Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Northwest flow rain showers along the Tennessee border will taper off through daybreak. Drier conditions are expected today, but rain chances will return on Sunday. Daytime temperatures will remain warm and spring-like through the weekend. Drier and cooler conditions will return early next week as Canadian high pressure builds into the Carolinas.
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - March 2024 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thuresday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the north 3 to 6 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a slight chance of showers after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around freezing. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Windy.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a slight chance of showers after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Windy.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Windy.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming light and variable by noon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a slight chance of showers after 9am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 20s. Windy.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph.
Sunday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers, mainly between 9am and noon. Partly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Windy.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Windy.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.3 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 82°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016 Lowest Temperature 6°F in Highlands in 1916 Greatest One-Day Rain 4.10 inches in Franklin in 1880 Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.3 inches in Highlands in 1915
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 15th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in New Bern, Craven County in 2016
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2017 /> Greatest Rainfall 6.59 inches in Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County in 2016
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Mount Holly, Gaston County in 1912
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.
3-23-24---No Live Music inside. WHT (Women's History Trail) Statue dedication across the street. Frog Quarters will be open our Regular Hours for gifts and to serve Coffee & Treats.
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---
Crime at Homeless Housing: 184 Police Calls in 6 months | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
What the $418 million National Realtors Assoc. settlement means for the housing market | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• The Wrap: Post-election surprises and fights, plus WRAL News polling (audio podcast) [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• We’ll soon see hummingbirds in NC. Here’s when to put out your feeders & how to attract them [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 4.5 tons of fertilizer released into river after tractor-trailer crashes down embankment [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Conversation with the Museum of Cherokee People: Sovereignty and Self Determination [BPR]
• Students pursue journalism careers despite industry’s decline [Mountain Xpress]
• Court system set to go paperless in July [The Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
---NATIONAL---
SpaceX Starship Launch 3 (IFT3) Explained! | Marcus House
Former GA prosecutor on avoiding ‘prosecutorial limbo’ in election interference case | ABC News
• Realtors Reach Settlement That Will Change How Americans Buy and Sell Homes [Wall Street Journal]
• 4 Ways a Settlement Could Change the Housing Industry [New York Times]
• Laid-off techies face ‘sense of impending doom’ with job cuts at highest since dot-com crash [CNBC]
• Schumer’s Israel rebuke leaves AIPAC in a delicate position [Politico]
• Johnson signals shift on Ukraine to GOP senators [The Hill]
• School shooter’s parents could face years in prison after groundbreaking Michigan trials [AP News]
• Judge delays Trump hush money trial in New York [CNN]
International News Headlines
Russian voting closes as Putin re-election appears to be formality | DW News
Why are millions still suffering after having COVID-19? | The Stream | Al Jazeera
• Brazil military leaders told police Bolsonaro plotted to remain in power despite election defeat [AP News]
• North Korea’s Kim orders troops to prepare for war as US, South Korea wrap up exercises [The Hill]
• Ukraine’s Victories Over Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Reopen Vital Grain Corridor [Wall Street Journal]
• Ukraine-based Russian armed groups claim raids into Russia [BBC News]
• G7 issues stern warning to Iran over possible missile shipments to Russia [Politico]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Netanyahu approves Rafah action plan [DW News]
• 33 African countries in need of external assistance for food- FAO [Africa News]
• How does US intelligence disagree with Israel on Gaza? [Inside Story (Al Jazeera) ]
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, March 15, 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: More Biden & Trump Delegate Wins | C-SPAN
Washington Today (3-15-24): Prosecutor resigns in Trump GA election interference case after ruling | C-SPAN
Global National: March 15, 2024 | Calgary police standoff continues over 24 hours later
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 15, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 13, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 15 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 15, 2024)
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On This Day
March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 290 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)
934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.
1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1660 – The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
1815 – Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
1872 – The Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
1898 – In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
1916 – The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
1918 – Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites execute 70–100 capitulated Reds.
1924 – In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1936 – Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
1939 – From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
1941 – Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
1945 – Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths.
1962 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
1966 – Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
1968 – Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.
1969 – A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
1978 – Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors.[
1978 – A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
1978 – Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
1979 – Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war.
1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity.
1985 – Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991.
1988 – Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
1988 – Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
1988 – The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
2001 – A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others, the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
2003 – American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah by being run over by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer while trying to obstruct the demolition of a home.
2005 – Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
2014 – Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
2016 – A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30.
2016 – Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18.
2020 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S.
Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%.
2021 – Atlanta spa shootings: Eight people are killed and one is injured in a trio of shootings at spas in and near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A suspect is arrested the same day.
2022 – A 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225.
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Published at 5:00am on Saturday, March 16, 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.
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.3 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.4 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 82°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2016 Lowest Temperature 6°F in Highlands in 1916 Greatest One-Day Rain 4.10 inches in Franklin in 1880 Greatest One-Day Snowfall 3.3 inches in Highlands in 1915
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 15th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 90°F in New Bern, Craven County in 2016
Lowest Temperature -4°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2017 /> Greatest Rainfall 6.59 inches in Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County in 2016
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Mount Holly, Gaston County in 1912
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.
3-23-24---No Live Music inside. WHT (Women's History Trail) Statue dedication across the street. Frog Quarters will be open our Regular Hours for gifts and to serve Coffee & Treats.
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---
Crime at Homeless Housing: 184 Police Calls in 6 months | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
What the $418 million National Realtors Assoc. settlement means for the housing market | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• The Wrap: Post-election surprises and fights, plus WRAL News polling (audio podcast) [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• We’ll soon see hummingbirds in NC. Here’s when to put out your feeders & how to attract them [Raleigh News and Observer]
• 4.5 tons of fertilizer released into river after tractor-trailer crashes down embankment [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Conversation with the Museum of Cherokee People: Sovereignty and Self Determination [BPR]
• Students pursue journalism careers despite industry’s decline [Mountain Xpress]
• Court system set to go paperless in July [The Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
---NATIONAL---
SpaceX Starship Launch 3 (IFT3) Explained! | Marcus House
Former GA prosecutor on avoiding ‘prosecutorial limbo’ in election interference case | ABC News
• Realtors Reach Settlement That Will Change How Americans Buy and Sell Homes [Wall Street Journal]
• 4 Ways a Settlement Could Change the Housing Industry [New York Times]
• Laid-off techies face ‘sense of impending doom’ with job cuts at highest since dot-com crash [CNBC]
• Schumer’s Israel rebuke leaves AIPAC in a delicate position [Politico]
• Johnson signals shift on Ukraine to GOP senators [The Hill]
• School shooter’s parents could face years in prison after groundbreaking Michigan trials [AP News]
• Judge delays Trump hush money trial in New York [CNN]
International News Headlines
Russian voting closes as Putin re-election appears to be formality | DW News
Why are millions still suffering after having COVID-19? | The Stream | Al Jazeera
• Brazil military leaders told police Bolsonaro plotted to remain in power despite election defeat [AP News]
• North Korea’s Kim orders troops to prepare for war as US, South Korea wrap up exercises [The Hill]
• Ukraine’s Victories Over Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Reopen Vital Grain Corridor [Wall Street Journal]
• Ukraine-based Russian armed groups claim raids into Russia [BBC News]
• G7 issues stern warning to Iran over possible missile shipments to Russia [Politico]
• Israel-Hamas war liveblog: Netanyahu approves Rafah action plan [DW News]
• 33 African countries in need of external assistance for food- FAO [Africa News]
• How does US intelligence disagree with Israel on Gaza? [Inside Story (Al Jazeera) ]
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, March 15, 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: More Biden & Trump Delegate Wins | C-SPAN
Washington Today (3-15-24): Prosecutor resigns in Trump GA election interference case after ruling | C-SPAN
Global National: March 15, 2024 | Calgary police standoff continues over 24 hours later
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 15, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | March 13, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 15 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 15, 2024)
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On This Day
March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 290 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)
934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.
1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1660 – The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
1815 – Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
1872 – The Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
1898 – In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
1916 – The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
1918 – Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites execute 70–100 capitulated Reds.
1924 – In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1936 – Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
1939 – From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
1941 – Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
1945 – Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths.
1962 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
1966 – Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
1968 – Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.
1969 – A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
1978 – Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors.[
1978 – A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
1978 – Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
1979 – Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war.
1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity.
1985 – Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991.
1988 – Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
1988 – Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
1988 – The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
2001 – A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others, the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
2003 – American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah by being run over by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer while trying to obstruct the demolition of a home.
2005 – Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
2014 – Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
2016 – A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30.
2016 – Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18.
2020 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S.
Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%.
2021 – Atlanta spa shootings: Eight people are killed and one is injured in a trio of shootings at spas in and near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A suspect is arrested the same day.
2022 – A 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225.
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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 Saturday, March 16, 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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