Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry and cool surface high pressure will spread over the area today. Another cold front will impact our area late Tuesday into Wednesday.
SCHOOL DELAYS AND WEATHER HAZARDS
Nantahala School will be a on a two hour delay for Monday, 01-29-2024.
Nantahala is also under a Winter Storm Warning until noon. Snow accumulations will increase with elevation. Details in the Nantahala Forecast section.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A chance of rain showers before 3am, then a chance of rain showers, snow showers, and sleet. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday
A slight chance of rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 9am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 9am and noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Light winds out of the southwest early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
A chance of rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 4am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to cvome out of the northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Wednesday
A slight chance of snow showers and sleet before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 1pm and 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 50s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
A chance of rain showers before 5am, then a chance of rain showers, snow showers, and sleet. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the south 5 to 10mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday
A slight chance of rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 9am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 9am and noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
Nantahala Area (Winter Storm Warning in Effect Until noon)
Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches at elevations of 3500 to 4500 feet, and 6 to 9 inches above 4500 feet. Winds will gust 40 to 50 mph.
Today
Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A chance of rain showers before 5am, then a chance of rain showers, snow showers, and sleet. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Wednesday
A chance of snow showers and sleet, mainly before 7am. Partly sunny, with highs near 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s.
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Hazards
A wind advisory is in effect until noon today.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
746 PM EST Sun Jan 28 2024
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
* WHERE...Portions of northeast Georgia, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.
* WHEN...Until noon EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
Secure outdoor objects.
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Record Weather Events for January 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 73°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature -9°F in Highlands in 1897
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 1.60 inches in Highlands 1893
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 7.5 inches in Highlands in 1930
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 29th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Wadesboro, Anson County in 1944 /> Lowest Temperature -12°F in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County in 1986
Greatest Rainfall 4.50 inches in Washington, Beaufort County in 1994
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery Count in 1998
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)
2/3/24--Sonia Brooks---A great gal who's determined to preserve older folk music for adults as well as kids. Come sing along with Sonia and enjoy the songs.
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---
• NC schools adding threat-assessment teams amid concerns about student safety [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Advocates talk causes of homelessness, why most plans have failed as Rep. Edwards listens (video of summit included) [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC) ]
• Sylva chef nominated for James Beard Award [BPR]
• Human remains found in Cherokee; police decline to release identity [Smoky Mountain News]
• Under the Dome: NC Republicans ‘stand with’ Texas governor over border standoff [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Watchdog event panelists decry HCA, call for improved care at Mission Health [Mountain Xpress]
---RECENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS--
• NC DPI Awards $62 Million Grant for Construction of a New Franklin High School [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Education January 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• 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---
2023 tax return filing starts Monday | ABC News
Lankford "very positive" about prospects of Senate immigration deal, despite Trump's opposition | Face the Nation
• Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds [CBS News]
• Three U.S. Troops Killed in Drone Attack in Jordan [Wall Street Journal]
• As Biden vows retaliation after drone strike kills US troops, Republicans push for bigger response [ABC News]
• US to announce billions in subsidies for advanced chips -WSJ [Reuters]
• WaPo CEO on news industry cutbacks: ‘The existing model is creaking’ [Politico]
• One man is preserving the legacy of the code talkers, America’s secret weapon in WWII [Los Angeles Times]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Biden travels to South Carolina, Trump campaigns in Nevada | CBS Evening News
Campaigns seek to build momentum in Nevada, South Carolina | ABC News
• What the Cheney-Stefanik clash shows about the GOP and Jan. 6 [Politico]
• Trump and Biden Get Ready for the Very Long Haul [Wall Street Journal]
• President Joe Biden stops by Columbia barbershop [WLTX-TV (Columbia, SC)]
