thunderstorm activity continues in association with a gale-force non-tropical low pressure system located over the western Atlantic several hundred miles south of Nova Scotia. The low is forecast to move quickly toward the east-northeast at 30 to 35 mph, reaching colder waters overnight. As a result, this system is unlikely to become a tropical storm. Additional information on the low, including gale warnings, can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.
TROPICAL TIDBITS
Tropical Tidbits is a website run by Macon Media's favorite no-nonsense tropical forecaster, Levi Cowan. He does not post material just to get clicks or to sensationalize the storms he covers to "make them more exciting." He is reliable and sober, unlike The Weather Channel crowd of Drama Queen Meteorologists.
Levi typically posts videos late in the afternoon or early before midnight on Youtube. [Youtube Channel]
[Thursday] Bret on Final Approach to Lesser Antilles; TD4 Forms (06-22-2023)
So Far, So Good As We End July and Head into August (August 1st, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.6 out of 12) today with Grasses and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 1st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature 45°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.73 inches in Franklin in 1948
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 August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 1st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1980
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1920
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.57 inches in Morganton, Burke County in 1932
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 August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 110°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County on 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-23-1930
Greatest Rainfall 12.43 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County on 08-12-1955
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Thursday, August 31st
Senior Resource Fair
Macon County Senior Services is hosting a Senior Resource Fair on August 31, 2023, from 4:00-6:00pm at 108 Wayah Street in Franklin. Multiple agencies/organizations will be providing information on what resources are available for older adults in Macon County. For more information, please call 828-349-2058 ext. 0.
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
Don Davis Calls Attention To Tornado That Damaged Key Pfizer Facility In North Carolina | Forbes Breaking News
• We’re fixin’ to teach you to talk like an NC native: A Guide to Southern Sayings [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Mission Hospital to open burn wound and hyperbaric treatment center [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Campaign finance reports highlight wins for Stein, Robinson (video) [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• School safety, online threats, threat assessment law among focus points at RISE conference [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Why North Carolina’s medical marijuana debate is moot [BPR]
---Recent News Recap---
July 31st, 2023
State educators concerned about funding shortfalls | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Letter to the Editor: Keeping the Library "Local"? [Macon Media]
• Inside the Party Switch that Blew Up North Carolina Politics [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Local animal rescue launches innovative 'Working Cat Program' to save feral cats, offer natural pest control [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Enjoy the fiery bursts of color from flame azalea [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• America's 10 best national parks for birding and an interactive map for summer bird-watching [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---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
Biden keeps U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado | NBC News
• How a Drug Maker Plans to Cut Off Money for Opioid Victims (audio and article with links) [Wall Street Journal]
• RFK Jr. super PAC got more than half its funds from GOP mega donor [Politico]
• Meta’s stock just wrapped up its ninth straight monthly gain as Wall Street cheers cost cuts [CNBC]
• Why Trump Is So Hard to Beat [New York Times]
• DOJ building case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster [StereoGum]
International News Headlines
West African countries call on Niger coup leaders to release president | NBC News
• Niger coup sparks concerns about French, EU uranium dependency [Politico]
• NATO Planes Watched As Three Civilian Ships Ran Russia’s Naval Blockade Of Ukraine [Forbes Magazine]
• China imposes drone export curbs amid US tech tensions [Al Jazeera]
• Heavy or extremely heavy rain warnings for most of Taiwan [Taiwan News]
• S. Korea's exports down for 10th month in July; trade surplus extended to 2nd month [Yonhap News Agency]
On The Media: News About Journalism, Media Literacy, and Ethics in Journalism Georgia journalist who observed fake electors subpoenaed in Trump case | MSNBC
• An election in Cambodia exposes Facebook’s shortcomings (again) [CJR]
• Q&A: Why newsrooms need to embrace project management [Poynter]
• News Corp using AI to produce 3,000 Australian local news stories a week [The Guardian (UK)]
• New guide helps journalists become better project managers [Journalism (UK)]
• The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 07/31/2023 [Media Bias/Fact Check]
Washington Today (7/31/23): Hunter Biden associate, Devon Archer, testifies on Capitol Hill | C-SPAN
Global National: July 31, 2023 | BC town on edge after wildfire scare
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 31
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 31, 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 8:14am CEST, 26 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 8:14am CEST, 26 July 2023, there have been 768,560,727 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,952,522 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 23 July 2023, a total of 13,474,348,801 vaccine doses have been administered.
