Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low pressure system moves east of the area today with diminishing precipitation and clearing skies. High pressure returns Thursday with a warming trend. A dry cold front crosses the area late Friday. Another low pressure system moves east along the Gulf Coast with the potential for rain Sunday into early next week.
SCHOOL DELAYS
Nantahala School will be a on a two hour delay for Wednesday, 01-31-2024.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph in the morning decreasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today. Roads may be icy in the Nantahala area and in the higher elevations.
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Record Weather Events for January 31st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2002
Lowest Temperature -6°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1966
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.51 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station 2013
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.0 inches in Highlands in 1899
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 31st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1975 /> Lowest Temperature -16°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.32 inches in Marion, Mcdowell County in 2013
Greatest Snowfall 25.1 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County 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---
Shortage of correctional officers impacting 25 facilities across NC | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Auto insurance reforms on the way? NC lawmakers question state's near-unique system [WRAL-TV 9Raleigh, NC)]
• NC amends same-day voter registration rules in an effort to appease judge's concerns [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Dogwood Health Trust provides more than $15 million to strengthen out-of-school time programs [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---
Looming counterattack in the Middle East | ABC News
Several major U.S. companies announce layoffs, office mandates | CBS News
• How the Border Crisis Shattered Biden’s Immigration Hopes [Wall Street Journal]
• Iran allegedly hired Canadians to conduct assassinations on U.S. soil, according to indictment [CBC]
• Student, father arrested, RPGs found after threat to Rancho Bernardo High School [KNSD-TV (San Diego, CA)]
• Utah is the latest state to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on campus and in government [AP News]
• Prosecutor in Trump's Georgia election case reaches 'temporary agreement' ahead of divorce hearing [xxx]
• Watch Live: House panel debates Mayorkas impeachment ahead of committee vote [CBS News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph in the morning decreasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 50. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the north 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Nantahala School is on a two-hour delay for today, Wednesday, 01-31-2024.
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today. Roads may be icy in the Nantahala area and in the higher elevations.
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Record Weather Events for January 31st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 78°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2002
Lowest Temperature -6°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1966
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 3.51 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station 2013
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.0 inches in Highlands in 1899
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 31st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 82°F in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1975 /> Lowest Temperature -16°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.32 inches in Marion, Mcdowell County in 2013
Greatest Snowfall 25.1 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County 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---
Shortage of correctional officers impacting 25 facilities across NC | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Auto insurance reforms on the way? NC lawmakers question state's near-unique system [WRAL-TV 9Raleigh, NC)]
• NC amends same-day voter registration rules in an effort to appease judge's concerns [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Dogwood Health Trust provides more than $15 million to strengthen out-of-school time programs [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---
Looming counterattack in the Middle East | ABC News
Several major U.S. companies announce layoffs, office mandates | CBS News
• How the Border Crisis Shattered Biden’s Immigration Hopes [Wall Street Journal]
• Iran allegedly hired Canadians to conduct assassinations on U.S. soil, according to indictment [CBC]
• Student, father arrested, RPGs found after threat to Rancho Bernardo High School [KNSD-TV (San Diego, CA)]
• Utah is the latest state to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on campus and in government [AP News]
• Prosecutor in Trump's Georgia election case reaches 'temporary agreement' ahead of divorce hearing [xxx]
• Watch Live: House panel debates Mayorkas impeachment ahead of committee vote [CBS News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Watch CNBC's full interview with 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley | CNBC Television
Democracy on Trial (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
• Eyes on November: Fundraising time [NBC News: Meet the Press Blog]
• RFK Jr. is still drawing more backing from Trump donors, even as an independent [Politico]
• Donald Trump will return to Columbia ahead of primary. Here’s when, where and what to expect [The State]
• Trump and Haley will be on different ballots in Nevada. Here’s why [Spectrum News NY1]
• Biden returns to South Carolina to show his determination to win back Black voters in 2024 [WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)]
• Nikki Haley victim of attempted ‘swatting’ incident, sheriff’s office says [WHNS-TV (Spartanburg, SC)]
