Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low pressure system will bring showers to our area tonight and early Wednesday, with snow possible at the higher elevations. Dry high pressure returns through Saturday. Another low pressure system moves east along the Gulf Coast the potential for rain Sunday into early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
A chance of rain showers before 2am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm by midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A chance of rain and snow showers before 4am, then a slight chance of snow showers. Patchy fog before 4am, then patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 30. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
A chance of rain showers before 2am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Nantahala Area (Winter Storm Warning in Effect Until noon)
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Rain showers likely before 4am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Light and variable winds becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Wednesday
A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 9am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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Record Weather Events for January 30th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 76°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2002
Lowest Temperature -14°F in Highlands in 1966
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 2.47 inches in Highlands 1939 /> Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.5 inches in Highlands in 1981 />
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 30th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 83°F in High Point, Guilford County in 1947 /> Lowest Temperature -26°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1966
Greatest Rainfall 3.11 inches in Black Mountain, Buncombe County in 2013
Greatest Snowfall 14.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2017
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---
Celebration of Life held for 'Deliverance' star Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
Tar Heel Traveler: Remembering Cowboy Coward | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• North Carolina joins an effort to improve outcomes for freed prisoners [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Governor Cooper Issues Historic Executive Order Directing Whole-of-Government Coordination to Improve Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated People in North Carolina [Macon Media]
• A North Carolina PFAS factory claims its emissions fell by 99.99%. A Guardian test reveals otherwise | PFAS [The Guardian (UK)]
• New NC state Senate districts remain in place as judge refuses to block their use [ WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• From lobbying to Congress? NC candidate’s fundraiser draws questions about his support [Raleigh News and Observer]
---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---
Texas Rangers Raid "Cartel Island" on Border with Mexico | Task and Purpose
Secretary of State Blinken delivers remarks after drone attack | ABC News
• Why Oil Prices Rose After Shrugging Off a Crisis [Wall Street Journal]
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren pushes Fed Chair Powell to cut ‘astronomical’ rates, ease housing pressure [CNBC]
• Bayer ordered to pay $2.25 billion after jury links herbicide Roundup to cancer [Washington Post]
• Elon Musk Says First Human Patient Has Received Brain Implant [Bloomberg]
• Lawmakers press Biden to get Congress' approval for Middle East airstrikes [NBC News]
• US weapons sales abroad hit record high in 2023, boosted by Ukraine war [BBC News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Explained: Why Nevada is holding both a primary and a caucus in 2024 | AP News
Your 2024 Nevada primary and caucus questions, answered | KNTV-TV (Las Vegas, NV)
• Party feud breaks out ahead of RNC meeting in Las Vegas [Politico]
• China sees two ‘bowls of poison’ in Biden and Trump and ponders who is the lesser of two evils [KLAS-TV (:As Vegas, NV)]
• Nikki Haley’s dilemma in South Carolina: winning over voters who like her, but love Trump [AP News]
• UAW chief Shawn Fain explains why the union endorsed Biden over Trump [CBS News]
• A week before SC Democratic primary, Biden, Phillips focus on different visions to beat Trump [The State]
• (video) Midwesterners, swing voters believe Trump is ‘looking out for them,’ despite his ‘language’: Scott Walker [Fox News]
International News Headlines
US says “we do not want war with Iran” after troops killed | BBC News
French farmers threaten to besiege Paris in tractor protest | NBC News
• In pictures: French farmers maintain 'siege' of Paris in standoff with government [France 24]
• How Chinese mafia run a scam factory [DW News]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 29, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• For Europe and NATO, a Russian Invasion Is No Longer Unthinkable [New York Times]
• Israel-Hamas War: IDF targets terror in Jenin hospital, three killed [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Israeli forces kill 3 in West Bank hospital [Al Jazeera]
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>]
Washington Week with The Atlantic live episode, Jan. 26, 2024
Washington Today (1-29-24): Def Sec expresses 'outrage' and 'sorrow' after drone attack in Jordan | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 29, 2024 | 2 Canadians charged in US for alleged Iranian murder plot
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 29, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Jan. 29, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 29 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 29, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from January 26 to February 2: Mars and Mercury meet [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 26 – February 4 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show January 30 2024: Facial Facsimilie| Level1 Techs
Open Space January 29th 2024: Live QA with Fraser
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On This Day
January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 335 days remain until the end of the year (336 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)
1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
1607 – An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
1648 – Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
1649 – Charles I of England is executed in Whitehall, London.
