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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will remain over the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia through today. Moisture will return atop another high pressure center ridging down from the north Tuesday into Wednesday, with cloudy, damp, and cool conditions lingering through late in the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Widespread fog, mainly before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tonight
Patchy fog between 2am and 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the southeast. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
A chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 50%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds increasing to come out of the northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain before 8am, then a chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. East wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday
A chance of rain before 10am, then showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in he mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Widespread fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain before 7am, then a chance of showers, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. 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 possible.
Tuesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
A chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. Chance of rain is 50%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
A slight chance of rain before 8am, then a chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 73. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers between 9am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
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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
Massive Filament Launch Brings Earth-directed Solar Storm | Informal Forecast 16 September 2023
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• 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 Mon Sep 25 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Philippe, located over the central tropical Atlantic.
1. Southeastern Gulf of Mexico:
Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico in association with a surface trough of low pressure and an upper-level trough. Further development, if any, is expected to be slow to occur over the next few days while the system moves slowly westward. By the middle of the week, upper-level winds are forecast to become less conducive for additional development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL91):
An area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce a broad area of showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression is likely to form around mid-week as the system moves west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.
Atlantic Staying Active (September 20th, 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-high range (7.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Grasses, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium-high range (7.5 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for September 25th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016
Lowest Temperature 31°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1983
Greatest Rainfall 2.78 inches in Highlands in 2020
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 Franklin 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 25th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1921
Lowest Temperature 24°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1983
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.13 inches in Lake Randleman, Randolph County in 1947
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 24°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
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Saturdays in August from 11am to 1pm
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
9/23/23--TalentedSinger/Songwriter Bill Peterson teams up Singer/Guitarist George James to fill The Frog with folk, blues & soft country.
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!
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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
A police pursuit on Saturday resulted in a couple of accidents on Georgia Road near the intersections of Siler Road and Lowe's Access Road. The driver of the pursued vehicle was arrested and charged. The pursuit originated in Rabun County, but was discontinued due to erratic behavior by the driver that put other motorists at risk. Units of the Macon County Sheriff's Office observed the vehicle and initiated a pursuit after the vehicle presented a danger to other vehicles on the road. The suspect was involved in multiple collisions with vehicles between Siler Road and Lowe's Access Road where the pursuit ended after the a crash. See coverage below. Macon Media would like to express appreciation to readers who relayed information during the chase.
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Statement from the Franklin Police Department:
"On Saturday September 23, 2023 Franklin Police Department Officers were involved in a vehicle pursuit that originated from Rabun County, GA. Law Enforcement in Rabun County initiated a vehicle pursuit which resulted in the suspect colliding into another vehicle. Rabun County terminated the pursuit, but gave Macon County 911 the description for a local agency BOLO (Be On the Lookout).
The suspect vehicle was located on U.S. Highway 23 (Georgia Road) near the Franklin City Limits. Law Enforcement Officers attempted to stop the suspect, at which time she fled a short distance. The suspect began to flee by driving between other vehicles, and in the opposite lanes of travel which resulted in her vehicle colliding into four other vehicles causing her vehicle to become disabled. At one point, the suspect vehicle nearly collided into a FPD cruiser. Law Enforcement Officers were able to take the suspect into custody without further incident. Fortunately, there were only minor injuries to one other motorist. The suspect was identified as Isadora Moura Martinelli, age 33 of Tennessee, formerly from Brazil.
She is being held at the Macon County Detention Center with a $25,000 secured bond for our charges, and a $25,000 secured bond for Georgia charges.
We appreciate the assistance from Franklin Fire - Rescue, Macon County - NC Sheriff's Office, Macon County North Carolina 911, Macon County EMS, and North Carolina State Highway Patrol."