• It’s Haley vs. Trump for one month in SC. Here’s the state of the Republican presidential race [The State]
• Trump, Harris hold dueling rallies in Las Vegas [KLAS-TV (Las Vegas, NV)]
• Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Las Vegas as early voting opens in the 2024 Primary Election [KNTV-TV (Las Vegas, NV)]
International News Headlines
Istanbul church attack: Gunmen kill one person during morning mass | BBC News
Hong Kong court orders Chinese property developer Evergrande to liquidate | DW News
• High Court orders Evergrande to wind up in Hong Kong’s biggest liquidation, as the world’s most indebted property developer reaches a dead end [South China Morning Post]
• N.K. leader oversees submarine-launched cruise missile test: state media [Yonhap News Agency]
• Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster [BBC News]
• French farmers vow Paris 'siege' as tractor protest converges on capital [France 24]
• Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso announce withdrawal from ECOWAS [Al Jazeera]
• Suspected pirates hijack trawler off Somalia: Sri Lanka navy [Al Arabiya News]
International Conflicts
Day 704: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Israel-Hamas war: Biden pressures Netanyahu to downsize Gaza invasion, per report | LiveNOW from FOX
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 28, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 704: Russia uses North Korean missiles in latest attack on Kyiv [Euromaidan Press]
• Israel-Hamas War: UNRWA's role in October 7 massacre revealed in probe [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Israeli ministers plan new settlements in Gaza [Al JAzeera]
• With generals barred, Myanmar junta sends bureaucrat to ASEAN meeting [Channel News Asia]
• Sudan: Setting the Stage for a Long War [ACLED/a>]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Jan. 28 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Hochstein, D'Agata, Soeripto | Jan. 28, 2024
Houthi Attack Tanker Marlin Luanda | Ship on Fire & Abandoned | Indian, US and French Navy Respond | What's Going on With Shipping?
Can Texas Really Secede From The Union - National Divorce? | LegalEagle
Washington Week with The Atlantic live episode, Jan. 26, 2024
Washington Today (1-26-24): Donald Trump ordered to pay $83 million for defaming E. Jean Carroll | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 28, 2024 | Ex-NHL player turns himself in after sexual assault allegations
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 28, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Jan. 28, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 28 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 28, 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 26 2024: Sliding Into Your Plants' DMs | Level1 Techs
The Coming Age of Data Moons | John Michael Godier
What Is The Most Powerful Thing In The Universe? | Hisotory of the Universe
• Japan's Moon explorer begins functioning again, resumes mission [The Mainichi]
• Agencies must do a better job of sharing emerging tech regulatory challenges with Congress, watchdog report says [FedScoop]
• Google Update Reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages [Forbes Magazine]
• Air pollution from Canada’s tar sands is much worse than we thought [ARS TECHNICA]
• Revealing The Dark Side: The Top 6 Problems With ChatGPT And Generative AI In 2024 [Forbes (archive)]
• Canon aims to ship low-cost ‘stamp’ machine this year to disrupt chipmaking [Financial Times 9Archive)]
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On This Day
January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 336 days remain until the end of the year (337 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)
904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
1819 – Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
1845 – "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
1850 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
1856 – Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
1861 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
1863 – The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1891 – LiliÊ»uokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
1911 – Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kyiv, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
1940 – Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
1943 – World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USS Chicago (CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
1944 – World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day KaniÅ«kai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
1944 – In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
1973 – EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people.
1983 – Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, Eniwetok, strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours.
1989 – Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
1991 – Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
2001 – Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
2002 – In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
2005 – The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
2008 – An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
2009 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
2013 – SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
2014 – Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
2017 – Alexandre Bissonnette opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.
2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Trump administration establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force under Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, January 29, 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.