• Republican megadonor Ken Griffin gave $5 million to super PAC backing Nikki Haley [AP News]
• Trump allies ramp up attacks on Taylor Swift ahead of Super Bowl [CNBC]
• Trump Allies Pledge ‘Holy War’ Against Taylor Swift [Rolling Stone]
International News Headlines
Behind Asia's cyber slavery | DW Documentary
Spanish MPs reject amnesty bill for Catalan separatists in blow for PM | FRANCE 24 English
• Zuma’s Enduring Appeal Threatens His Old Allies’ Hold on South Africa [New York Times]
• Haiti pushes forward with new program to boost police department overwhelmed by gangs [AP News]
• Imran Khan: Former Pakistan PM and wife Bushra Bibi jailed for corruption [BBC News]
• ECOWAS 'weaker' as Sahel trio quit the bloc [DW News]
• N. Korea's launch of 'Hwasal-2' strategic cruise missile [Yonhap News Agency]
Washington Today (1-30-24): House committee takes up impeachment articles against DHS Sec Mayorkas | C-SPAN Radio
Global National: Jan. 30, 2024 | 5 pro-hockey players charged in 2018 World Juniors sex assault case
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan 30, 2024
Inside U.S. jet guarding Red Sea, 737 Max 9 inspections, more | Prime Time with John Dickerson
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 30 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (January 30, 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
Now LIVE on Netflix - DTNS 4695 | Daily Tech News Show
Fossil Becomes Fossilized - Android Faithful #29 | Daily Tech News Show
AI in less than 100 mW! Power efficient tech at CES 2024 | Jeff Geerling
• NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant [Schneier on Security]
• It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew [ARS TECHNICA]
• NASA's Space Shuttle Looks Launch Ready for the First Time in Years [Gizmodo]
• Neuralink’s brain chip has been implanted in a human, Elon Musk says [engadget]
• ADT Closed Its Solar Division. What Happens to Its Customers? [CNET]
• Starlink's Laser System Is Beaming 42 Million GB of Data Per Day [PC Mag]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Nobel Prize Winner Explains JWST vs The Crisis in Cosmology | Fraser Cain
Google's AI Makes Stunning Progress with Logical Reasoning | Sabine Hossenfelder
How Finding the Earth's Age Gave Us Unleaded Gas | SciShow
Why is USAF getting rid of its iconic AWACS planes? | Binkov's Battlegrounds
Apple is Quietly Buying AI Companies | Cold Fusion
Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
---COVID News Roundup---
Beyond the Noise #27: When vaccine fears mimic SNL skits | Microbe TV
TWiV 1083: AI builds better viruses | Microbe TV
• US government failure to protect frontline workers from COVID led to thousands of deaths, scientists say [CIDRAP]
• In Utero Exposure to Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination and Offspring Neurodevelopment at 12 and 18 Months [JAMA Network]
• Long COVID is associated with severe cognitive slowing: a multicentre cross-sectional study [Lancet: eClinicalMedicine]
• Here’s why COVID-19 isn’t seasonal so far [Science News]
• 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 #27: When vaccine fears mimic SNL skits [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1082: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1083: AI builds better viruses [Microbe TV]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
Pillars of Russia. On What Does Russian Success or Failure Rest? | Good Times, Bad Times
Day 706: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine War Upd. EXTRA (20240130): Adam Kinzinger on Ukraine, Aid, Trump, & Republicanism | ATP Geopolitics
‘Weak’ Putin will attempt to destabilise Nato via coups in Europe | Frontline | Times Radio
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 30, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 706: Ukraine’s cyberattack disrupts key Russian military server [Euromaidan Press]
🔴 (viewer discretion advised) US Troops Killed in Jordan | Combat Footage Show
How Ukraine Lost and Liberated Kherson - Russian Invasion | Kings and Generals
• Ukraine is running out of ammo for its US-supplied Howitzers as it tries to fend off massive Russian attacks [Business Insider ]
• Ukraine war: Nothing but rubble in shattered ghost town Avdiivka [BBC News]
• Ukraine updates: German politicians press Scholz on Taurus [DW News]
• ‘We are obliged to end the war’: A new Russian unit fights for Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Blinken warns Ukraine's gains could be reversed without more US aid [France 24]
• War in Ukraine Has Weakened Putin, C.I.A. Director Writes [New York Times]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• EU opposes Ukraine truce – Borrell [Russia Today]
• Romania explains F-16 attacks on Russian troops in Kherson as fake news [Pravda]
• Russia foils 11 Ukrainian attempts to strengthen positions in Donetsk area — top brass [TASS: Russian News Agency]
---Israel-Hamas War News Roundup (aka Iraninan Proxy War with Israel)---
• Iran Update (Hamas-Israel War), January 30, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War: IDF floods Hamas tunnels, Netanyahu affirms 'total victory' [Haaretz]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: ‘Severe hunger’ in Gaza, situation now ‘hellish’ [Al Jazeera]
🔴 (viewer discretion advised) US Troops Killed in Jordan | Combat Footage Show
Will Ending the Gaza War End the Red Sea Crisis? | William Spaniel
• Hamas studying three-phase Gaza truce plan as Israeli hardliners warn PM [Al Jazeera]
• Far From Gaza, Netanyahu Wages His Personal War on Press Asking Tough Questions [Haaretz]
• UNRWA school students in East Jerusalem say 'stabbing Jews brings respect for Palestinians' [YNET News]
• US: 'Multiple actions' likely in response to Jordan strike [DW News]
• Israel admits to flooding Gaza tunnels in bid to 'neutralise' Hamas [France 24]
• Netanyahu Puts Political Survival Ahead of Tough Decisions on Gaza [Wall Street Journal]
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On This Day
January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 334 days remain until the end of the year (335 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)
314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the throne as King Eric X of Sweden.
