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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Hot conditions will persist today with increasing thunderstorm coverage ahead of a cold front approaching from the north. The front will settle southward through the region tonight into Sunday before stalling near the area Monday through Tuesday, with temperatures falling below normal through the period. The front may become a focus for heavy rainfall Sunday through Tuesday. The mid to late week weather remains quite uncertain due to the potential for a tropical system to develop in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. High near 87. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 5am, then a chance of showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. High near 80. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 84. North northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 3am. Patchy dense fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 64. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly between 8am and 9am. High near 79. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Low around 61. North wind around 7 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. High near 72. North northeast wind around 6 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 6 mph in the morning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. High near 87. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 5am, then a chance of showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. North wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. High near 79. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Patchy dense fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 67. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly between 8am and 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. High near 75. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and evening ahead of an approaching cold front. There is a marginal risk of severe storms, with damaging winds being the primary threat. A few storms could also produce hail as large as quarters. Any thunderstorm that develops will produce cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and locally heavy rainfall.
More numerous showers and embedded thunderstorms, with locally heavy rainfall, will develop Sunday through Tuesday. Isolated flooding will be possible each day in areas affected by multiple rounds of showers and storms.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Aurora Highlights from the G3 Solar Storm and A Fast Wind Watch | Solar Storm Forecast 13 August 2023
Back to Top • The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t [ARS TECHNICA]
• August 17, 2023) NOAA doubles the chances for a nasty Atlantic hurricane season due to hot ocean, tardy El Nino [AP News]
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 Sat Aug 26 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Franklin, located a couple of hundred miles east of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
1. Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (AL93): Shower and thunderstorm activity continues to show signs of organization in association with an area of low pressure over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development of this system during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this weekend or early next week while it moves generally northward over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Interests in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, western Cuba, and Florida should monitor the progress of this system.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
2. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL92):
Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Environmental conditions could become more conducive for development over the weekend, and a tropical depression could form early next week while the system moves generally northwestward over the central subtropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
3. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa early next week. Some slow development of this system is possible during the latter part of next week while the system moves westward across the eastern tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
Watching 93L as Concern Grows for Florida (August 25th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 60 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 60 (MODERATE/CODE YELLOW)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for August 25th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 93°F in Franklin in 1975
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest Rainfall 2.89 inches in Franklin in 2008
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of August Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 106°F in Concord, Cabarrus County on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 37°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.16 inches in Hendersonville, Henderson County on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 26th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Jackson, Northampton County in 1954
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1945
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.50 inches in Sparta, Alleghany County in 2008
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
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)
Saturdays in August from 11am to 1pm
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
8/26/23—Zip Robertson—A Singer/Songwriter who’s journeyed from Ky to FL & up to Western NC bringing us lucky listeners acoustic music to touch our hearts. Welcome Zip!
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
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
The Franklin Panthers were defeated by the Robbinsville Knights last night in Robbinsville. The box score from the game is posted below. The Panthers drop to 0-2 for the season. Next week, the 0-2 Panthers travel to face the 2-0 Swain County Maroon Devils.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbinsville | 0 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
• Fatz Southern Kitchen closes all restaurants, including Fatz Café in Asheville [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• More teens to be tried, treated as adults under new NC law [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Western NC animal shelters at max capacity grapple with increased strays, significant decline in adoptions [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Moody, Dever Sentenced In Sovereign Citizen ‘Phony Writs’ Case [Smoky Mountain News]
• With COVID-19 hospitalizations on the rise, experts emphasize new booster shots and good hygiene [BPR]
• Fatz Southern Kitchen closes all restaurants, including Fatz Café in Asheville [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---Recent News Recap--- August 23, 2023 • Lacking Landlords: Short-Term Rentals Squeezing Out Section 8 Tenants [Smoky Mountain News]
• New NC law cracks down on 'deceptive' real estate deals [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC Gov. Cooper vetoes bill giving more control to legislature. Court battle likely. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Haywood County woman sentenced to 2 years for sending threats to local elected officials [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (August 2023) [Macon Media]
• Friends of the Greenway Update County Commissioners on the Use of County Property [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
SpaceX Crew-7 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing | SciNews
• As fall session nears, Supreme Court ethics battle looms over Congress [Courthouse news Service]
• 'AI-written history' of Maui wildfire becomes Amazon bestseller, fuels conspiracies [The Register]
• Hawaii Officials Release List of 388 People Missing From Maui Fires [New York Times]
• Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners [CNN]
• Disney Firefighters Who Backed DeSantis’ Takeover of Tax District Shocked and Upset When Board Moves to End Their Park Passes [MEDIAITE]
• United Auto Workers members vote to authorize strikes at GM, Ford and Stellantis [NY Daily News]
International News Headlines
The cartels of Marseille - Drugs war and contract killings | DW Documentary
Prigozhin Plane Crash Analysis: Early Evidence Suggests Bomb, Sabotage | WSJ
• Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed [AP News]
• Australia, Philippines hold military drills, plan South China Sea patrols [Al Jazeera]
• Denmark plans jail term for burning Quran in public [BBC News]
• U.S. calls for UNSC action against N. Korean satellite launch, says China, Russia's opposition is 'troubling' [Yanhap News Agency]
• Madagascar: at least 13 killed in stadium stampede [Africa News]
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 8/25/23 | Washington Week PBS
10-story high look at the National Cathedral's earthquake repairs | PBS NewsHour
Washington Today (8-25-23): Fed Chair Powell hints at more interest rate increases to curb inflation | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 25, 2023 | BC wildfires still a danger as some evacuation orders are lifted
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - August 25
PBS NewsHour full episode, (August 25, 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.
