Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Daytime temperatures will be warm through the weekend. Showers will occur in many areas Friday ahead of a cold front, possibly including some thunderstorms. Rain chances taper off by Saturday morning, and that is likely to be the last rainfall for several days. Expect cool temperatures Monday and Tuesday.
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - March 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Friday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs near 70. Light winds out of the southwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds ealy in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then showers likely. Lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
Friday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Highs near 70. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Highs in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the south early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Friday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday
A 30 percent chance of showers before 8am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
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Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (10.2 out of 12) today with Elm, Maple, and Juniper being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 14th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F in Franklin in 1967
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Highlands in 1926
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.38 inches in Highlands in 1913
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.5 inches in Highlands in 1993
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
Record Weather Events for March 14th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 91°F in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1990
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1993 /> Greatest Rainfall 6.51 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1997
Greatest Snowfall 24.0 inches in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1993
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 03-27-1921
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-03-1980
Greatest Rainfall 10.10 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 03-04-1979
Greatest Snowfall 36.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-13-1993
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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)
March 2024 Schedule
3-16-24---Barry Roma--Our Franklin Crooner!...bringing you Classic Love Songs from Johnny Mathis, Orbison, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & more.
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!
WHT Sculpture Community Celebration
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (10.2 out of 12) today with Elm, Maple, and Juniper being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 14th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 85°F in Franklin in 1967
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Highlands in 1926
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.38 inches in Highlands in 1913
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 6.5 inches in Highlands in 1993
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
Record Weather Events for March 14th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 91°F in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1990
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1993 /> Greatest Rainfall 6.51 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 1997
Greatest Snowfall 24.0 inches in Jefferson, Ashe County in 1993
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 03-27-1921
Lowest Temperature -11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-03-1980
Greatest Rainfall 10.10 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 03-04-1979
Greatest Snowfall 36.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 03-13-1993
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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)
March 2024 Schedule
3-16-24---Barry Roma--Our Franklin Crooner!...bringing you Classic Love Songs from Johnny Mathis, Orbison, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & more.
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!
WHT Sculpture Community Celebration
11 am at Women's History Park (592 E. Main Street)
See https://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/womens-history-trail-sculpture.html for more details.
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---
Catherine Truitt to step down as NC Superintendent after shocking primary defeat | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
The DMV At Your Grocery Store; Could this help long DMV wait lines? | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - March 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• North Carolina judges block elections board changes pushed by Republicans that weaken governor [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Former Rep. Mark Walker ending congressional campaign to work for Trump [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Asheville voted top city to start a new career, according to national survey [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• WNC health care access faces ‘chicken and egg problem’ with Medicaid expansion [BPR]
• Edwards: House sending $19M to Western NC; Canton, Haywood Co.; Which other communities? [Asheville Citizen-Times]
---NATIONAL---
President Biden Holds a Bilateral Meeting with President Duda and Prime Minister Tusk of Poland | The White House
Why The U.S. Can’t Solve Immigration | CNBC
• Federal judge finds city of Flint in contempt over lead water pipe crisis [CBS News]
• Immigration Drove America’s Postpandemic Urban Growth [Wall Street Journal]
• House passes bill that could lead to a TikTok ban; fight shifts to the Senate [CNBC]
• House Republicans break from Trump on TikTok [Politico]
• Speaker Johnson: ‘There will probably be a change’ to motion to vacate next Congress [The Hill]
• 3 men face federal firearms charges in Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting [NBC News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