• North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting From Public Records Law
The change, snuck into the state budget at the last minute, will shield lawmakers from scrutiny in a state with a history of partisan gerrymandering. [The Intercept]
• Teacher raises, school lunches, early graduation, AI, career development. Here's what's in the NC budget for education [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Tied up dog is helpless as floodwaters rise — then cop runs to rescue, NC video shows [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Woman dies from injuries after falling down steep cliff off of Blue Ridge Parkway [WLOS_TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Gov. Cooper says he'll let new North Carolina budget become law without his signature [BPR]
---Recent News Recap--- North Carolina House Passes $30 Billion State Budget with raises, tax cuts, controversial policy | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• NC budget poised for final legislative approval following emotional debate, midnight vote North Carolina's $30-billion budget cleared the state House early Friday and now awaits a final Senate vote before heading to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who says he isn't sure if he'll sign it. The plan includes one of his top priorities: Medicaid expansion. [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Proposed North Carolina budget would exempt legislators from public records disclosures Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina are attempting to exempt themselves from public records laws meant to safeguard transparency with a budget provision allowing them to keep any legislative document private - even after they leave office. [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC) ]
• NC agency disputes Berger’s reason for exempting legislators from public records laws State lawmakers began passing a state budget Thursday that would also free them from a public records law that has exposed all manner of corruption over years, including within the General Assembly. [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2023 [North Carolina General Assembly (786 page PDF)]
• House Bill 259 2023 Appropriations Act sponsors and voting history [North Carolina General Assembly]
• 2023 Appropriations Act (Final) [Macon Media Google Drive PDF (625 pages)]
Live at 9am: "Connecting Every American: The Future of Rural Broadband Funding" | Committee on Energy and Commerce
---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
Budget battle: What’s different this time around? | NewsNation Prime
El Paso mayor says city reaching breaking point as more migrants arrive | CBS Evening News
• El Paso ‘at breaking point’ amid surge in refugee, migrant arrivals
Border city in Texas pleads for help amid a dramatic increase in asylum seekers crossing into the US from Mexico. [Al Jazeera]
• U.S. Economy Could Withstand One Shock, but Four at Once?
A year of surprisingly strong growth is about to be tested by a strike, the possibility of a government shutdown, student loans and oil prices [Wall Street Journal]
• Credit card losses are rising at the fastest pace since the Great Financial Crisis [CNBC]
• Anti-vaxxers are now a modern political force
The once-fringe movement is now seeing an influx in cash after the Covid pandemic. [Politics]
• Deal! WGA, AMPTP Reach Historic Contract Agreement to End 146-Day Writers Strike: ‘This Deal is Exception’
Hollywood heaves a sigh of relief. The WGA and major studios and streamers have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract that promises to end the 146-day strike that has taken a heavy toll across the content industry. [Variety Magazine]
• As Trump Prosecutions Move Forward, Threats and Concerns Increase
As criminal cases proceed against the former president, heated rhetoric and anger among his supporters have authorities worried about the risk of political dissent becoming deadly. [New York Times]
• Gen. Mark Milley, polarizing Joint Chiefs chairman, exits center stage
Admirers say he helped save American democracy. Critics contend he dragged the military deeper into the country’s toxic political fray. [Washington Post]
International News Headlines
Armenian PM says Armenians may flee Karabakh | Reuters
Northern Kosovo attack: Several killed as gunmen battle police | Al Jazeera
• UN report details horrifying Ukrainian accounts of rape, torture and executions by Russian troops
A U.N. report says Russian forces committed an array of war crimes, including summary executions, torture, rape and other acts of sexual violence against Ukrainian civilians. [CNBC]
• President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger, pull its ambassador after coup
President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country as a result of the coup that removed the democratically elected president. [AP News]
• Kosovo and Serbia row over monastery gun battle [BBC News]
• Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh leave for Armenia in numbers
Fearing revenge from Azerbaijan, ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh began leaving en masse. More than a thousand refugees have already arrived in Armenia. [DW News]
• China plans to build a giant chip factory driven by particle accelerator [South China Morning Post]
• Philippines condemns Chinese 'floating barrier' in South China Sea
The Philippines on Sunday accused China's coast guard of installing a "floating barrier" in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying it prevented Filipinos from entering and fishing in the area. [Taiwan news]
Meet the Press full broadcast — Sept. 24 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Kelly, O'Brien, Zelenska | CBS News
Washington Today (9-21-23): House done for week with gov't funding talks to prevent shutdown stalled | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 24, 2023 | RCMP officer death highlights risks authorities face on duty
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 24th NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (September 24, 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.
