Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will continue over the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia through most of the week. Temperatures will run well above normal with daily records in jeopardy through Thursday. A cold front will arrive from the northwest on Friday and bring the chance for at least scattered showers to our area Friday and Friday night, but appreciable rainfall is not expected. The front will move southeast of the region over the weekend with mainly dry weather continuing into early next week.
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Burn ban issued for 14 counties in Western North Carolina due to hazardous forest fire conditions Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
`Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the north around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s.
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Hazards
There are multiple hazardous conditions that have the potential to impoact Macon County residents. There is an Air Quality Alert for smoke from nearby wildires and a burn ban is now in effect due to dry conditions and low humidity. Anyone who was in Macon County seven years ago during the 2016 wildfires knows what can happen if people ignore the burn ban. [LINK TO BURN BAN INFO]
https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/burn-ban-issued-for-14-counties-in.html
Macon County and the Town of Franklin have instituted burn bans.
Air Quality Alert Message Relayed by National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC 447 PM EST Mon Nov 6 2023 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TUESDAY NIGHT... The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Red Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates for Macon County, until midnight EST Tuesday night. An Air Quality Action Day means that Fine Particulates concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the North Carolina Division of Air Quality Web site at https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/.
Record Weather Events for November 7th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 80°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2015
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Franklin in 1967
Greatest Rainfall 2.68 inches in Highlands in 1975
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of November Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 83°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 11-04-2003
Lowest Temperature -3°F in Highlands on 11-25-1950
Greatest Rainfall 4.69 inches in Highlands on 11-29-1914
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Highlands on 11-28-1922
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Hilda)
Record Weather Events for November 7th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 89°F in Wadesboro, Anson County in 2016
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1930
Greatest Rainfall 4.90 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1932
Greatest Snowfall 1.5 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 20123
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of November Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 89°F in High Point, Guilford County on 11-04-1974
Lowest Temperature -12°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County on 11-15-1969
Greatest Rainfall 9.70 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 11-19-2003
Greatest Snowfall 13.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 11-01-2014
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News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Franklin Town Council - November 2023 | Macon Media
• Town of Franklin Declares a Fire Emergency, All Outdoor Burning is Prohibited [Macon Media]
• East Fork Fire burns about 125 acres in Jackson County, marking third active WNC wildfire [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Western NC Wildfires Prompt Code Red Air Quality [Macon Media]
• North Carolina's voter ID mandate taking effect this fall is likely dress rehearsal for 2024 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Fires threaten parts of Western North Carolina [BPR]
---NATIONAL---
Trump testimony gets heated during civil trial | ABC News
At least 45 U.S. service members possibly injured in Iran-backed attacks | NBC News
• A Case of Conspiracy in Real Estate (audio and transcript) [Wall Street Journal ]
• DeSantis, trailing Trump, seeks spark in Iowa with Reynolds endorsement [Politico]
• Massachusetts court puzzles over lifetime tobacco ban for Gen Z [Courthouse News Service]
• Federal agencies claim immunity from suit under the Fair Credit Reporting Act [SCOTUSblog]
• Biden Confronts the Limits of U.S. Leverage in Two Conflicts [New York Times]
• Rashida Tlaib's claims of genocide in Gaza draw bipartisan criticism [BBC News]
International News Headlines
Benjamin Netanyahu discusses the Israel-Gaza conflict | ABC News
🔴 (viewer discretion advised) Gaza City is Surrounded, IDF/Hamas Close Combat | Combat Footage Show
• IDF forces deep in Gaza as ground ops continue - day 32 [Jerusalem post]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: UN decries ‘tragedy of colossal proportions’ in Gaza [Al Jazeera]
• Hamas leader refuses to acknowledge killing of civilians in Israel [BBC News]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 621: Ukraine mass produces 1,000 km range drones; Russian air attacks target Odesa [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 6, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russia formally pulls out of post-Cold War European armed forces treaty [TVP World]
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On This Day
November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 54 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)
335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
921 – Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia) to recognize their borders along the Rhine.
1426 – Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi.
1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
1504 – Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.
1619 – Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
1723 – O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.
1775 – John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
1811 – Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
1861 – The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
1881 – Mapuche uprising of 1881: Mapuche rebels destroy the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial after defenders fled to the hills.
1885 – The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
1893 – Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
1900 – Second Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein takes place, during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometres (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.
1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
1913 – The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
1914 – The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
1916 – Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
1916 – Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
1917 – The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
1917 – World War I: The Third Battle of Gaza ends, with British forces capturing Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
1919 – The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
1920 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
1931 – The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Defense of Madrid against nationalist forces.
1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
1941 – World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
1949 – The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform.
1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1972 – United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1975 – In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Major General Ziaur Rahman.
1982 – Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé.
1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
1983 – Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war
1987 – In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
1987 – The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.
1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.
1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
1996 – ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes on approach to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board.
2000 – The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.
2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
2004 – Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
2007 – The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.
2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
2017 – Shamshad TV is attacked by armed gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.
2020 – Joe Biden is elected the 46th president of the United States.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, November 07, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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• Town of Franklin Declares a Fire Emergency, All Outdoor Burning is Prohibited [Macon Media]
• East Fork Fire burns about 125 acres in Jackson County, marking third active WNC wildfire [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Western NC Wildfires Prompt Code Red Air Quality [Macon Media]
• North Carolina's voter ID mandate taking effect this fall is likely dress rehearsal for 2024 [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Fires threaten parts of Western North Carolina [BPR]
---NATIONAL---
Trump testimony gets heated during civil trial | ABC News
At least 45 U.S. service members possibly injured in Iran-backed attacks | NBC News
• A Case of Conspiracy in Real Estate (audio and transcript) [Wall Street Journal ]
• DeSantis, trailing Trump, seeks spark in Iowa with Reynolds endorsement [Politico]
• Massachusetts court puzzles over lifetime tobacco ban for Gen Z [Courthouse News Service]
• Federal agencies claim immunity from suit under the Fair Credit Reporting Act [SCOTUSblog]
• Biden Confronts the Limits of U.S. Leverage in Two Conflicts [New York Times]
• Rashida Tlaib's claims of genocide in Gaza draw bipartisan criticism [BBC News]
International News Headlines
Benjamin Netanyahu discusses the Israel-Gaza conflict | ABC News
🔴 (viewer discretion advised) Gaza City is Surrounded, IDF/Hamas Close Combat | Combat Footage Show
• IDF forces deep in Gaza as ground ops continue - day 32 [Jerusalem post]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: UN decries ‘tragedy of colossal proportions’ in Gaza [Al Jazeera]
• Hamas leader refuses to acknowledge killing of civilians in Israel [BBC News]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 621: Ukraine mass produces 1,000 km range drones; Russian air attacks target Odesa [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 6, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russia formally pulls out of post-Cold War European armed forces treaty [TVP World]
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On This Day
November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 54 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)
335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
921 – Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia) to recognize their borders along the Rhine.
1426 – Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi.
1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
1504 – Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.
1619 – Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
1723 – O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.
1775 – John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
1811 – Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
1861 – The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
1881 – Mapuche uprising of 1881: Mapuche rebels destroy the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial after defenders fled to the hills.
1885 – The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
1893 – Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
1900 – Second Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein takes place, during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometres (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.
1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
1913 – The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
1914 – The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
1916 – Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
1916 – Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
1917 – The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
1917 – World War I: The Third Battle of Gaza ends, with British forces capturing Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
1919 – The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
1920 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
1931 – The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Defense of Madrid against nationalist forces.
1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
1941 – World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
1949 – The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform.
1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1972 – United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1975 – In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Major General Ziaur Rahman.
1982 – Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé.
1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
1983 – Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war
1987 – In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
1987 – The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.
1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.
1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
1996 – ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes on approach to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board.
2000 – The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.
2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
2004 – Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
2007 – The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people.
2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
2017 – Shamshad TV is attacked by armed gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.
2020 – Joe Biden is elected the 46th president of the United States.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, November 07, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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