A Message from President Donald J. Trump
President Biden speaks in Milwaukee | WTMJ-TV (Milwaukee, WI)
• RFK Jr. teases Aaron Rodgers, Jesse Ventura as VP contenders, amid push to be on more states' ballots [CBS News]
• Top intel agency says China used TikTok to influence U.S. elections [AXIOS]
• Trump Says Freeing Jan. 6 'Hostages' Will Be Among His First Acts As President [Red State]
• Trump says he's 'not conservative': 'I'm a man of common sense' [Fox News]
• Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case [AP News]
• Kamala Harris Will Visit Abortion Clinic, in Historic First [New York Times]
• Biden’s fraying coalition and Trump’s struggle with moderates: AP data shows nominees’ challenges [AP News]
International News Headlines
What Happens When Demographics Change Forever? | PBS Terra
• YouTube blocks access to CBC story on Nijjar killing at India’s request [Hindustan Times]
• India's Citizenship Amendment Act: Why is it controversial? [DW News]
• Nigerian Islamic police in Kano arrest non-fasting Muslims during Ramadan [BBC News]
• Wargame shows US stealth fighters, submarines repulse PLA invasion of Taiwan [Taiwan News]
• Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it [AP News]
---International Conflicts ---
Fall of Avdiivka - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals
Day 747: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine Conflict (20240313): Full Frontline Update | ATP Geopolitics
Russian Bombs Get an Upgrade (FAB-1500 to Glide Bomb) || Peter Zeihan
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 13, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 749: EU unblocks €5 billion for Ukraine’s military aid fund after weeks of disagreement [Euromaidan Press]
• Liveblog: US wary of Rafah invasion, IDF eliminates senior Hamas commanders [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Israeli forces kill 6 aid seekers, wound dozens [Al Jazeera]
• N. Korean leader boasts striking power of new battle tank [Yonhap News Agency]
• Putin Says Will Deploy Troops, Strike Systems Near Finland Border: Report [NDTV World]
• British military reports pirate attack off Somalia [Africa News]
Washington Today (3-13-24): House passes bill that could lead to TikTok ban in U.S. | C-SPAN
Global National: March 13, 2024 | How potential US ban on TikTok could affect Canadians
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 13, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 13, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 13 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 13, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Will Starship Launch This Week? | NASA Spaceflight
• The Sky This Week from March 8 to 15: Messier marathon 2024, take 1 [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 8– 17 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show March 13 2024: You Will Print Nothing and Be Happy | Level1 Techs
Gaming Ubiquity - DTNS 4725 | Daily Tech News Show
Consistently Inconsistent Assistant - Android Faithful #35 | Cordkillers
The Value of Open Source AI // AI Inside 8 | Yellowgold Studios
• Intel to get $3.5 billion infusion from U.S. gov't to make chips for military: Report [tom's Hardware]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Mind-blowing Discoveries About Viruses and Their Relationship With Us | Anton Petrov
You Are Here: A Tourist's Guide to the Local Neighborhood (Episode 5) | ParallaxNick
The Tree Impersonator That’s Climbing Kilimanjaro | Animalogic
Figure Status Update - OpenAI Speech-to-Speech Reasoning | Figure
---Starship Flight Test Special Section---
Significant Changes: Starship Flight 3 Will Not Be The Same | NASA Spaceflight
SpaceX Launches Third Starship Flight Test | NASA Spaceflight
STARSHIP IFT-3 - (LIVE at 6.30am) Commentary With Spaceflight Now | Lab Padre Space
[4K] Watch SpaceX launch Starship, LIVE up close and personal! | Everyday Astronaut
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On This Day
March 14th is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 292 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
1647 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
1663 – According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book De Vacuo.
1674 – The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers.
1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
1885 – The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
1900 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
1901 – Utah governor Heber Manning Wells has vetoed a bill that would have eased restriction on polygamy.
1903 – Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
1920 – In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
1926 – The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
1931 – Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
1939 – Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
1942 – Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
1943 – The Holocaust: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
1945 – The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.
1951 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
1961 – A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
1964 – Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
1967 – The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
1972 – Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashes near Kalba, United Arab Emirates while on approach to Dubai International Airport, killing 112 people.
1978 – The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
1979 – Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people.
1980 – LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
1982 – The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London.
1988 – In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
1995 – Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
2006 – The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.
2007 – The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal, results in the deaths of at least 14 people.
2008 – A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance.
2019 – Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1000 deaths.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, March 14, 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.