COVID Surgeon general on new COVID vaccine rollout | ABC News
• In southern Arizona, an entire K-8 school tackles dust, COVID-19 with DIY air purifiers
Students, experts mobilize creative Corsi-Rosenthal Box project [Las Cruces Sun News]
• Type 2 diabetes rates in US youth rose 62% after COVID pandemic began, study suggests [The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy]
• Previous immunity shapes immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccination and Omicron breakthrough infection risk [nature communications]
• TWiV 1044: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1045: Less Lassa, CRISPR RNA viruses [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from September 22 to 29: It’s time for autumn [Astronomy Magazine]
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returns an asteroid soil sample to Earth | PBS NewsHour
Watch: NASA Osiris-REx Mission Brings Home Samples From Asteroid Bennu | WSJ News
• NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters
The OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, has collected as much as several hundred grams of asteroid material, which could help scientists understand the earliest stages of the solar system. [The Verge]
• The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years Old
Twenty years ago, a group of friends shot a Matrix fan film on a limited budget. Sharing their creation with the rest of the word initially appeared to be too expensive, but then they discovered a new technology called BitTorrent. Fast forward two decades and their “Fanimatrix" release is the oldest active torrent that's still widely shared today. [Torrent Freak]
• The Largest Ever Recorded Heatwave—Characteristics and Attribution of the Antarctic Heatwave of March 2022 xxx [Geophysical Research Letters Volume50, Issue17 (16 September 2023)]
• Selective and deceptive citation in the construction of dueling consensuses
During the COVID-19 pandemic, opponents of face masks were particularly prone to selective and deceptive quotation of scientific work relative to pro-mask communicators. [Science Advances (American Association for the Advancement of Science)]
• Unity May Never Win Back the Developers It Lost in Its Fee Debacle
Even though the company behind the wildly popular game engine walked back its controversial new fee policy, the damage is done. [Wired Magazine]
• Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do
The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers. [Vox]
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
NASA holds news conference after retrieval of capsule from OSIRIS-REx spacecraft | PBS NewsHour
The Level1 Show September 22 2023: A Possum In the Wind | Level1 Techs
Microsoft Event Includes the Okie Doke Price - DTNS 4609 | Daily Tech News Show
Can Physics explain the Purpose of Everything? | Sabine Hossenfelder
Does the Starship Flight Test Hang in the Balance?, The Amazing Stoke Space Hop | Marcus House
The Big Dud: Failed Universes and Anti-Dark Matter | John Michael Godier
The AI Hype Cycle | TWiT TV
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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)
Ukrainian counteroffensive inflicts 'hell' on Russians near Bakhmut | DW News
ATACMS: Why Biden Sending Ukraine These Missiles Is a Huge Deal | WSJ Equipped
• Biden tells Zelenskyy that U.S. will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles Some in Washington had resisted supplying the weapons system, known as “attack-ems,” out of fear that it would widen the war with Russia. [NBC News]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 579 [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 24, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Ukraine claims Sevastopol strike hit navy commanders
Ukraine says Friday's missile strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet in Crimea was timed to coincide with a meeting of naval officials. [BBC News]
• HOUR BY HOUR - 🔴 Liveblog: Russia targets Ukraine's Odesa region with missiles and drones [France 24]
• Kyiv, Warsaw bound for strong alliance: Ukraine’s ambassador
Ukraine’s Ambassador, Vasyl Zvarych, speaking at the “Common Future” Ukraine Reconstruction Congress in Poznań, western Poland, on Friday, emphasized that “Ukraine and Poland are destined for each other, destined for a strong alliance, and this is in the interests of not only Ukraine but also of Poland, the whole of Europe, and the entire Euro-Atlantic space”. [TVP World]
Life in Ukraine's northern cities: Residents face uncertain future | Al Jazeera
In Zaporizhzhia, volunteer therapists help Ukraine's war widows process their loss | FRANCE 24
Ukraine calls for support as Russia spends more on army | TVP World News
How are Ukraine's attacks on Crimea playing in Russia? | DW News
How Bradley fighting vehicles help Ukraine | 60 Minutes
🔴 (NSFW) Combat Footage Show: F-35 Freebies, Klischiivka, POWs Not Allowed | Funker530
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
Col Douglas Macgregor: "The Russians Will Finish This War” | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• US government stopped me from interviewing Putin – Tucker Carlson
The former Fox News host has questioned why ‘you’re not allowed to hear’ the Russian president’s voice [Russia Today]
• Boeing P-8 Poseidon spotted circling above Romania when Ukraine struck Sevastopol
NATO's Boeing P-8 Poseidon was circling above the easternmost point of Romania at the time of the missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol. The distance from that point in Romania to the site of that attack is 313 kilometres. See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/world/157722-poseidon_aircraft/ [Pravda]
• Russian soldiers repel attack by superior Ukrainian force in south Donetsk area [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 97 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)
275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.
762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
1066 – In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England.
1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
1396 – Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
1555 – The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
1768 – Unification of Nepal
1775 – American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
1775 – American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
1790 – Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
1906 – Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km, in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles.
1911 – An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
1918 – World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.
1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
1962 – The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
1964 – The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
1969 – The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
1974 – Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.
1981 – Belize joins the United Nations.
1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
1987 – Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.[
1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
1998 – PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.[
2003 – The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
2018 – Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, September 22, 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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