Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Rain will continue ahead of a cold front approaching from the west. Low pressure will develop along this front, keeping rain in the forecast through early Thursday. Dry and warmer weather is expected Friday into Sunday. The next cold front slowly approaches from the Mississippi Valley during the first half of next week as moisture and cloudiness gradually increases.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 30s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 60. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy dense fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday Night
Clear, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 40.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (9.4 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 80°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2021
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.34 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.8 inches in Highlands in 1999
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 27th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1921
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2014
Greatest Rainfall 3.80 inches in Waynesville, Haywood County in 1913
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1947
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
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
3-30-24---Sonia Brooks & Chuck Dorling--Come hear and sing along with a gal who loves folk and popular music of the past decades. She loves to entertain and make sure that the songs are preserved and shared with all age groups. Chuck is right along with her & on his own.... singin' the blues.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Biden, Harris remarks focus on health care and reproductive rights | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Mayor backs board's denial of permit for Pride parade for North Carolina town | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• In Raleigh, Biden and Harris talk health care and lowering prescription drug prices [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Duotech Services to create 95 jobs, invest $6.5 million in Macon County [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC GOP elects Trump-endorsed Simmons as new party chair [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park closes many roads after 85 mph wind gusts down trees [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• From CPP: Former attendees describe ‘nightmare’ at therapy camp in NC mountains. DHHS suspended admissions after 12-year-old died. [Mountain Xpress]
• State elections board certifies primary election results [BPR]
---NATIONAL---
2024 Total Solar Eclipse News Conference | NASA
Q&A on MV Dali versus Bridge with What's Going on With Shipping and gCaptain | What is Going on With Shipping?
NTSB B-Roll - Aerial Imagery of Francis Scott Key Bridge and Cargo Ship Dali
NTSB Media Briefing - Francis Scott Key Bridge struck by Cargo Ship Dali
Dispatch audio captures horror of moment bridge collapses, emergency crews respond in Maryland | WBBF-TV (Baltimore, MD)
3/26/24 - Baltimore City Fire - Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse - Radio Traffic - First 90 Minutes
Key Bridge Collapse Misinformation | Ryan McBeth
How Did A Ship Destroy Baltimore's Key Bridge? | Casual Navigation
• 6 workers presumed dead; Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after container ship hits support column [Baltimore Sun]
• Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse put the internet's conspiracy brain on gross display [Mashable]
• Sizing Up the Economic Impact of the Baltimore Bridge Collapse [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Logistics companies scramble after bridge collapse closes Port of Baltimore until further notice [CNBC]
• NBC News ousts Ronna McDaniel after network’s anchors launch unprecedented on-air rebellion [CNN]
• Supreme Court appears unlikely to uphold limits on abortion pill [Courthouse News Service]
International News Headlines
What the Red Sea ship attacks are really about | Vox
Pakistan-Afghan tensions rise over border attacks | DW News
• Moscow attack: Russia blames West and Kyiv for jihadist massacre [BBC News]
• N. Korea says no interest in holding summit with Japan, rejects further talks [France 24]
• S. Korea, U.S. launch task force to block N. Korea's nuclear, missile programs [Yonhap News Agency]
• Taiwan takes delivery of 2 new Tuo Chiang-class corvettes [Taiwan News]
• Israel-Hamas war: What happened on day 171? [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Rafah bombing intensifies despite UN truce call [Al Jazeera]
3rd Anniversary of What's Going on With Shipping? LIVE Q&A | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (3-26-24): Supreme Court hears challenge to FDA's decisions on abortion pill | C-SPAN
Global National: March 25, 2024 | Baltimore bridge collapse leaves 6 presumed dead
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 26, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | March 26 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 26 NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 26 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil | Economics Explained
• The Sky This Week from March 22 to 29: The Full Moon eclipsed [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 22 – 31 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show March 27 2024: 2 Remote 2 Promote | Level1 Techs
On This Day
March 27th is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 279 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)
1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
1329 – Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
1638 – The first of four destructive Calabrian earthquakes strikes southern Italy. Measuring magnitude 6.8 and assigned a Mercalli intensity of XI, it kills 10,000–30,000 people.
1782 – The Second Rockingham ministry assumes office in Great Britain and begins negotiations to end the American War of Independence.
1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
1809 – Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
1814 – War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
1836 – Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican Army massacres 342 Texian Army POWs at Goliad, Texas.
