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On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cool weather will continue today, with scattered showers expected across the mountains with light snow possible in the highest elevations of the Smokies. Temperatures gradually warm in the middle of the week ahead of the next cold front, which will bring rain chances to the region by Friday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of rain before noon, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light around midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
A chance of rain and snow before 10am, then a slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 6 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A chance of rain, mainly before 9am, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. WInds out of the north 3 to 6 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A chance of rain, mainly before 10am, then a chance of showers after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the north.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Light snow showers are possible late last night in higher elevations of the mountains above 5,000 feet. No significant accumulation is expected, but very minor travel impacts could occur this morning on high mountain roads. Most of Macon County should see no impact. Light snow showers may occur at times through tonight in higher elevations of the mountains above 5,000 feet. No significant accumulation is expected, but very minor travel impacts would remain possible on high mountain roads if the snow showers continue.
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
800 PM EDT Sun Oct 15 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Sean, located over the central tropical Atlantic.
1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL94):
A broad area of low pressure located over the central tropical Atlantic is producing some shower and thunderstorm activity. Although the environment may not support much development during the next couple of days, conditions are expected to become more conducive thereafter, and a tropical depression is still likely to form mid to late week while moving westward or west-northwestward across the central and western tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.
Watching the Low Riders - Late October Could Get Busy (October 12th, 2023) | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 35 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 35 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (4.4 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (3.1 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for October 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 81°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2008
Lowest Temperature 25°F in Franklin in 2006
Greatest Rainfall 4.71 inches in Highlands in 1932
(The rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Eleven)
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 16th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 92°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1925
Lowest Temperature 17°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1939
Greatest Rainfall 6.22 inches in Carthage, Moore County in 1954
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches on Grandfather Mountain, Avery 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 Friday 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 |
• Road to Nowhere: Abandoned tunnel's history connects to underwater ghost town in NC [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Driving 100 miles in labor; giving birth in the ER: Fears rise as 3 maternity units prepare to close in Alabama [NBC News]
• 'Voice of the Catamounts' Gary Ayers entering WCU Athletics Hall of Fame [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Home at last, Capt. Fred Hall is now at rest [Smoky Mountain News]
• Local Yokel tracks Parkway Colors this fall [BPR]
• RFK Jr. draws 600 in Asheville; talks housing, corporate control, Ukraine; not Israel [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---Recent News Recap---
October 13, 2023
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson downplays past remarks about Jews | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• 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]
---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
President Joe Biden: The 2023 60 Minutes Interview
U.S. working on safe passage of Americans out of Gaza, Sullivan says | CBS News
• A Key Fed Official on What’s Next for Interest Rate Hikes (audio podcast with transcript) [Wall Street Journal]
• Driving 100 miles in labor; giving birth in the ER: Fears rise as 3 maternity units prepare to close in Alabama [NBC News]
• US agency refuses to examine toxicity of ‘inactive’ pesticide chemicals to crops [The Gurdian (UK)]
• US official: Biden considering Israel trip but nothing is finalized [Israel National News]
• US oil production hits all-time high, conflicting with efforts to cut heat-trapping pollution [Courthouse news Service]
International News Headlines
Sikkim floods: Lack of warning system costs lives? | Inside South Asia | WION
FAO report assesses impact of disasters on Agriculture and Food Security | Africa News
• Transatlantic blame game: Trump, Merkel, Biden and the danger of Germany’s dependence on Huawei [Politico]
• How a Fertilizer Shortage Is Spreading Desperate Hunger [New York Times]
• US deploys second aircraft carrier as Israeli ground invasion of Gaza nears [The Guardian (UK)]
• Berlin police break up banned pro-Palestinian rally [DW News]
• Ecuador chooses president during wave of violence [BBC News]
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. 15, 2023 | 5th Canadian confirmed dead from Hamas attack in Israel
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Oct. 15 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (October 15, 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 13 to 20: Annular eclipse over America [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
TSMC's First Breakthrough: The Copper/Low-K Interconnect Transition | Asianometry
• Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps [Reuters]
• Social media disinformation spreads amid war in Israel [CBS News]
• Building Better AI [Doc Searls]
• This Ultradense Asteroid May Contain Elements We’ve Never Seen Before [Popular Mechanics]
• Freight recession unlike any other in history [xxx]
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
