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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cooler, drier weather can be expected from Sunday into early next week although some light precipitation may fall in the North Carolina mountains to start the week. Temperatures will slowly warm in the second half of the week ahead of the next cold front.
Partial Solar Eclipse Today
There will be a partial solar eclipse today in Macon County. The eclipse starts at 11.45am and the maximum obscuration of the sun by the moon in Franklin will be 47.2% at 1.12PM and the eclipse ends at 2.42pm. An image has been included to assist you in visualizing it.
Solar Safety
Unless you have solar eclipse glasses, please do not look directly at the sun. Instead, you can use indirect means to observe the progress of the eclipse as described below:
Pinhole Method
An eclipse can be observed indirectly by projecting an image of the sun onto a white piece of paper or a flat surface. The "pinhole method" is the simplest indirect method. Simply make a small hole in a piece of paper or cardboard, hold it up, and let the light to shine through the pinhole onto another piece of paper or other flat surface. Moving the two pieces of paper closer together makes the image brighter; moving them apart makes the image larger but dimmer. The image will be sharper if the hole is smaller. Remember not to look at the sun through the pinhole! This is only suitable for watching the eclipse indirectly.
Magnified Projection
A similar technique can be used to observe an enlarged image of the eclipse. An enlarged image of the sun can be focused onto any flat surface using binoculars, a telescope, a magnifying glass, or any lens. To make it easier to focus the image, it is recommended that you use a support or tripod to hold the binoculars or lens. The distance between the lens and the flat surface must be adjusted until a round image of the sun appears. The lens is too close to the flat surface if the light is focussed into a single point. Always use a filter while looking at the sun through a lens.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the lower 70s. Light winds out of the northwest in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of rain before 10am, then a slight chance of showers before noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of rain before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the lower 70s. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers before 11am, then a slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southwest early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s.
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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 Finger like Coronal Hole in the Earth-Strike Zone | Space Weather Outlook 12 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 Sat Oct 14 2023 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Sean, located over the central tropical Atlantic. 1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL94): Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with an area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands has increased overnight and is showing signs of organization. Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for development this weekend and early next week, and a tropical depression is likely to form within the next few days while the system moves westward or west-northwestward across the central and western tropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.
Watching the Low Riders - Late October Could Get Busy (October 12th, 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 (3.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for October 14th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Highlands in 1988
Greatest Rainfall 3.67 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2014
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
<! (The rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Delta. This was the 25th of 30 tropical cyclones to be formed that year, and 10th to strike the USA in 2020). -->
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 14th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 92°F in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1990
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1988
Greatest Rainfall 4.36 inches in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1968
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1977
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
The Smoky Mountain Mustangs defeated the Franklin Panthers last night in the Panther Pit 21-19.
The Panthers fall to 2-6 for the season and remain 2-2 in the conference). The Panthers travel next week to face the West Henderson Falcons (currently 8-0 and 4-0 in conference play).
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panthers | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Mustangs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
• With federal approval, NC on track to expand Medicaid Dec. 1 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]
• Friday Football Frenzy: All your scores & highlights, 10-13-23 [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Jackson Continues Consolidation Conversation [Smoky Mountain News]
• (video and text) Park Service's response to Gatlinburg wildfire was delayed far longer than we thought [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• State AG has been investigating Mission Hospital, but some question if it’s enough [Mountain Xpress]
---Recent News Recap---
October 12, 2023
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
---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
Republicans nominate Jim Jordan for House speaker | CBS News
Tennessee anti-terror expert explains his concerns over the Hamas-Israel war | WTVF-TV (Nashville, TN)
• U.S. crude oil production surges to record high in Q3 2023, EIA reports [World Oil]
• 20K US citizens contact State Dept. for help amid conflict: Officials [ABC News]
• Stanford suspends teacher after reportedly calling Jewish students colonizers, downplaying Holocaust [CBS News]
Trump faces backlash for criticizing Israeli PM Netanyahu | NBC News
• 61 charged in Georgia with racketeering in connection with ‘Stop Cop City’ movement – WABE [Georgia Law News]
International News Headlines
🔴 (discretion advised) Gaza Ground Assault Imminent, Israel Recommends Evac | Combat Footage Show
IDF gives Palestinians 24 hours to evacuate: Report | Fox News
'Top Secret' Hamas documents show terrorists targeted schools | MSNBC
The Israel Hamas War: The First 100 Hours | Warographics
• Israel-Hamas liveblog: Israeli air raids pound Gaza as Palestinians seek safety [Al Jazeera]
• U.S., Qatar agree to stop Iran from tapping $6 billion fund after Hamas attack [Washington Post]
• France orders ban on all pro-Palestinian protests [Politico]
• North Korea raises the specter of nuclear strike over US aircraft carrier’s arrival in South Korea [AP News]
• Liveblog: More bodies of murdered Israelis discovered in Gaza raid [Jerusalem Post]
Brooks and Capehart on the Israel-Hamas war and U.S. support | PBS NewsHour
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Oct. 13, 2023 | Washington Week PBS
Washington Today (10-13-23): Rep. Jordan (R-OH) wins GOP Speaker nomination over Rep. Scott (R-GA) | C-SPAN
Global National: Oct. 13, 2023 | Israel’s 24-hour deadline to Gaza nears ahead of possible offensive
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Oct. 13 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (October 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.
