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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front continues to move into the area from the west today bringing scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms, some possibly severe. The front stalls over the area through the weekend keeping shower and thunderstorm chances in place with below normal temperatures. The front slides east Monday with slight drying and near normal temperatures. Another cold front arrives by Wednesday bringing a return of shower and thunderstorms chances and below normal temperatures.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. 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 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. 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 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Highs near 80. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 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 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the east. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected toay or tonight in Macon County.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A Solar Storm Glancing Blow with a Fast Wind Chaser | Space Weather News 24 August 2023
Record Weather Events for September 8th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 38°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1953
Greatest Rainfall 11.04 inches in Highlands in 2004
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 September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Frsnklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for September 8th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 106°F in Monroe, Union County in 1925
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1988
Greatest One-Day Rain 16.50 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2004
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
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
Delayed budget leaves man without Medicaid, in need of life-saving surgery | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Not enough GOP votes for expanded gaming in budget, NC House Speaker says Details still secret, support unclear as top lawmakers push to add casino expansion, video lottery legalization, to state budget. Votes planned for next week. [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• GOP push to open new casinos in NC draws rare rebukes from Donald Trump Jr. and CPAC [Raleigh News and observer]
• Hicks wins fourth term as Cherokee chief [Smoky Mountain News]
• High hopes: Cherokee tribe says 'yes' to exploring legal recreational marijuana use [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• State Board of Education fights to retain oversight of charter schools [BPR]
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September 07, 2023
NC: School Test Scores are Recovering - Still below pre-pandemic levels | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• 'You bashed my face on the road'; NC trooper: did not use excessive force on motorist [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Explosive device discovered during traffic stop near Swain County elementary school [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Cherokee County Sheriff confirms upcoming training with extremist "Constitutional Sheriffs" group in Murphy [BPR]
• Happy hours, space whiskey and Sunday sales: Effort to loosen NC alcohol laws clears legislative hurdle [wral-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Police shooting defendants reply to lawsuit [Smoky Mountain News]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (August 2023) [Macon Media]
• Friends of the Greenway Update County Commissioners on the Use of County Property [Macon Media]
---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
Jury finds Trump adviser Peter Navarro guilty of contempt of Congress | NBC News
Inside a secret government bunker for seized fentanyl | CBS News
• Presidential Libraries of Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan and More Warn About State of US Democracy in First Ever Joint Statement [MEDIAITE]
• ‘Stop Cop City’ activists arrested after chaining themselves to bulldozer near Atlanta [AP News]
• China suspected of using AI on social media to sway US voters, Microsoft says [Reuters]
• Jacksonville man arrested by Secret Service over threats posted to Twitter [WICS-TV (Springfield, IL)]
• Biden to block oil drilling in ‘irreplaceable’ Alaskan wildlands [Washington Post]
International News Headlines
Scorching heat and 'biblical' floods: What is the Omega weather system? | DW News
What can Pyongyang offer Moscow? | Inside Story
• North Korea’s Diesel-Electric Ballistic Missile ‘Frankensub’ Emerges [The Warzone]
• Fears of escalation grow as dozens die in SDF-militia fighting in Syria [Al Jazeera ]
• G20 Summit: Fighter jets, missiles in IAF’s security plan [Hindustan Times]
• With Xi Jinping absent, G20 meeting could well be Modi’s time to shine [South China Morning Post]
• Outrage over Abbas's antisemitic speech on Jews and Holocaust [BBC News]
Washington Today (9-7-23): President Biden flies to India for G20 Summit, then to Vietnam | C-SPAN
Global National: Sep. 7, 2023 | Fear, anger among Calgary parents over E. coli outbreak
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - September 07
PBS NewsHour full episode, (September 07, 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 12:20pm CEST, 30 August 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 12:20pm CEST, 30 August 2023, there have been 770,085,713 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,956,173 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 27 August 2023, a total of 13,499,983,736 vaccine doses have been administered.