Forgeworlds & Industrial Planets | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
The Coming Fall of Russia | WhatIfAltHist
The Sun and Eclipses | Discovery Files Podcast | National Science Foundation
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Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
Special Section: The Hamas-Israel War of 2023
Iran threatens Israel with retaliation ahead of Gaza invasion | LiveNOW from FOX
Israel's Defence Strategy & the IDF - Doctrine, Mobilisation, and Recent Lessons | Perun
Israeli “ready” for Gaza ground offensive to “demolish Hamas” | BBC News
Q&A: David Petraeus on Israel's response to the Hamas attack | CBS Sunday Morning
• Hamas Fighters’ Orders: ‘Kill as Many People as Possible’ [Wall Street Journal]
• AP's Gaza reporter repeatedly ripped Israel on social media, said oppressive regime should be 'overthrown' [Fox News]
• Liveblog: Tensions high on all fronts as ninth day of war draws to a close [Jerusalem Post]
• (LIVE UPDATES) Israel-Hamas war live: Gaza hospitals have fuel for only 24 hours, UN says [Al Jazeera]
• Khan Younis: A Gaza city on its knees, now with a million mouths to feed [BBC News]
🔴 (discretion advised) Gaza Ground Assault Imminent, Israel Recommends Evac | Combat Footage Show
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
Fighting Russia's hybrid warfare | World Today | TVP World
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 600 [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 15, 2023 [Institute for the Understanding of War]
• Ukraine updates: Russia making frontline gains, Putin claims [DW News]
• Poland votes in parliamentary elections with future EU, Ukraine ties at stake [France 24]
• Resistance center: Russians fail to erode Ukrainian identity in occupied territories [Euromaidan Press]
Ukraine Unbroken: Russian Strategies Fail - Ukraine War Map Update 15/Oct/2023 | Ukraine Matters
Massive Airstrike on Krasnodar: Many Explosions Heard in a Day! Russian People are in Great Panic! | The Journalist
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 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 76 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)
456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
912 – Abd ar-Rahman III becomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba.
955 – King Otto I defeats a Slavic revolt in what is now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
1311 – The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time.
1384 – Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.
1590 – Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover.
1736 – Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles.
1793 – French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
1793 – War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
1805 – War of the Third Coalition: Napoleon surrounds the Austrian army at Ulm.
1813 – The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon in the three-day Battle of Leipzig.
1817 – Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
1834 – Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
1836 – Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkers repulse a Matabele attack, but lose their livestock.
1841 – Queen's University is founded in the Province of Canada.
1843 – William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers.
1846 – William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.
1847 – The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
1859 – John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
1869 – The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
1869 – Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
1875 – Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
1882 – The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
1905 – The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
1909 – William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
1916 – Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
1919 – Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
1923 – The Walt Disney Company is founded.
1934 – Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
1939 – World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
1940 – Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
1943 – Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
1946 – Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.
1947 – The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
1949 – The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
1951 – The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
1953 – Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro delivers his "History Will Absolve Me" speech, and is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Fulgencio Batista government for leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks.
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
1964 – China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
1964 – Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, while Alexei Kosygin becomes the head of government.
1968 – Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.
1968 – Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
1968 – Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1970 – Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
1973 – Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1975 – Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor.
1975 – Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.
1975 – The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
1978 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
1984 – Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1985 – The Finnish dry cargo ship MS Hanna-Marjut, on its way from Mariehamn to Naantali, sank in hard sea on the open water of Kihti between the Kökar and Sottunga islands of Åland, leading to the drowning of four people.
1991 – George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.
1995 – The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attend.
1995 – The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.
1996 – Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
1998 – Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant.
2002 – The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria.
2013 – Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
2017 – Storm Ophelia strikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, October 16, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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