1866 – President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
1871 – The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
1886 – Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
1901 – Philippine–American War: Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by the Americans.
1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1918 – The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
1941 – World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
1942 – The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps.
1943 – World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
1964 – The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1976 – The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the public.
1977 – Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
1986 – A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
1990 – The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
1999 – Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav Army SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
2002 – Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
2002 – Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured.
2004 – HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
2009 – The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
2014 – Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
2015 – Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
2016 – A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.
2020 – North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, March 27, 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 medium-high range (9.4 out of 12) today with Maple, Juniper, and Oak being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 80°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2021
Lowest Temperature 4°F in Highlands in 1894
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.34 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1948
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 4.8 inches in Highlands in 1999
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 27th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 98°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1921
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2014
Greatest Rainfall 3.80 inches in Waynesville, Haywood County in 1913
Greatest Snowfall 12.0 inches in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1947
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
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
3-30-24---Sonia Brooks & Chuck Dorling--Come hear and sing along with a gal who loves folk and popular music of the past decades. She loves to entertain and make sure that the songs are preserved and shared with all age groups. Chuck is right along with her & on his own.... singin' the blues.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Biden, Harris remarks focus on health care and reproductive rights | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
Mayor backs board's denial of permit for Pride parade for North Carolina town | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
• In Raleigh, Biden and Harris talk health care and lowering prescription drug prices [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Duotech Services to create 95 jobs, invest $6.5 million in Macon County [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• NC GOP elects Trump-endorsed Simmons as new party chair [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park closes many roads after 85 mph wind gusts down trees [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• From CPP: Former attendees describe ‘nightmare’ at therapy camp in NC mountains. DHHS suspended admissions after 12-year-old died. [Mountain Xpress]
• State elections board certifies primary election results [BPR]
---NATIONAL---
2024 Total Solar Eclipse News Conference | NASA
Q&A on MV Dali versus Bridge with What's Going on With Shipping and gCaptain | What is Going on With Shipping?
NTSB B-Roll - Aerial Imagery of Francis Scott Key Bridge and Cargo Ship Dali
NTSB Media Briefing - Francis Scott Key Bridge struck by Cargo Ship Dali
Dispatch audio captures horror of moment bridge collapses, emergency crews respond in Maryland | WBBF-TV (Baltimore, MD)
3/26/24 - Baltimore City Fire - Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse - Radio Traffic - First 90 Minutes
Key Bridge Collapse Misinformation | Ryan McBeth
How Did A Ship Destroy Baltimore's Key Bridge? | Casual Navigation
• 6 workers presumed dead; Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after container ship hits support column [Baltimore Sun]
• Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse put the internet's conspiracy brain on gross display [Mashable]
• Sizing Up the Economic Impact of the Baltimore Bridge Collapse [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSJ (text archive)]
• Logistics companies scramble after bridge collapse closes Port of Baltimore until further notice [CNBC]
• NBC News ousts Ronna McDaniel after network’s anchors launch unprecedented on-air rebellion [CNN]
• Supreme Court appears unlikely to uphold limits on abortion pill [Courthouse News Service]
International News Headlines
What the Red Sea ship attacks are really about | Vox
Pakistan-Afghan tensions rise over border attacks | DW News
• Moscow attack: Russia blames West and Kyiv for jihadist massacre [BBC News]
• N. Korea says no interest in holding summit with Japan, rejects further talks [France 24]
• S. Korea, U.S. launch task force to block N. Korea's nuclear, missile programs [Yonhap News Agency]
• Taiwan takes delivery of 2 new Tuo Chiang-class corvettes [Taiwan News]
• Israel-Hamas war: What happened on day 171? [Jerusalem Post]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Rafah bombing intensifies despite UN truce call [Al Jazeera]
3rd Anniversary of What's Going on With Shipping? LIVE Q&A | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (3-26-24): Supreme Court hears challenge to FDA's decisions on abortion pill | C-SPAN
Global National: March 25, 2024 | Baltimore bridge collapse leaves 6 presumed dead
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 26, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | March 26 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - March 26 NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (March 26 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil | Economics Explained
• The Sky This Week from March 22 to 29: The Full Moon eclipsed [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 22 – 31 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show March 27 2024: 2 Remote 2 Promote | Level1 Techs
On This Day
March 27th is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 279 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)
1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
1329 – Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
1638 – The first of four destructive Calabrian earthquakes strikes southern Italy. