Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Temperatures will gradually warm through the week, ending up well above normal by mid to late week. Rain returns by Tuesday, with unsettled weather and cloud cover lingering through the rest of the week.
Heavy Rains Likely Thursday and Over the Weekend
A developing frontal system will bring exceptional subtropical moisture to the Appalachian mountains and foothills Thursday and Thursday night. This will result in widespread rain, especially along south-facing ridges, and isolated thunderstorms capable of torrential downpours. After a brief lull, another passing storm system over the weekend could bring a second round of heavy rainfall and isolated thunderstorms. Isolated flash flooding could occur with the second system, particularly where soils remain saturated from the first one.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog after 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 50. Light and variable winds. New rain amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. New rain amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rain amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 4am, then showers after 4am. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 7am. Highs near 60. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 100%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 3pm. Patchy fog after 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. New rain amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly after 10pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rain amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs near 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rain amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 4am, then showers after 4am. Lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 7am. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 100%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Patchy fog after 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph before noon. New rain amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Calm winds increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%. New rain amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rain amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Highs near 60. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 100%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A slight chance of rain between 8am and noon. Patchy fog before 3pm, then patchy fog after 4pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 50. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
Rain likely, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rain amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers likely. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rain amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Highs near 60. Chance of rain is 90%.
Thursday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 100%.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
A developing frontal system will bring exceptional subtropical moisture to the Appalachian mountains and foothills Thursday and Thursday night. This will result in widespread rain, especially along south-facing ridges, and isolated thunderstorms capable of torrential downpours. After a brief lull, another passing storm system over the weekend could bring a second round of heavy rainfall and isolated thunderstorms. Isolated flash flooding could occur with the second system, particularly where soils remain saturated from the first one.
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Record Weather Events for January 23rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F in Highlands in 1927
Lowest Temperature -2°F in Highlands in 2003
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.69 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station 1971
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 8.7 inches in Highlands in 2016
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1999
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 5.10 inches in Highlands on 01-12-2018
Greatest Snowfall 10.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-08-1988
Record Weather Events for January 23rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 80°F in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1937 /> Lowest Temperature -9°F in Celo, Yancey County in 1970
Greatest Rainfall 4.10 inches in Rosman, Transylvania County in 1957
Greatest Snowfall 21.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2016
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of January Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 86°F in Marion, Mcdowell County on 01-24-1927
Lowest Temperature -34°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-21-1985
Greatest Rainfall 9.18 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 01-13-2018
Greatest Snowfall 28.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 01-28-1998
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
January Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
This is a reminder that Frog Quarters remains closed throughout this week, but we will reopen with our regular schedule (Wed thru Sat, 9a to 2p) beginning next week on January 3rd........Meaning Live MidDay Music will resume on Saturdays from 11a to 1p.
1/27/24—Mike Yow—When this talented Singer/Songwriter isn’t doing Country, Rock or Gospel with his group, Arnold Hill, he performs his originals along with Appalachian, country and folk/pop of others. It’s always a treat when Mike comes to town.
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.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
• Macon County Board of Education January 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Part of new NC election law ruled likely unconstitutional, in loss for Republicans [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Draft report says charity care has declined ‘extensively’ at Mission after HCA takeover [Asheville Watchdog]
• State wildlife commission proposes deer, bear hunting changes in North Carolina [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• North Carolina homeowners respond with shock and anger at proposed homeowners insurance rate hikes [BPR]
---RECENT STATE NEWS---