FDA could greenlight new Covid boosters, but they won't be free for everyone | MSNBC
• How Covid Affects the Heart Three years into the pandemic, the short- and long-term risks are becoming more clear. [New York Times]
• Mask requirements returning to Ottawa Hospital ahead of fall virus season [CTV News]
• First cases of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 in Denmark, 2023 [Eurosurveillance]
• 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 September 1 to 8: Comet Hartley 2 visits California [Astronomy Magazine]
Space to Ground: Splashdown in the Atlantic: Sept. 8, 2023 | NASA Johnson
• CNN Exclusive: ‘How am I in this war?’: New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire’s Ukraine dilemma [CNN]
• How Telling People to Die Became Normal: Merciless trolling is a fact of online life that may never go away [The Atlantic]
• Humanized Kidneys Grown in Pig Embryos in World-First The study describes how, for the first time, an early solid humanized organ has been grown in another species. [Technology Networks: Cell Science]
• Cannabis-Involved Traffic Injury Emergency Department Visits After Cannabis Legalization and Commercialization [JAMA Network: Substance Use and Addiction]
• Concussions Early in Life Tied to Late Life Cognitive Decline [American Academy of Neurology]
• 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 September 8 2023: Dew for the Dew God! Skulls for the Skull Throne! | Level1 Techs
Reviews: The Most Dangerous Game? - DTNS 4599 | Daily Tech News Show
Every Time Things Have Evolved Into Turtles | Ben G Thomas
Wow! Huge Structure Is a Big Bang Remnant 1 Billion Light Years Across | Anton Petrov
Living in Space | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
How the US Conquered Hawaii & Made it 91% Empty | RealLifeLore
What Is the Most Average Thing? | Be Smart
How do you get a black hole to SPIN at the LIMIT? | Dr. Becky
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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, September 02 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for September 2nd ]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 556 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 556: Russia delivers first nuclear warheads to Belarus [Euromaiden Press]
How Ukrainian drone operators broke the system ridiculed Russian air defense | Rock Rachon | TVP World
• CNN Exclusive: ‘How am I in this war?’: New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire’s Ukraine dilemma [CNN]
• What are depleted uranium munitions and why is US sending them to Ukraine? [Al Jazeera]
• US top diplomat Blinken makes surprise visit to Kyiv [DW News]
• G20: 'War in Ukraine isn't formally on summit agenda & yet it will absolutely dominate discussions' [France 24]
• Saudi, Russia continue cut in oil production till end of year [TVP World]
Elon Musk RESTRICTS Starlink Internet to STOP Ukraine's Sneak Attack on Russian Navy | Basics Daily
What can Pyongyang offer Moscow? | Inside Story
Ukraine's special operations forces landed on the left bank of the Dnipro | Military Mind | TVP World
Blinken: Counteroffensive progress 'very encouraging' – But how is it really going? | DW News
US to send controversial weapons to Ukraine as part of $1bn aid package | BBC News
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
This Counter-offensive Is A Complete Utter Failure | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Sergey Poletaev: The West knows Ukraine’s counteroffensive is failing. So what’s plan B? [Russia Today]
• Russian Defence Ministry: US State Department takes part in biological programs [Pravda]
• Information space of Armenia trending toward negative coverage of Russia — diplomat [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 114 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)
394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
• [Battle of the Frigidus]
• [Battle of Frigidus 394 - End of the Pagan Rome]
• [Weapons and Warfare: Battle of the Frigidus]
617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.
1100 – Election of Antipope Theodoric.
1198 – Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans)
1253 – Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by king Bolesław II.
1264 – The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
1276 – Pope John XXI is elected Pope.
1331 – Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia.
1380 – Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
1514 – Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
1522 – Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, technically completing the first circumnavigation.
1565 – St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
1565 – The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18.
1655 – Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.[1]
1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
1760 – French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France.
1761 – Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1775 – The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
1813 – At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town.
1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1831 – November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection.
1855 – Crimean War: The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol.
1860 – The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
1862 – Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
1863 – American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
1888 – Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
1888 – The Great Herding (Spanish: El Gran Arreo) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan.
1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
1888 – In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
1900 – Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
1905 – The 7.2 Mw Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
1916 – In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
1921 – Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
1923 – Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
1925 – Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
1933 – Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
1934 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 137 people.
1935 – US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
1941 – World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
1943 – World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by radio. OB Süd immediately implements plans to disarm the Italian forces.
1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
1945 – The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1946 – The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
1954 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
1960 – In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
1962 – Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
1966 – The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
1970 – Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
1973 – World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people.
1974 – Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1975 – Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
1978 – Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
1986 – Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.
1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
1989 – Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
1994 – USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.
2004 – NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
2005 – Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
2016 – NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit 101955 Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023.
2017 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, September 08, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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