The uneven toll of the coronavirus pandemic | NBC News
• Biden administration announces launch of HHS office focused on long Covid research [CNN]
• Scientists discover antibodies capable of stopping several coronaviruses, potentially preventing future outbreaks [CTV News]
• Brain fog and other long COVID symptoms are the focus of new small treatment studies [ABC News]
TWiV 1030: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• TWiV 1027: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1029: David Tuller on Long COVID and ME/CFS [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from July 28 to August 4: Starting with a Super Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
Generative A.I. Will Change Everything. | Kyle Hill
• A.I. is on a collision course with white-collar, high-paid jobs — and with unknown impact [CNBC]
• An electrogenetic interface to program mammalian gene expression by direct current [Nature]
• X sign removed from Twitter headquarters building after complaints [KTVU-TV (San Fransisco, CA) ]
• First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia [NBC News]
• Elon Musk can change what he calls Twitter — but can he change what everyone else calls it? [Nieman Lab]
• Tickled rats reveal brain structure that controls laughter [Science: American Association for the Advancement of Science]
• NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 [The Register]
• 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 August 1: More Bussin' Less Spyin' | xxLevel1 Techs x
The Bird Goes Down in a Blaze of Glory - DTNS 4572 | Daily Tech News Show
Rethinking GNOME | LINUX Unplugged 521 | Jupiter Broadcasting
Storing dead people at -196°C | Tom Scott
Shifting the Ovaltine Window - Blind app, Starlink dominance, NSA surveillance, NASA+ | TWiT TV
Battle of Amphipolis 422 BC - Peloponnesian War 4K History | Kings and Generals
Week 257 - Bradley Unleashes His Cobra - WW2 - July 29, 1944 | World War Two
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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 31 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for July 31sth ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 524 [Al Jazeera]
• RRusso-Ukrainian War. Day 523: A drone attack on Moscow [Euromaiden Press]
Retired colonel on what could happen if Ukraine's counteroffensive is successful | CNN
• Putin is forming mysterious private armies across Russia to protect himself from Wagner soldiers, report says [Insider (via Yahoo News)]
• Ukraine to start talks with US on security guarantees [Reuters]
• Russia intercepts new wave of drones over Moscow, office tower hit [Al Jazeera ]
• Six ships break Russia’s Black Sea “blockade” [Euromaidan ]
• Ukraine to cooperate with Turkey on drones repair [TVP World]
• AS IT HAPPENED: UK imposes sanctions as Russia jails Putin critic for 25 years [France 24]
Strong strike by Ukrainians on Russian positions | Military Mind | TVP World
The Russia-Ukraine grain deal is over. Who gains? | The Take
What impact will raising the cutoff age for recruitment have on Russia's war in Ukraine? | DW News
Inside Ukraine's elite sniper unit conducting night raids | BBC News
Soviet symbol removed from Kyiv landmark in latest step in ’de-russification’ | FRANCE 24
Ukrainian Counteroffensive Continues - Russian Invasion | Kings and Generals
🔴 (redacted) - Snatch and Grab Raids, Kadyrov's Trenches, Drive-By's | Combat Footage Show
Why Do We Call the War in Ukraine Unprovoked? - Debunking Russian Claims | Kings and Generals
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
The Russians Have Hit An Enormous Nail On The Head | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Dmitry Trenin: Russia is making its biggest geopolitical shift for 300 years. Here’s how it’s playing out. [Russia Today]
• North Korea to give Russia weapons of shock vengeance [Pravda]
• Russian Air Defense Forces down several drones targeting Moscow, says mayor [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
August 1st is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 152 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)
30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mark Antony]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Augustus]
781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: Sixth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Ten'o (天応) era).
1009 – Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
1201 – Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos.
1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cravant]
• [WIkipedia: Hundred Years' War]
1451 – Jacques CÅ“ur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
1492 – The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
1588 – The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
1618 – Maurice, Prince of Orange disbands the waardgelders militia in Utrecht, a pivotal event in the Remonstrant/Counter-Remonstrant tensions.
