Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Weak high pressure lingers through the middle of the week along with a warming trend. Low pressure approaches Thursday night and brings a round of precipitation to the area. Dry weather returns for the weekend.
INCREASED FIRE DANGER TODAY (02-19-2024)
Very dry air in place across the region will permit afternoon relative humidity values to fall to between 20 and 25 percent for several hours across the region again today. Although winds will be fairly light from the southwest, drying fuels and brush will combine with the dry air to increase fire danger this afternoon.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Washington's Birthday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Areas of fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Areas of fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Washington's Birthday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming calm around noon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 30. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the south around 5 mph shifting to come out of the north before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Washington's Birthday
Sunny, with highs near 56. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 30s.
Nantahala Area
Washington's Birthday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Increasing clouds, 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
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s.
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Hazards
Very dry air in place across the region will permit afternoon relative humidity values to fall to between 20 and 25 percent for several hours across the region. Although winds will be fairly light from the southwest, drying fuels and brush will combine with the dry air to increase fire danger this afternoon.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.
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Record Weather Events for February 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 72°F in Franklin in 1890
Lowest Temperature -6°F in Highlands in 2015
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 1.83 inches in Highlands in 1949
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 5.0 inches in Franklin in 1979
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899 (also a state record)
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
Record Weather Events for February 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 84°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1956
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2015
Greatest Rainfall 3.77 inches in Salisbury, Rowan County in 2021
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2015
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
February 2024 Schedule
2-24-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band---Enjoy hearing Jim’s Band as they play the big sound of real, classic country—songs that you don’t hear on the radio anymore. Jim and the fellas are always a popular group with the crowd at Frog Quarters.
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
---NATIONAL---
National Security Threat: Russia's Orbital Nuke Announcement | Sandboxx
Trump’s $355M Penalty: New York Lawyer Breaks Down the Impacts | WSJ
• Messy Diversion in Georgia Trump Case Creates Perception Problem [New York Times]
• Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at ‘Sneaker Con,’ a day after a $355 million ruling against him [AP News]
• Biden visits East Palestine a year after toxic train derailment [ABC News]
• Pesticide linked to reproductive issues found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats and other oat-based foods [CBS News]
• Back-to-back storms set to hit an already drenched California, raising the flood threat [CNN]
• The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe will construct one of the largest solar farms in the U.S. [KSUT-FM: Southern Ute Tribal Radio]
• Amazon argues that national labor board is unconstitutional, joining SpaceX and Trader Joe’s [AP News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
International News Headlines
• Russian nukes in space: Why the intelligence leak might be more serious than the threat itself [France 24]
• China Revives Socialist Ideas to Fix Its Real-Estate Crisis [Wall Street Journal]
• In Germany, protesters against the far right are hoping for a political jolt [Le Monde]
• Indonesia-China ties: will president-elect Prabowo confront Beijing or maintain Widodo’s economic deals? [South China Morning Post]
• China's intimidation of Taiwan is a global issue [Taiwan News]
• Japan 'paying attention' to remarks from N. Korean leader's sister: top gov't spokesman [Yonhap News Agency]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Feb. 18 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Clyburn, Brinkley, Parnes | Feb. 18, 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: Candidates in Texas, Michigan and South Carolina | C-SPAN
Urgent Call for U.S. Sealift Capacity Expansion to Counter China | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Feb. 16, 2024
Washington Today (2-16-24): GOP Rep. McCaul compares Putin to Hitler after death of Navalny
Global National: Feb. 18, 2024 | Feds, BC look to kickstart housing construction on provincial land
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 18 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Feb. 18, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 17 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 18, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (The Holocaust) | Dan Carlin
• EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (audio) [Dan Carlin (via Google Podcasts)]
• The Sky This Week from February 16 to 23: Venus meets Mars [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 16-25 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 16 2024: A Sellout of Epic Proportions | Level1 Techs
SpaceX Starship Flight 3's Launch Timeline - Get Ready! | Marcus House
IM-1 Mission Maneuvers and Events Update | Intuitive Machines
• Webb telescope makes unexpected find in outskirts of our solar system (These ice worlds aren't dead) [Mashable]
• Air Canada Ordered to Pay Passenger Damages After Chatbot Lied About Bereavement Discounts [Gizmodo]
• Frequent marine heatwaves in the Arctic Ocean will be the norm [University of Hamburg]
• North Korean hackers use AI for more sophisticated scams [Financial Times]
• Complete and robust magnetic field confinement by superconductors in fusion magnets [nature: scientific reports]
• India effectively kills e-wallet used by over 300 million [The Register]
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On This Day
February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 315 days remain until the end of the year (316 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)
197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.
