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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Low pressure will drift over Florida to the Carolina coast tonight and Thursday, bringing much-needed rainfall to parts of our region. A cold front will bring a round of showers on Friday and early Saturday. Cooler, drier weather can be expected from Sunday and into early next week although some light precipitation may fall in the North Carolina mountains to start the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the east around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the east 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 8am. Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Windy.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds darly in the morning increasing to come out of the east 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph.
Friday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers likely, mainly between 10pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today and tonight.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
A Ring of Fire and a Bumpy Ride | Space Weather News 5 October 2023 | Dr Tamitha Skov
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 Oct 12 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently downgraded Tropical Depression Sean, located over the central tropical Atlantic.
1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL94):
A broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles to the south-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions could support some slow development of this system over the next several days while it moves generally westward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
Super Typhoon in Pacific to a Busy Atlantic Plus Annular Eclipse - A Lot Going On! (October 11th, 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 low-medium range (3.9 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.3 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for October 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 86°F in Nantahala in 1969
Lowest Temperature 25°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2000
Greatest Rainfall 3.44 inches in Highlands in 1927
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snow fell on this date)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 10-05-1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Franklin on 10-30-1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on 10-04-1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on 10-20-1913
Record Weather Events for October 12th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 93°F in Greenville, Pitt County in 1919
Lowest Temperature 9°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1919
Greatest Rainfall 7.86 inches in Goldsboro, Wayne County in 1942
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snow fell on this date)
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Matthew)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 103°F in Wadesboro, Anson County on 10-03-2019
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 12.53 inches in Lumberton, Robeson County on 10-08-2016
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 inches on Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990
Climate Normals Accumulated Rainfall for the Year to October 1st
Franklin 42.38 inches
Coweeta Experimental Station 53.91 inches
Highlands 65.66 inches
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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)
10/14/23
Charley Simmons & Paul Linser—Finger-Style Picking Champion in 3 states, the Frog is welcoming once again Charley! Charley has created some heartfelt songs based on his life’s experience. On many of his songs, you’ll swear you’re sitting on the prairie around a campfire just enjoying the music. And, Paul Linser takes an hour of the time. Enjoy his finger-style picking and sweet tenor voice on his ballads.
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
Gov. Cooper sues NC Republican lawmakers over new law | WAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Body of missing 70-year-old man last seen on foot in Macon County found [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC treasurer bucks Republican legislative leaders on their public records exemption [Raleigh News and Observer]
• North Carolina Republican Rep. Kristin Baker Won't Seek Reelection in 2024 [US News and World Report]
• NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, now acting governor, schedules mystery event for Thursday [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Bryson City Library receives $3.2 million in state budget, pushing expansion project forward [BPR]
---Recent News Recap---
October 10, 2023
Governor Cooper to lead trip to Japan | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Suspect arrested after allegedly shooting victim in front of deputy [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC prisons, struggling to hire officers, look for tablets to help keep the peace [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Waynesville proclaims 'Fred Hall Week' [Smoky Mountain News]
---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
Full speech: President Joe Biden's address on Hamas attack on Israel | WMAZ-TV (Macon, GA)
GOP moves closer to electing Rep. Scalise as next House speaker | PBS NewsHour
ARM mortgages spike as fixed rate rises to 7.67%, housing group calls on Fed to stop raising rates | Yahoo FInance
• The House can't work without a speaker. How will it choose McCarthy's successor? [NPR]
• Sam Bankman-Fried thought there was a 5% chance he would be president, Caroline Ellison testified in his trial [Insider]
• UAW launches strike against Ford’s Kentucky truck plant, signaling major escalation in labor fight [CNBC]
• Trump's darkening language sparks fears of violence [Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo News)]
• Politicians say this Florida news site lets them buy coverage. Is your state next? [NPR]
International News Headlines
"Stomach Churning Reports of Babies Being Killed " I Biden on Israel-Hamas War
Israel's war with Hamas enters 6th day | i24NEWS English
Hamas war crimes unveiled | TVP World News
Parents shielded him. He survived. They did not. | Associated Press
• Putin: Israel occupies ancestral Palestinian lands [Pravda]
How far will Israel go? Gaza braces for ground offensive after Hamas attack | FRANCE 24
• Hamas Brings ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Evil to Israel [The Messenger]
• Israel at war liveblog: Rocket fire resumes from Gaza after tense night [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Bodies of children, women pulled from Gaza rubble[Al Jazeera]
• Inside Kfar Aza where Hamas militants killed families in their homes [BBC News]
• SAVAGES [The Journalism of Daniel Greenfield]
Rachel Maddow on "Prequel" and fascism in America | CBS Sunday Morning
Washington Today (10-11-23): Rep. Scalise nominated for Speaker; may not have votes to be elected | C-SPAN
Global National: Oct. 11, 2023 | Israel widely believed to be planning ground assault on Gaza
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Oct. 11 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (October 11, 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 Florida health officials must release 3 years of COVID data, settlement says | WFLA-TV (Tampa, FL)
• US Survey: About 7% of Adults, 1% of Children Have Had Long COVID [Jama Network]
• Not 'little adults': Experts say long COVID undercounted, misdiagnosed in kids [CIDRAP]
• Immunological profiling in long COVID: overall low grade inflammation and T-lymphocyte senescence and increased monocyte activation correlating with increasing fatigue severity [Frontiers in Immunology]