Campaigns seek to build momentum in Nevada, South Carolina | ABC News
• What the Cheney-Stefanik clash shows about the GOP and Jan. 6 [Politico]
• Trump and Biden Get Ready for the Very Long Haul [Wall Street Journal]
• President Joe Biden stops by Columbia barbershop [WLTX-TV (Columbia, SC)]
• It’s Haley vs. Trump for one month in SC. Here’s the state of the Republican presidential race [The State]
• Trump, Harris hold dueling rallies in Las Vegas [KLAS-TV (Las Vegas, NV)]
• Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Las Vegas as early voting opens in the 2024 Primary Election [KNTV-TV (Las Vegas, NV)]
International News Headlines
Istanbul church attack: Gunmen kill one person during morning mass | BBC News
Hong Kong court orders Chinese property developer Evergrande to liquidate | DW News
• High Court orders Evergrande to wind up in Hong Kong’s biggest liquidation, as the world’s most indebted property developer reaches a dead end [South China Morning Post]
• N.K. leader oversees submarine-launched cruise missile test: state media [Yonhap News Agency]
• Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster [BBC News]
• French farmers vow Paris 'siege' as tractor protest converges on capital [France 24]
• Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso announce withdrawal from ECOWAS [Al Jazeera]
• Suspected pirates hijack trawler off Somalia: Sri Lanka navy [Al Arabiya News]
International Conflicts
Day 704: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Israel-Hamas war: Biden pressures Netanyahu to downsize Gaza invasion, per report | LiveNOW from FOX
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 28, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 704: Russia uses North Korean missiles in latest attack on Kyiv [Euromaidan Press]
• Israel-Hamas War: UNRWA's role in October 7 massacre revealed in probe [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Israeli ministers plan new settlements in Gaza [Al JAzeera]
• With generals barred, Myanmar junta sends bureaucrat to ASEAN meeting [Channel News Asia]
• Sudan: Setting the Stage for a Long War [ACLED/a>]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Jan. 28 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Hochstein, D'Agata, Soeripto | Jan. 28, 2024
Houthi Attack Tanker Marlin Luanda | Ship on Fire & Abandoned | Indian, US and French Navy Respond | What's Going on With Shipping?
Can Texas Really Secede From The Union - National Divorce? | LegalEagle
Washington Week with The Atlantic live episode, Jan. 26, 2024
Washington Today (1-26-24): Donald Trump ordered to pay $83 million for defaming E. Jean Carroll | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 28, 2024 | Ex-NHL player turns himself in after sexual assault allegations
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 28, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Jan. 28, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 28 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 28, 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 26 2024: Sliding Into Your Plants' DMs | Level1 Techs
The Coming Age of Data Moons | John Michael Godier
What Is The Most Powerful Thing In The Universe? | Hisotory of the Universe
• Japan's Moon explorer begins functioning again, resumes mission [The Mainichi]
• Agencies must do a better job of sharing emerging tech regulatory challenges with Congress, watchdog report says [FedScoop]
• Google Update Reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages [Forbes Magazine]
• Air pollution from Canada’s tar sands is much worse than we thought [ARS TECHNICA]
• Revealing The Dark Side: The Top 6 Problems With ChatGPT And Generative AI In 2024 [Forbes (archive)]
• Canon aims to ship low-cost ‘stamp’ machine this year to disrupt chipmaking [Financial Times 9Archive)]
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On This Day
January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 336 days remain until the end of the year (337 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)
904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
1819 – Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
1845 – "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
1850 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
1856 – Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
1861 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
1863 – The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1891 – LiliÊ»uokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
1911 – Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kyiv, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
1940 – Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
1943 – World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USS Chicago (CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
1944 – World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day KaniÅ«kai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
1944 – In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
1973 – EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people.
1983 – Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, Eniwetok, strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours.
1989 – Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
1991 – Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
2001 – Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
2002 – In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
2005 – The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
2008 – An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
2009 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
2013 – SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
2014 – Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
2017 – Alexandre Bissonnette opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.
2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Trump administration establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force under Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.
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Support Macon Media
If you receive value from what Macon Media provides to the community, please consider becoming a supporter and contribute at least a dollar a month. Those who support Macon Media with at least a dollar a month receive early access to video of some events and meetings before they are made public on the website. Videos and news involving public safety are not subject to early access.
Or, if you prefer Pay Pal, try PayPal.me/MaconMedia
Published at 5:00am on Monday, January 29, 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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