1594 – Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.
1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1649 – The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil.
1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England.
1714 – Great Northern War: The battle of Napue between Sweden and Russia is fought in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia.
1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
1807 – Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
1819 – British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III.
1836 – King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia.
1846 – In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
1859 – Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
1884 – More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
1913 – Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
1915 – World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
1937 – Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
1942 – World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
1942 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
1943 – World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
1945 – World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
1948 – The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
1949 – Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
1953 – Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
1954 – Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
1959 – The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
1960 – China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
1965 – Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
1978 – Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
1985 – Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
1986 – Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.
1989 – Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
2003 – An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
2006 – A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
2011 – The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
2012 – Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, February 19, 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.
• Russian nukes in space: Why the intelligence leak might be more serious than the threat itself [France 24]
• China Revives Socialist Ideas to Fix Its Real-Estate Crisis [Wall Street Journal]
• In Germany, protesters against the far right are hoping for a political jolt [Le Monde]
• Indonesia-China ties: will president-elect Prabowo confront Beijing or maintain Widodo’s economic deals? [South China Morning Post]
• China's intimidation of Taiwan is a global issue [Taiwan News]
• Japan 'paying attention' to remarks from N. Korean leader's sister: top gov't spokesman [Yonhap News Agency]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Feb. 18 | NBC News
Face The Nation: Clyburn, Brinkley, Parnes | Feb. 18, 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: Candidates in Texas, Michigan and South Carolina | C-SPAN
Urgent Call for U.S. Sealift Capacity Expansion to Counter China | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Feb. 16, 2024
Washington Today (2-16-24): GOP Rep. McCaul compares Putin to Hitler after death of Navalny
Global National: Feb. 18, 2024 | Feds, BC look to kickstart housing construction on provincial land
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 18 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Feb. 18, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 17 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 18, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (The Holocaust) | Dan Carlin
• EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman (audio) [Dan Carlin (via Google Podcasts)]
• The Sky This Week from February 16 to 23: Venus meets Mars [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 16-25 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 16 2024: A Sellout of Epic Proportions | Level1 Techs
SpaceX Starship Flight 3's Launch Timeline - Get Ready! | Marcus House
IM-1 Mission Maneuvers and Events Update | Intuitive Machines
• Webb telescope makes unexpected find in outskirts of our solar system (These ice worlds aren't dead) [Mashable]
• Air Canada Ordered to Pay Passenger Damages After Chatbot Lied About Bereavement Discounts [Gizmodo]
• Frequent marine heatwaves in the Arctic Ocean will be the norm [University of Hamburg]
• North Korean hackers use AI for more sophisticated scams [Financial Times]
• Complete and robust magnetic field confinement by superconductors in fusion magnets [nature: scientific reports]
• India effectively kills e-wallet used by over 300 million [The Register]
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On This Day
February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 315 days remain until the end of the year (316 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)
197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.
1594 – Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.
1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1649 – The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil.
1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England.
1714 – Great Northern War: The battle of Napue between Sweden and Russia is fought in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia.
1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
1807 – Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
1819 – British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III.
1836 – King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia.
1846 – In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
1859 – Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
1884 – More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
1913 – Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
1915 – World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
1937 – Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
1942 – World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
1942 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
1943 – World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
1945 – World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
1948 – The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
1949 – Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
1953 – Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
1954 – Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
1959 – The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
1960 – China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
1965 – Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
1978 – Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
1985 – Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
1986 – Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.
1989 – Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
2002 – NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
2003 – An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
2006 – A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
2011 – The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
2012 – Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.
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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, February 19, 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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