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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A few isolated showers will be possible across the southwest mountains today and Friday. Otherwise, dry fall-like weather arrives behind the front heading into the start of the weekend. Moisture returns Saturday afternoon into Sunday as another cold front approaches from the northwest and sweeps across the area, bringing another round of showers and thunderstorms to the region for the latter half of the weekend. Dry weather returns early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, then becoming cloudy toward daybreak, with lows around 58. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 77. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 54. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 77. Calm winds becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 58. Chance of rain is 60%.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 67. East northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 54. East northeast wind 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 68. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 52. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 69. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 55.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 76. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, then becoming cloudy toward daybreak, with lows around 58. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 76. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph by midmorning.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 55. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 76. Calm winds becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 58.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 72. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows around 58. Calm winds.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 71. Calm winds becoming east around 5 mph.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 56. Light and variable winds.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 71. Calm winds becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 59. Chance of rain is 60%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon into the early evening hours. Any of these thunderstorms may produce cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds, and locally heavy rainfall.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Enhanced Pockets of Fast Solar Wind | Solar Storm Forecast 12 September 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 Thu Sep 14 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Lee, located a few hundred miles southwest of Bermuda, and on Hurricane Margot, located over the central subtropical Atlantic.
1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL97):
Showers and thunderstorms are gradually becoming better organized in association with a broad area of low pressure located well to the west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions appear favorable for further development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next couple of days while the low moves west-northwestward to northwestward at 10 to 15 mph across the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
Hurricane Lee Headed for New England and Atlantic Canada: What Does That Mean Exactly? (September 13th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.1 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (8.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for September 14th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2019
Lowest Temperature 30°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1953
Greatest Rainfall 3.21 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1945
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 14th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 101°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1897
Lowest Temperature 28°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1953
Greatest One-Day Rain 9.80 inches in New Bern, Craven County in 2018
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!
Monday, Sept 11th 8:30am to 9:30am
9/11 Remembrance
Join us for "9/11Remembrance" Monday September 11th (Franklin, NC Town Square 8:30am) as we honor those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. We will remember those who gave their lives to save others or lost their lives from this terrorist attack.
Chief Devin Holland of Franklin Police Department & Chief Ben Ormond of Franklin Fire & Rescue and other special guests will read the time frame of the attacks of Tuesday September 11, 2001.
Various special guests will join the event in remembering and reminding the guests of the event to "Never Forget." We will have a moment of silent at the end of the program to honor those lives lost on September 11, 2001 and celebrate their lives on "Patriot Day" through music and prayer.
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
North Carolina Budget Talks Fall Apart Over Casinos | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Republican state lawmakers want greater public access to confidential voting records [BPR]
• Constitutional sheriffs event brings few sheriffs [Smoky Mountain News]
• She’s 25, idealistic, and believes she has the formula to win North Carolina for Joe Biden [Politico]
• Cherokee's budding medical marijuana operation sparks legal concerns, doctor hesitation [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC Republicans talk Mark Robinson, electability, in first gubernatorial debate [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
---NORTH CAROLINA BUDGET PROCESS---
• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
Escaped Prisoner Danelo Cavalcante Captured After Manhunt | Inside Edition
Family, community reacts to Seattle Police body cam controversy | FOX 13 Seattle
• Fuel Prices Are Soaring. Who Is Feeling the Pinch? Production cuts by OPEC and its allies push crude oil to 10-month highs [Wall Street Journal]
• Judge blocks suspension of right to carry firearms in public, siding against New Mexico governor [AP News]
• Pandemic Population Boom in Rural Hotspots Sparks Resentment (ignore the unrelated video) [xxx]
• Financially struggling rural Pa. hospital creates GoFundMe page with $1.5M goal [Penn Live]
• Lauren Boebert escorted out of “Beetlejuice” musical in Denver after “causing a disturbance” [Denver Post]
International News Headlines
Massive flooding in Eastern Libya claims over 8,000 lives | NBC Nightly News
Libya floods: fears that 20,000 have died | BBC News
• How political chaos and collapsed dams created the perfect storm in the Libyan city of Derna [Australian ABC]
• 'We will fight imperialism together', North Korea's Kim tells Vladimir Putin [euronews]
• Russia’s Putin praises Elon Musk as an ‘outstanding person’ and ‘talented businessman’ [CNBC]
How the Philippines and Australia plan to counter the threat from China | DW News
• Taiwan says 68 Chinese warplanes, 10 vessels detected near island Taiwan suspects China is conducting drills involving the Shandong aircraft carrier but there has been no confirmation from Beijing [Al Jazeera]
• U.S. gov't approves possible sale of up to 25 F-35A stealth jets to S. Korea [Yonhap News Agency]
Washington Today (9-13-23): House Freedom Caucus forces GOP leaders to pull defense spending bill | C-SPAN
--> Global National: Sept. 13, 2023 | Decades of lawlessness leave flood-ravaged Libya fragile
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - September 13
PBS NewsHour full episode, (September 13, 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.
Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 9/13/23 8 pm eastern | Microbe TV
• 1 in 4 COVID survivors had impaired lung function 1 year on, study shows [Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy]
• The gray swan: model-based assessment of the risk of sudden failure of hybrid immunity to SARS-CoV-2 [MedRxiv (PDF)]
• How Covid Affects the Heart Three years into the pandemic, the short- and long-term risks are becoming more clear [New York Times]
• 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 8 to 15: The Moon, Venus, and the bees [Astronomy Magazine]
• Scientists call fraud on supposed extraterrestrials presented to Mexican Congress [AP News]
• Comet Nishimura is brightening and moving fast: See it now! [Astronomy Magazine]
What NEW SCIENCE Would We Discover with a Moon Telescope? | PBS Space Time
Google Pledges $20M For Responsible AI | TWiT TV
• Are smart phones destroying our mental health? [Interesting Engineering]
• From ‘Data Dumping’ to ‘Webbing’: How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sells Misleading Ideas [New York Times]
• SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million [ARS TECHNICA]
• Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries [Science Advances: American Association for the Advancement of Science]
• MGM Resorts shuts down IT systems after cyberattack [Bleeping Computer]
• 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 12 2023: Fukusashimi | Level1 Techs
Adobe, Just Dip Once and End It! - DTNS 4603 | Daily Tech News Show
What Our Cities Are Missing | Andrewism
Pour One Out for Google Play Movies - Android Faithful #10 | Daily Tech News Show
The End Of The Smartphone Is Near | Joe Scott
Can you TRUST the Next Starship Launch Date? | NASASpaceflight
How Einstein saved magnet theory | Fermilab
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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)
Ukraine attacks shipyard in Russia-controlled Crimea with cruise missiles, Moscow says | NBC News
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 568 [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 13, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• British cruise missiles were used in significant Ukrainian attack on Russian submarine [Sky News]
• Ukraine liveblog updates: Kyiv, Moscow exchange volley of drones [DW News]
• Ukraine war: Romanians told to shelter from Russian drones [BBC News]
• ‘You will be provided with everything you need’: How Ukraine tries to fuel Russian defections [France 24]
• Vladimir Putin accepts Kim Jong Un invitation to North Korea [Al Jazeera]
Explainer | How much ammunition can North Korea spare? | Al Jazeera
Timothy Snyder: Way to end Putin's war in Ukraine is to help Ukraine win it | MSNBC
"You run away and even forget your flag" | Military Mind
Former NATO General: Western self-deterrence only prolongs Ukraine war | Conflict Zone | DW News
All you need to know about Kim-Putin meet | Why West needs to worry | WION
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
Col Douglas Macgregor: The Russians Are Breaking Through | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Musk gave control of Starlink to Pentagon – biographer [Russia Today]
• Ukraine used warplanes to strike Sevastopol [Pravda]
• Russian diplomat slams US for presenting Russia-DPRK dialogue as factor of instability [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
September 14th is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 108 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
AD 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
629 – Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
786 – "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.
919 – Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.
1180 – Genpei War: Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
1226 – The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.
1402 – Battle of Homildon Hill results in an English victory over Scotland.
1607 – Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
1682 – Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
1723 – Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
1741 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
1763 – Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
1782 – American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
1791 – The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
1808 – Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
1814 – Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
1829 – The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
1846 – Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
1901 – U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
1911 – Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II.
1914 – HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
1917 – The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
1936 – Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.
1939 – World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
1940 – Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
1943 – World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
1944 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
1948 – The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
1954 – In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
1958 – The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
1960 – Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
1975 – The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
1979 – Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party.
1982 – President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1985 – Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
1989 – The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
1992 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
1993 – Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.
1994 – The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
1997 – Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
1998 – Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
2000 – Microsoft releases Windows Me.
2001 – Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
2003 – In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
2007 – Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
2008 – Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.
2015 – The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
2019 – Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, September 14, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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