President Biden speaks in Milwaukee | WTMJ-TV (Milwaukee, WI)
• RFK Jr. teases Aaron Rodgers, Jesse Ventura as VP contenders, amid push to be on more states' ballots [CBS News]
• Top intel agency says China used TikTok to influence U.S. elections [AXIOS]
• Trump Says Freeing Jan. 6 'Hostages' Will Be Among His First Acts As President [Red State]
• Trump says he's 'not conservative': 'I'm a man of common sense' [Fox News]
• Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case [AP News]
• Kamala Harris Will Visit Abortion Clinic, in Historic First [New York Times]
• Biden’s fraying coalition and Trump’s struggle with moderates: AP data shows nominees’ challenges [AP News]
International News Headlines
What Happens When Demographics Change Forever? | PBS Terra
• YouTube blocks access to CBC story on Nijjar killing at India’s request [Hindustan Times]
• India's Citizenship Amendment Act: Why is it controversial? [DW News]
• Nigerian Islamic police in Kano arrest non-fasting Muslims during Ramadan [BBC News]
• Wargame shows US stealth fighters, submarines repulse PLA invasion of Taiwan [Taiwan News]
• Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it [AP News]
---International Conflicts ---
Fall of Avdiivka - Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Kings and Generals
Day 747: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine Conflict (20240313): Full Frontline Update | ATP Geopolitics
Russian Bombs Get an Upgrade (FAB-1500 to Glide Bomb) || Peter Zeihan
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 13, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 749: EU unblocks €5 billion for Ukraine’s military aid fund after weeks of disagreement [Euromaidan Press]
• Liveblog: US wary of Rafah invasion, IDF eliminates senior Hamas commanders [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Israeli forces kill 6 aid seekers, wound dozens [Al Jazeera]
• N. Korean leader boasts striking power of new battle tank [Yonhap News Agency]
• Putin Says Will Deploy Troops, Strike Systems Near Finland Border: Report [NDTV World]
• British military reports pirate attack off Somalia [Africa News]
Washington Today (3-13-24): House passes bill that could lead to TikTok ban in U.S. | C-SPAN
Global National: March 13, 2024 | How potential US ban on TikTok could affect Canadians
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 13, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 13, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 13 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 13, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Will Starship Launch This Week? | NASA Spaceflight
• The Sky This Week from March 8 to 15: Messier marathon 2024, take 1 [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 8– 17 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show March 13 2024: You Will Print Nothing and Be Happy | Level1 Techs
Gaming Ubiquity - DTNS 4725 | Daily Tech News Show
Consistently Inconsistent Assistant - Android Faithful #35 | Cordkillers
The Value of Open Source AI // AI Inside 8 | Yellowgold Studios
• Intel to get $3.5 billion infusion from U.S. gov't to make chips for military: Report [tom's Hardware]
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Mind-blowing Discoveries About Viruses and Their Relationship With Us | Anton Petrov
You Are Here: A Tourist's Guide to the Local Neighborhood (Episode 5) | ParallaxNick
The Tree Impersonator That’s Climbing Kilimanjaro | Animalogic
Figure Status Update - OpenAI Speech-to-Speech Reasoning | Figure
---Starship Flight Test Special Section---
Significant Changes: Starship Flight 3 Will Not Be The Same | NASA Spaceflight
SpaceX Launches Third Starship Flight Test | NASA Spaceflight
STARSHIP IFT-3 - (LIVE at 6.30am) Commentary With Spaceflight Now | Lab Padre Space
[4K] Watch SpaceX launch Starship, LIVE up close and personal! | Everyday Astronaut
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On This Day
March 14th is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 292 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
1647 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
1663 – According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book De Vacuo.
1674 – The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers.
1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
1885 – The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
1900 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
1901 – Utah governor Heber Manning Wells has vetoed a bill that would have eased restriction on polygamy.
1903 – Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
1920 – In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
1926 – The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
1931 – Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
1939 – Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
1942 – Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
1943 – The Holocaust: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
1945 – The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.
1951 – Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
1961 – A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
1964 – Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
1967 – The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
1972 – Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashes near Kalba, United Arab Emirates while on approach to Dubai International Airport, killing 112 people.
1978 – The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
1979 – Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people.
1980 – LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
1982 – The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London.
1988 – In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
1995 – Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
2006 – The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.
2007 – The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal, results in the deaths of at least 14 people.
2008 – A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
2017 – A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance.
2019 – Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1000 deaths.
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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 Thursday, March 14, 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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