• Firefighters Extinguish Boiler Room Fire at Angel Medical Center [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education January 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• As 2024 elections approach, NC officials push to educate voters, bolster trust [WRAL-TV (Asheville, NC)]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• Macon County Board of Commissioners | January 2024 Regular Meeting | [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (January 2024 Regular Meeting) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education December 2023 Meeting at Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council (Dec 2023) [Macon Media]
---NATIONAL---
Records unsealed in divorce case involving Fulton DA Fani Willis | Atlanta News First
Supreme Court allows removal of U.S.-Mexico border razor wire for now | CBS News
• Smuggling Migrants Toward the U.S. Is a Booming Business [Wall Street Journal]
• Court allows Border Patrol to cut Texas’ razor wire along Rio Grande [SCOTUSblog]
• CSU employee walkout is largest university faculty strike in US history [Courthouse News Service]
• Elon Musk Visits Auschwitz With Ben Shapiro After Antisemitism Row [Daily Beast]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- Midnight voting results in New Hampshire: Live from Dixville Notch | WMUR-TV
Nikki Haley says Trump "tried to buddy up with dictators" while in office | Face the Nation
Full special report: Ron DeSantis suspends 2024 presidential campaign | NBC News
• New Hampshire primary 2024: What to watch for and who might win [BBC News]
• New Hampshire attorney general investigates robocall using fake Biden voice [WMUR-TV (Manchester, NH)]
• ‘She’s not Trump’: In Franklin, Haley makes her final case at veteran’s post [Concord Monitor]
• New Hampshire's GOP electorate won't look like Iowa's (beware of unrelated autoplaying video) [ABC News]
• The 2024 New Hampshire primary is on Tuesday. Here's what to know. [CBS News]
• Economy, border and 'anybody but Trump': Americans share their priorities in presidential primary (beware auto-playing video) [Fox News ]
International News Headlines
What’s behind NATO’s ‘Steadfast Defender 24’ maneuver? | DW News
Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout | BBC News
The End of Development? | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum
• Putin stokes tensions with US, declares 1867 sale of Alaska 'illegal' [essanews (via MSN)]
• Taiwan military widening 7 runways as countermeasure to Chinese missile strikes [Taiwan News]
• La Kena: Notorious Mexican cartel leader captured [BBC News]
• S. Korean envoy lambasts N. Korea-Russia cooperation, UNSC resolution breach [Yonhap News Agency]
• Japan agency receives data on Moon explorer landing [Kyodo News]
• Ecuador police arrest gang members who stormed hospital [BBC News]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Jan. 14 | NBC News
"Face The Nation" Full Broadcast | Jan. 21, 2024
--> The US Navy and the Houthi Pirate War versus the Barbary Pirate War | What is Going on With Shipping?
How Optical Fiber Connected the World | Asianometry
Washington Today (1-22-24): Donald Trump & Nikki Haley go head-to-head in NH ahead of primary | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 22, 2024 | How will Canada’s international student cap work?
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 22, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Jan. 22 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 22 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 22, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from January 19 to 26: Howl at the Full Wolf Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 19 – 28 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show January 23 2024: The Saddest Space Race | Level1 Techs
Another Famous Quantum Mystery Was Just Debunked (it wasn't me) | Sabine Hossenfelder
• Contextuality, coherences, and quantum Cheshire cats [New Journal of Physics]
• Exclusive: Altman says ChatGPT will have to evolve in “uncomfortable” ways [AXIOS]
Apple Passed Samsung as World’s Top Phone Maker in 2023 | Bloomberg Technology
• Telecom Monopolies Are Once Again Funding Covert, Sleazy Local Attacks On Community Broadband Networks [Tech Dirt]
• Nightshade, a free tool to poison AI data scraping, is now available to try [TechSpot]
• Google to cut thousands of search quality rater jobs after dropping contract with Appen [Search Engine Land]
• What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back? [ARS TECHNICA]
• The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar [electrek]
• NASA Finally Opened the Asteroid Container and Holy Crap That’s a Lot of Asteroid [Gizmodo]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Goodbye, Hyperthreading ☹ | TechLinked
The Questionable Engineering of the 737 Max | Real Engineering
Panspermia and 'Oumuamua: Here's What We've Learned | Antov Petrov
Far Future Earth Could Get Flung Out Into the Oort Cloud | John Michael Godier
USA & China Launch New Rockets, SpaceX launches All European Crew: Deep Space Updates - January 21st | Scott Manley
Swarming Proxima Centauri and Getting Data Back [NIAC 2024] | Fraser Cain
---COVID News Roundup---
Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill rate in ‘humanized’ mice | IaJyLJUMv58
Report: China mapped COVID 2 weeks before outbreak | Vargas Reports | News Nation
• Chinese Lab Mapped Deadly Coronavirus Two Weeks Before Beijing Told the World, Documents Show [Wall Street Journal]
• Energy and Commerce Committee Investigation Uncovers Earliest Known SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Released Outside of China [US House of Representatives]
• Chronic shedding of a SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant in wastewater [Springer Link]
• Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19 [nature: scientific reports]
• SARS-CoV-2 infection causes dopaminergic neuron senescence [Cell Magazine]
• Crises Narratives Defining the COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert Uncertainties and Conspiratorial Sensemaking [National Library of Science]
• Beyond the Noise #26: Labels matter: VAERS [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1078: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1079: Rock of phages [Microbe TV]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
Special Address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine | World Economic Forum
Day 698: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine Conflict (20240122): Full Frontline Update | ATP Geopolitics
300k+ Russian Casualties, Russian Navy and Air Force Shocked - War in Ukraine | Kings and Generals