1655 – Russo-Polish War (1654–67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Vilnius (1655)]
• [Wikipedia: Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)]
1658 – Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Aurangzeb]
• [Mughal Empire]
• [The Hindu Lit for Life 2019: The Myth and Reality of Emperor Aurangzeb - An Illustrated lecture]
1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Daniel Defoe]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Wiki[pedia article about the pamphlet]
• [The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters:] (PDF Copy)
• [Downloadable Copy on Internet Archive]
1712 – Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
• [Wikipedia: Action of 31 July 1712]
1715 – Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
• [Wikipedia: 1715 Treasure Fleet]
• [1715 Fleet Society]
• [The 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet]
1741 – Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
1763 – Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
1777 – The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
• [Wikipedia Bio: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]
1790 – The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
1793 – Oulu Castle was destroyed in an explosion following the burning of a powder cellar.
1856 – Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
1865 – The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
1874 – Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation and forever changed the way naval wars are fought.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Hsimucheng]
• [The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 🇷🇺🇯🇵 Full Documentary] (The Pacific War Channel)
• [Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 - Battle of Tsushima ] (Kings and Generals)
• [The Battle of Tsushima]
1913 – The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
1917 – World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Passchendaele]
• [The Battle of Passchendaele - Mutiny in the German Navy I THE GREAT WAR Week 158]
• [The Battle of Passchendaele (1917)]
• [Why Passchendaele Was The Worst Battle Of WWI | The Battle Of Passchendaele | Timeline]
1932 – The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
• [Wikipedia: July 1932 German federal election]
1938 – Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
1938 – Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
1941 РThe Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann G̦ring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question."
• [Preparations for the Final Solution begin] (History.com)
1941 – World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Smolensk (1941)]
• [Wikipedia: Eastern Front (World War II)]
• [Barbarossa Visualized: The Battle of Smolensk [July 1941] [Episode 5]]
1945 – Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
1948 – USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
1964 – Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
• [Ranger 7]
• [NASA: Ranger VII Photographs of the Moon]
• [JPL: Ranger 7 'Meets' the Moon]
1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
• [Wikipedia: Black Tot Day]
• [31st July 1970: Black Tot Day ends the Royal Navy's daily rum ration]
• [Video Playlist Marking the 50th Anniversary of Black Tot Day]
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
1972 – The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Motorman]
• [Newsreel]
• [INSIGHT: OPERATION MOTORMAN 1972]
1973 – A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
1975 – The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
1987 – A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.
1988 – Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
1991 – The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
• [Wikipedia: START I]
• [Trip to Moscow and Kiev, Cuts of Signing Ceremony - 31 July 1991]
• [START I Nuclear Weapons Treaty Signing]
1992 – The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
1992 – Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
1999 – Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector: NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the Moon's surface.
• [Lunar Prospector]
• [Spacecraft crash into lunar crater in search for ice]
• [Wikipedia: Discovery Program]
2006 РFidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Ra̼l.
2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
2008 – East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.[5]
2012 – Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
• [Phelps' 19th Medal Breaks 48-Year-Old Record]
2014 – Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.
• [2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions]
• [Video Compilation]
2018 - Facebook discloses and removes Russian-linked network of sites attempting to interfere in American politics
2019 - American officials announce Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza bin Laden and potential successor has been killed in US air strikes in Pakistan
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [The death of Hamza bin Laden and the weakness of al-Qaida]
• [BBC NewsT]
2020 - Eurozone economic activity falls 11.9% for April-June with Spain the worst at -18.5%, its deepest in modern times 2020 - Mexico overtakes the UK to have the world's third highest death toll from COVID-19 with 46,688 fatalities 2020 - Apple wildfire starts near Beaumont, California, forcing the evacuation of nearly 8,000 people over the next few days
• [Wikipedia: Apple Fire]
• [InciWeb: Apple Fire]
• [Massive Apple Fire burns out of control in Riverside County I ABC7 (video feed, no audio)]
• [Wildfire Today: Apple Fire Archive (newest articles first)]
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, August 01, 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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