1504 – The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples.
1578 – Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War: The Battle of Gembloux is a victory for Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria over a rebel army of Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloons.
1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
1747 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
1814 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the RÃo de la Plata (present-day Argentina).
1846 – After the Milwaukee Bridge War, the United States towns of Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify to create the City of Milwaukee.
1848 РJohn C. Fr̩mont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
1865 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery, and submits it to the states for ratification.
1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief of all Confederate armies.
1891 – History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
1900 – Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
1901 – Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters premieres at Moscow Art Theatre in Russia.
1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
1917 – World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm II orders the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1918 – A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
1918 – Finnish Civil War: The Suinula massacre, which changes the nature of the war in a more hostile direction, takes place in Kangasala.
1919 – The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
1928 – Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
1942 – World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
1943 – World War II: German field marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed two days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
1944 – World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
1944 – World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
1945 – US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
1945 – World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed.
1945 – World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula.
1946 – Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
1946 – The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
1949 – These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
1950 – President Truman orders the development of thermonuclear weapons.
1951 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to the Korean War is adopted.
1953 – A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
1957 – Eight people (five total crew from two aircraft and three on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
1958 – Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: The chimpanzee Ham travels into outer space.
1966 – The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
1968 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
1968 – Nauru gains independence from Australia.
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
1971 – The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.[
1988 – Doug Williams becomes the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl and leads the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.
1996 – An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
2000 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
2001 – Two Japan Airlines planes nearly collide over Suruga Bay in Japan
2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
2018 – Both a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse occur.
2019 – Abdullah of Pahang is sworn in as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
2020 – The United Kingdom's membership within the European Union ceases in accordance with Article 50, after 47 years of being a member state.
2022 – Sue Gray, a senior civil servant in the United Kingdom, publishes an initial version of her report on the Downing Street Partygate controversy.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, January 31, 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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• Eyes on November: Fundraising time [NBC News: Meet the Press Blog]
• RFK Jr. is still drawing more backing from Trump donors, even as an independent [Politico]
• Donald Trump will return to Columbia ahead of primary. Here’s when, where and what to expect [The State]
• Trump and Haley will be on different ballots in Nevada. Here’s why [Spectrum News NY1]
• Biden returns to South Carolina to show his determination to win back Black voters in 2024 [WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC)]
• Nikki Haley victim of attempted ‘swatting’ incident, sheriff’s office says [WHNS-TV (Spartanburg, SC)]
• Republican megadonor Ken Griffin gave $5 million to super PAC backing Nikki Haley [AP News]
• Trump allies ramp up attacks on Taylor Swift ahead of Super Bowl [CNBC]
• Trump Allies Pledge ‘Holy War’ Against Taylor Swift [Rolling Stone]
International News Headlines
Behind Asia's cyber slavery | DW Documentary
Spanish MPs reject amnesty bill for Catalan separatists in blow for PM | FRANCE 24 English
• Zuma’s Enduring Appeal Threatens His Old Allies’ Hold on South Africa [New York Times]
• Haiti pushes forward with new program to boost police department overwhelmed by gangs [AP News]
• Imran Khan: Former Pakistan PM and wife Bushra Bibi jailed for corruption [BBC News]
• ECOWAS 'weaker' as Sahel trio quit the bloc [DW News]
• N. Korea's launch of 'Hwasal-2' strategic cruise missile [Yonhap News Agency]
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Nightly News Full Broadcast - Jan 30 | NBC News
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---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
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• NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant [Schneier on Security]
• It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew [ARS TECHNICA]
• NASA's Space Shuttle Looks Launch Ready for the First Time in Years [Gizmodo]
• Neuralink’s brain chip has been implanted in a human, Elon Musk says [engadget]
• ADT Closed Its Solar Division. What Happens to Its Customers? [CNET]
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---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
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How Finding the Earth's Age Gave Us Unleaded Gas | SciShow
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Apple is Quietly Buying AI Companies | Cold Fusion
Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
---COVID News Roundup---
Beyond the Noise #27: When vaccine fears mimic SNL skits | Microbe TV
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• US government failure to protect frontline workers from COVID led to thousands of deaths, scientists say [CIDRAP]
• In Utero Exposure to Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination and Offspring Neurodevelopment at 12 and 18 Months [JAMA Network]