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 22, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 697: Ukraine drones strike Russian gas giant; Bloodshed in occupied Donetsk as shelling kills 28 [Euromaidan Press]
What Ukraine's funding problem could mean for its war with Russia | CBS News
Russian tactics set Putin at disadvantage as Ukraine begins 2024 training | Maj. Gen. Rupert Jones | Times Radio
• In Ukraine's river war, drones mean nowhere is safe [BBC News]
• Russian lawmakers consider bill to seize property of Ukraine war critics [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine updates: Poland's Tusk visits Kyiv, pledges support [DW News]
• A New Concern on the Ukrainian Battlefield: North Korea’s Latest Missiles [New York Times]
• UPDATED: Russia launches missile strikes on Kyiv, other cities [Kyiv Independent]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Andrey Sushentsov: Here’s why Russia and the US are set for a long confrontation [Russia Today]
• Son of French brigadier general killed in Russian strike on Kharkiv [Pravda]
• Foreign ministers of Russia, Iran hold talks at UN headquarters [TASS: Russian News Agency]
---Israel-Hamas War News Roundup (aka Iraninan Proxy War with Israel)---
• Iran Update (Hamas-Israel War), January 22, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War: Egypt-Israel ties at risk over Philadelphi Corridor, Cairo says [Haaretz]
• Israel’s war on Gaza live: ‘Ground shaking’ in hospital amid Israeli attack [Al Jazeera]
Hostage families storm Knesset as Netanyahu says ‘no real offer’ by Hamas | FRANCE 24 English
Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel steps up ground operation | Al Jazeera
• U.S. and U.K. Launch Major Strike on Houthi Sites in Yemen [Wall Street Journal]
• Pravda.Ru interviews Hamas leader: We will definitely win war with Israel [xxx]
• Israel-Hamas War Day 109 | 21 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Deadliest Incident Since Start of Gaza War; IDF Names 10 [Haaretz]
• Israel-Hamas war: Gaza fighting rages as conflict widens [DW News]
• Israel-E.U. Meeting on Gaza’s Future Yields Division and Confusion [New York Times]
• EU insists on two-state solution for Israel-Palestine conflict [Al Arabiya News]
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On This Day
January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 342 days remain until the end of the year (343 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
1264 – In the conflict between King Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, King Louis IX of France issues the Mise of Amiens, a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War.
1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.
1546 – Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.
1556 – The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London.
1579 – The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
1656 – Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
1719 – The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
1789 – Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) when Bishop John Carroll, Rev. Robert Molyneux, and Rev. John Ashton purchase land for the proposed academy for the education of youth.
1793 – Second Partition of Poland.
1795 – After an extraordinary charge across the frozen Zuiderzee, the French cavalry captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns, in a rare occurrence of a battle between ships and cavalry.
1846 – Slavery in Tunisia is abolished.
1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.
1870 – In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: The Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
1899 – The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first president.
1900 – Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
1904 – Ålesund Fire: The Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
1909 – RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
1912 – The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
1919 – The First Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Velykomykhailivka.
1920 – The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
1937 – The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
1941 – Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea.
1943 – World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
1945 – World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
1950 – The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
1957 – American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
1958 – After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
1960 – The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
1961 – The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
1963 – The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese Army stationed in Tite.
1964 – The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
1967 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
1967 – Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty-one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.
1968 – USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by the Korean People's Navy.
1985 – World Airways Flight 30H overshoots the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, and crashes into Boston Harbor. Two people are presumed dead.
1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
1987 – Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan sends a "letter of death" to Somali President Siad Barre, proposing the genocide of the Isaaq people.
1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
1998 – Netscape announces Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.
2001 – Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Chinese Communist Party to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
2002 – U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
2003 – A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
2018 – A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
2018 – A double car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials.
2018 – The China–United States trade war begins when President Donald Trump places tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.
2022 – Mutinying Burkinabè soldiers led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba depose and detain President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré amid widespread anti-government protests.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, January 23, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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