• TWiV 1048: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1049: Long COVID’s book of homeostatic cats [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from October 6 to 13: Venus mingles with Regulus [Astronomy Magazine]
• The annular eclipse is coming soon. Here’s where and when to see it [Astronomy Magazine]
Psyche Mission Prepares for Launch to a Metal World (News Briefing) | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The race to mine the bottom of the ocean | Vox
• Elon Musk Reacts to EU's Warning About X Content After Hamas Attack [Newsweek]
• Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible [Neiman Reports]
• The 1st Americans were not who we thought they were [Live Science]
• Amazon sellers say they made a good living — until Amazon figured it out [NPR]
• The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry [IEEE Spectrum]
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 October 10 2023: Be Vewwy Quiet, I'm Hunting Root Access | Level1 Techs
Streaming Should Mean Streaming - DTNS 4622 | Daily Tech News Show
Discovering Exomoons, Gravitational Lenses for JWST and Hubble, Jupiter's Core Mass | Q and A 233 | Fraser Cain
Could this be the first evidence for string theory? | Sabine Hossenfelder
Very Pixel-ated - Android Faithful #14 | Daily Tech News Show
Evidence For Unexplained New Physics Or Issues With Dark Matter Model | Antov Petrov
What Can Genomics and Mathematics Tell Us About the Hominid Apocalypse & the 0.9Ma Event? | The Sexy Universe
The Sun & Eclipses | Discovery Files Podcast | National Science Foundation
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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)
Kyiv destroys Moscow's advanced T-90 tank | Ukraine: The Latest Podcast | Ukraine: The Latest Podcast | The Telegraph (UK)
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 596 [Al Jazeera]
• Pro-Ukraine alliance pledges more military aid [DW News]
• Zelensky makes first visit to NATO headquarters since invasion, alliance says [France 24]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russian drones, jamming stations stymie Ukrainian advance near Robotyne [Euromaidan Press]
Decepticon Platoon hunts the Russians | Military Mind | TVP World
Zelenskyy visits NATO HQ for first time since Russian invasion | DW News
Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine's package will maintain vehicles, protect key infrastructure | WION
Two Ukraine soldiers capture wounded Russian major near Bakhmut | Daily Mail
Day 595 Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
Col Douglas Macgregor: Russia’s Counter Offensive Is Accelerating | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Russian drone knocks out British howitzer (VIDEO) [Russia Today]
• The West will force Ukraine to negotiate with Russia on Moscow's terms [Pravda]
• U.S. can resolve Ukrainian crisis by stopping sending of military aid — Russian Ambassador [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
October 12 is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 80 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)
539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.
1279 – The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan.
1398 – In the Treaty of Salynas, Lithuania cedes Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights.
1406 – Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reaches Seoul after having set out from Java four months before.
1492 – Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically on San Salvador Island. (Julian calendar)
1654 – The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips.
1748 – War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
1773 – America's first insane asylum opens.
1792 – The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
1793 – The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1798 – Flemish and Luxembourgish peasants launch the rebellion against French rule known as the Peasants' War.
1799 – Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.
1810 – The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest in celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
1822 – Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor.
1849 – The city of Manizales, Colombia, is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'.
1856 – An M 7.7–8.3 earthquake off the Greek island of Crete cause major damage as far as Egypt and Malta.
1871 – The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
1890 – Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
1901 – President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
1915 – World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium.
1917 – World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
1918 – A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
1928 – An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital.
1933 – The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
1944 – World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
1945 – World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
1945 – The Lao Issara took control of Laos' government and reaffirmed the country's independence.
1959 – At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
1960 – Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
1960 – Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
1962 – The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities. There was at least U.S. $230 million in damages and 46 people died.
1963 – After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
1964 – The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
1967 – A bomb explodes on board Cyprus Airways Flight 284 while flying over the Mediterranean Sea, killing 66.
1968 – Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
1971 – The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
1974 – President Nixon nominates House Majority Leader Gerald R. Ford as the successor to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.
1977 – Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao Zedong as paramount leader of China.
1979 – Typhoon Tip becomes the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded.
1983 – Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
1984 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
1988 – Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
1992 – A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
1994 – The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
1996 – New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led to Jim Bolger's National Party forming a coalition government with Winston Peters's New Zealand First.
1997 – The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten outside of Laramie.
1999 – Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
1999 – The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
2000 – The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer, is badly damaged by two al-Qaeda suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
2002 – Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
2005 – The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
2010 – The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program airs controversial Homoilta episode (literally "gay night"), which leads to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
2012 – The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
2013 – Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in Peru.
2017 – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows.
2018 – Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
2019 – Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people.
2019 – Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna.
2019 – The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which is under construction, collapses, killing two and injuring 20.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, October 12, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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