• Long COVID is associated with severe cognitive slowing: a multicentre cross-sectional study [Lancet: eClinicalMedicine]
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• 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 #27: When vaccine fears mimic SNL skits [Microbe TV]
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---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
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• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 30, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 706: Ukraine’s cyberattack disrupts key Russian military server [Euromaidan Press]
🔴 (viewer discretion advised) US Troops Killed in Jordan | Combat Footage Show
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• Ukraine is running out of ammo for its US-supplied Howitzers as it tries to fend off massive Russian attacks [Business Insider ]
• Ukraine war: Nothing but rubble in shattered ghost town Avdiivka [BBC News]
• Ukraine updates: German politicians press Scholz on Taurus [DW News]
• ‘We are obliged to end the war’: A new Russian unit fights for Ukraine [Al Jazeera]
• Blinken warns Ukraine's gains could be reversed without more US aid [France 24]
• War in Ukraine Has Weakened Putin, C.I.A. Director Writes [New York Times]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• EU opposes Ukraine truce – Borrell [Russia Today]
• Romania explains F-16 attacks on Russian troops in Kherson as fake news [Pravda]
• Russia foils 11 Ukrainian attempts to strengthen positions in Donetsk area — top brass [TASS: Russian News Agency]
---Israel-Hamas War News Roundup (aka Iraninan Proxy War with Israel)---
• Iran Update (Hamas-Israel War), January 30, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas War: IDF floods Hamas tunnels, Netanyahu affirms 'total victory' [Haaretz]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: ‘Severe hunger’ in Gaza, situation now ‘hellish’ [Al Jazeera]
🔴 (viewer discretion advised) US Troops Killed in Jordan | Combat Footage Show
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• Hamas studying three-phase Gaza truce plan as Israeli hardliners warn PM [Al Jazeera]
• Far From Gaza, Netanyahu Wages His Personal War on Press Asking Tough Questions [Haaretz]
• UNRWA school students in East Jerusalem say 'stabbing Jews brings respect for Palestinians' [YNET News]
• US: 'Multiple actions' likely in response to Jordan strike [DW News]
• Israel admits to flooding Gaza tunnels in bid to 'neutralise' Hamas [France 24]
• Netanyahu Puts Political Survival Ahead of Tough Decisions on Gaza [Wall Street Journal]
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On This Day
January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 334 days remain until the end of the year (335 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)
314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the throne as King Eric X of Sweden.
1504 – The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples.
1578 – Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War: The Battle of Gembloux is a victory for Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria over a rebel army of Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloons.
1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
1747 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
1814 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the RÃo de la Plata (present-day Argentina).
1846 – After the Milwaukee Bridge War, the United States towns of Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify to create the City of Milwaukee.
1848 РJohn C. Fr̩mont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
1865 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery, and submits it to the states for ratification.
1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief of all Confederate armies.
1891 – History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
1900 – Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
1901 – Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters premieres at Moscow Art Theatre in Russia.
1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
1917 – World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm II orders the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1918 – A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
1918 – Finnish Civil War: The Suinula massacre, which changes the nature of the war in a more hostile direction, takes place in Kangasala.
1919 – The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
1928 – Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
1942 – World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
1943 – World War II: German field marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed two days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
1944 – World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
1944 – World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
1945 – US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
1945 – World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed.
1945 – World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula.
1946 – Cold War: Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).
1946 – The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
1949 – These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
1950 – President Truman orders the development of thermonuclear weapons.
1951 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to the Korean War is adopted.
1953 – A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
1957 – Eight people (five total crew from two aircraft and three on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
1958 – Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: The chimpanzee Ham travels into outer space.
1966 – The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
1968 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
1968 – Nauru gains independence from Australia.
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
1971 – The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.[
1988 – Doug Williams becomes the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl and leads the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.
1996 – An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
2000 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
2001 – Two Japan Airlines planes nearly collide over Suruga Bay in Japan
2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
2018 – Both a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse occur.
2019 – Abdullah of Pahang is sworn in as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
2020 – The United Kingdom's membership within the European Union ceases in accordance with Article 50, after 47 years of being a member state.
2022 – Sue Gray, a senior civil servant in the United Kingdom, publishes an initial version of her report on the Downing Street Partygate controversy.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, January 31, 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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