1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
1703 – The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
1789 – Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
1820 – Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
1835 – In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself. The 1835 Assassination Attempt on Andrew Jackson | The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
1847 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
1858 – The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
1862 – The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
1889 – Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
1902 – The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
1908 – Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
1911 – The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
1920 – Japanese carmaker Mazda is founded, initially as a cork-producing company.
1925 – The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
1930 – The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of Dekulakization, resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions.
1933 – Adolf Hitler's rise to power: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany.
1939 – During a speech in the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler makes a prediction about the end of Jewish race in Europe if another world war were to occur.
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
1945 – World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
1945 – World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.
1948 – British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
1948 – Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives".[12][13] The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India.
1956 – In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott.
1959 – The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
1959 – MS Hans Hedtoft, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
1960 – The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
1964 – In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
1968 – Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
1969 – The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
1972 – Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
1974 – Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97.
1975 – The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
1979 – A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
1989 – The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
1995 – Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.
2000 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
2013 – Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.
2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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Published at 5:00am on Tueday, January 30, 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.
Your 2024 Nevada primary and caucus questions, answered | KNTV-TV (Las Vegas, NV)
• Party feud breaks out ahead of RNC meeting in Las Vegas [Politico]
• China sees two ‘bowls of poison’ in Biden and Trump and ponders who is the lesser of two evils [KLAS-TV (:As Vegas, NV)]
• Nikki Haley’s dilemma in South Carolina: winning over voters who like her, but love Trump [AP News]
• UAW chief Shawn Fain explains why the union endorsed Biden over Trump [CBS News]
• A week before SC Democratic primary, Biden, Phillips focus on different visions to beat Trump [The State]
• (video) Midwesterners, swing voters believe Trump is ‘looking out for them,’ despite his ‘language’: Scott Walker [Fox News]
International News Headlines
US says “we do not want war with Iran” after troops killed | BBC News
French farmers threaten to besiege Paris in tractor protest | NBC News
• In pictures: French farmers maintain 'siege' of Paris in standoff with government [France 24]
• How Chinese mafia run a scam factory [DW News]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 29, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• For Europe and NATO, a Russian Invasion Is No Longer Unthinkable [New York Times]
• Israel-Hamas War: IDF targets terror in Jenin hospital, three killed [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Israeli forces kill 3 in West Bank hospital [Al Jazeera]
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>]
Washington Week with The Atlantic live episode, Jan. 26, 2024
Washington Today (1-29-24): Def Sec expresses 'outrage' and 'sorrow' after drone attack in Jordan | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 29, 2024 | 2 Canadians charged in US for alleged Iranian murder plot
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 29, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Jan. 29, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 29 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 29, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
• The Sky This Week from January 26 to February 2: Mars and Mercury meet [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 26 – February 4 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show January 30 2024: Facial Facsimilie| Level1 Techs
Open Space January 29th 2024: Live QA with Fraser
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On This Day
January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 335 days remain until the end of the year (336 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)
1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
1607 – An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
1648 – Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
1649 – Charles I of England is executed in Whitehall, London.
1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
1703 – The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
1789 – Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
1820 – Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
1835 – In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself. The 1835 Assassination Attempt on Andrew Jackson | The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
1847 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
1858 – The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
1862 – The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
1889 – Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
1902 – The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
1908 – Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
1911 – The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
1920 – Japanese carmaker Mazda is founded, initially as a cork-producing company.
1925 – The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
1930 – The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of Dekulakization, resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions.
1933 – Adolf Hitler's rise to power: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany.
1939 – During a speech in the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler makes a prediction about the end of Jewish race in Europe if another world war were to occur.
1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
1945 – World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
1945 – World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.
1948 – British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
1948 – Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives".[12][13] The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India.
1956 – In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott.
1959 – The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
1959 – MS Hans Hedtoft, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
1960 – The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
1964 – In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
1968 – Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
1969 – The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
1972 – Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
1974 – Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97.
1975 – The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
1979 – A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
1989 – The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
1995 – Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.
2000 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
2013 – Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.
2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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Published at 5:00am on Tueday, January 30, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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