TWiV 1038: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• As schools resume, CDC reports rise in COVID ER visits from adolescents [CBS News]
• China had almost 2 million excess deaths after the end of ‘zero-Covid,’ U.S. study finds [NBC News ]
• US CDC advisers set to vote on updated COVID vaccines next month [Reuters (via Yahoo News)]
• TWiV 1036: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1037: Antibodies, the good (CoV), the bad (Ad), the beautiful [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from August 25 to September 1: Saturn meets a Blue Super Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
India Lands Russia Crashes // Mystery of Neptune Clouds // Red Shift Drift | Fraser Cain
What experts have to say about exploiting the moon and the current space race | DW News
• 'AI-written history' of Maui wildfire becomes Amazon bestseller, fuels conspiracies [The Register]
• India takes 'walk on the moon' as rover makes historic first steps [Sky News]
• Paper straws not so eco-friendly, 90% contain toxic “forever chemicals” [New Atlas]
• 8.7-Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Ancestors of Humans and African Apes Evolved in Europe [SciNews]
• Climate change: Thousands of penguins die in Antarctic ice breakup [BBC News]
Generative A.I. Will Change Everything. | Kyle Hill
• 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 25 2023: Pigney Transplant | Level1 Techs
MOVEIt and Lose It - DTNS 4591 | Daily Tech News Show
Starship Super Heavy Static Fire | SpaceX
India Lands On The Moon; Russia's Lander Crashes | This Week In Spaceflight | NASA Spaceflight
Major Moon Updates! India Landing, Strange Tides, Experiments and Dust Hazard | Antov Petrov
How superconductors could change everything | Caspian Report
US Navy's Dilemma: The New Osprey is Too Good! | Not What You Think
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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, August 23 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for August 23rd ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 547 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 546: US citizens urged to leave Belarus immediately [Euromaiden Press]
🔴 (viewer discretion) The Combat Footage Show: Prigozhin, Trench/Tank CQB, Submunition Drones | Funker530 Combat Footage
• 'Little Russia': Moscow's occupation of a Ukrainian town (includes 42 min documentary) [DW News]
• ‘Absolute lie’: Russia denies role in Yevgeny Prigozhin plane crash [Al Jazeera]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Russian investigators recover flight recorders, 10 bodies from Wagner crash [France 24]
• Putin breaks silence over Prigozhin's reported death [BBC News]
• Ukraine’s Drone Strikes Against Russia Are a Message for Its Own People [New York Times]
What F-16s will do for Ukraine (and what they won't) | Sandboxx
Ukraine: Occupied and recaptured - The story of the town of Kupyansk | DW Documentary
The Prigozhin plane crash — Putin's revenge? | Start Here
(viewer descretion) Brutal combat in Russian trenches | Military Mind | TVP World
Unwinding the Wagner Group? Putin signs decree forcing paramilitary fighters to swear oath | France 24
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
The War In Ukraine Must End Now Or The West Is Doomed | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Prigozhin plane crash: What we know so far [Russia Today]
• Yevgeny Prigozhin, PMC Wagner founder, KILLED in plane crash [Pravda]
• US embroiled in Ukrainian conflict, but Biden unable to stop it — Trump [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
August 26th is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 127 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)
683 – Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah.
• [Battle of al-Harra]
• [4 Khilafah of YazÄ«d : Incident of al-Harra]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [Early Muslim Expansion - Khalid, Yarmouk, al-Qadisiyyah DOCUMENTARY]
• [Second Fitna]
1071 – The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.
1278 – Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
1303 – Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate, after which thirty thousand Hindu inhabitants are killed.
1346 РAt the Battle of Cr̩cy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size.
• [Battle of Crécy]
• [Battle of Crecy 1346 - Hundred Years' War ]
• [The Battle Of Crécy]
• [Crécy campaign]
1444 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel.
1542 – Francisco de Orellana crosses South America from Guayaquil on the Pacific coast to the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast.
1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
1767 – Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
• [First voyage of James Cook]
• [Wikipedia: HMS Endeavour]
• [Seafaring Tales Presents: Captain James Cook's First Voyage]
• [Captain Cook - Voyage of Exploration (1768-1771)]
• [James Cook (Documentary)]
1778 – The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
• [Wikipedia: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]
• [Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (French Revolution: Part 4)]
• [HistoryPod Video]
• [Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 1789 -- 17 Articles--Hear and Read the Full Text]
• [Avalon Project: Declaration of the Rights of Man - 1789]
• [The History of Basic Human Rights: The Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1789 - Jonathan Israel]
1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
1810 – The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the RÃo de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
1813 – War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
1814 РChilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of Jos̩ Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.
1833 – The great 1833 Kathmandu–Bihar earthquake causes major damage in Nepal, northern India and Tibet, a total of 500 people perish.
1863 – The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposed the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag of Finland.
1883 – The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
1914 – World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
1914 – World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
• [Wikipedia: Women's Equality Day]
• [On This Day August 26, 1920: The Significance of Ratification of the 19th Amendment]
• [(US CENSUS) Women’s Equality Day: August 26, 2021]
1922 – Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the nationalists and the republican interprovincial council is dissolved.
1940 – Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
• [Museum of the Jewish Peoples]
1944 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
1966 – The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
1970 – The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec
1978 – Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
1980 – After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.
1997 – Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
1998 – The first flight of the Air Force Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X satellite.
1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
• [Wikipedia: War of Dagestan]
• [Second Chechen War]
• [Babitsky's War - Chechen War Documentary (2000, narrated by Alan Rickman, 60FPS)] (English subtitles)
2003 – A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.
2009 – Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended.
2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
2014 – The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
2018 – Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
• [Jacksonville Landing shooting]
• [3 dead, including suspect, in mass shooting at Jacksonville Landing]
• [Shooting at the Jacksonville Landing]
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, August 26, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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