COVID TWiV 1052: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin | Microbe TV
• Over 7 million Americans have gotten updated COVID vaccines [Reuters]
• Sensitivity of rapid antigen tests against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants [Journal of Clinical Microbiology | American Society for Microbiology ]
• Operation Warp Speed: The Untold Story of the COVID-19 Vaccine [Vanity Fair]
• 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]
WATCH LIVE: NASA streams 2023 'ring of fire' solar eclipse | PBS NewsHour
The Sun and Eclipses | Discovery Files Podcast | National Science Foundation
Rogue BINARY planets in the Orion Nebula - JUMBOs | Night Sky News October 2023 | Dr Becky
• Surging Methane Suggests Earth Is Brewing An Ice Age Termination Event [IFL Science]
• YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end “$600 less than cable” ads [ARS TECHNICA]
• Chat Control 2.0: EU governments set to approve the end of private messaging and secure encryption [Patrick Breyer]
• Space Solar's ambitious target of a space solar farm by 2035 [Interesting Engineering]
• German anti-racism body leaves X over 'rise in hate speech' [DW News]
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
Why NASA Is Spending Over $1B to Study an Asteroid | WSJ
The Level1 Show October 13 2023: Ex Sues Ex Over X | Level1 Techs
Can We Call It MicroBlizzard? - DTNS 4624 | Daily Tech News Show
Why Your Strawberry Milk May Look Different Soon | SciShow
The Farthest Star Ever Seen! | PBS Space Time
Matters Microbial #11: Viruses from hell with Ken Stedman | Microbe TV
Universe Breakers: These Galaxies Shouldn't Exist with Josephine Baggen | Event Horizon
The Coming Fall of Russia | WhatIfAltHist
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)
Russia’s Strategies to Outsmart American M1 Abrams in Ukraine | Military TV
• Russia destroyed 300,000 tons of grain since July in port, ship attacks, Kyiv says [Reuters]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 597 [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 13, 2023 [xxx]
• (video) Plenty of oil from Russia: Sanctions ineffective? [DW News]
• Ukraine war: Russia attacks Avdiivka stronghold in eastern Ukraine [BBC News]
Russians decimated near Donetsk | Military Mind | TVP World
Ukraine resists large-scale Russian assault to encircle Avdiivka | The Telegraph (UK)
After Nord Stream 2: Another pipeline sabotage in Northern Europe? | DW News
No, this video does not show Ukrainian arms deliveries to Hamas | FRANCE 24 English
US says North Korea delivered 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions to Russia for Ukraine war | WGN News
Russian tank assault goes terribly wrong in Ukraine | Daily Mail (UK)
Day 597 Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or articles/video about those who support Russia
Col Douglas Macgregor: "The Russians Are Annihilating Everything" | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Ukraine’s counteroffensive is over – Moscow [Russia Today]
• US Congress: Nuclear war with Russia and China may break out at a time [Pravda]
• Russia delivers eight multiple-launch strikes at Ukrainian military sites over week [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 78 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)
1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.
1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1656 – The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends.
1758 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
1773 – The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1774 – American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
1805 – War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.
1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
1808 – The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
1843 – Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell is arrested by the British on charges of criminal conspiracy.
1863 – American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
1884 – George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
1888 – Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
1898 – The steam ship SS Mohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
1910 – English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
1912 – Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
1913 – Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
1915 – World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
1920 – Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
1923 – After the Irish Civil War the 1923 Irish hunger strikes were undertaken by thousands of Irish republican prisoners protesting the continuation of their internment without trial.
1930 РThe former and first President of Finland, K. J. St̴hlberg, and his wife, Ester St̴hlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement.
1933 – Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.
1939 – World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
1940 – World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
1943 – World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then stage a mass breakout.
1943 – World War II: The United States Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt.
1943 РWorld War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with Jos̩ P. Laurel as its president.
1947 – Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
1949 – The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
1952 – Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
1956 – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
1957 – The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
1957 – At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
1964 – Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
1964 – The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary" request to retire from his offices.
1966 – The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
1968 – Apollo program: The first live television broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
1968 – The 6.5 Mw Meckering earthquake shakes the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.
1968 – Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
1973 – In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
1975 – An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Å»abbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.
1979 – The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
1980 – The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party ended, having anointed North Korean President Kim Il-sung's son Kim Jong-il as his successor.
1981 – Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
1982 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
1991 – Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1994 – Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.
1998 – Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
2003 – The Steve Bartman Incident takes place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
2004 – MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
2004 – Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.
2012 – Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
2014 – A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.
2014 – The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
2015 – A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
2017 – A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others.
2021 – About 10,000 American employees of John Deere go on strike.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, October 14, 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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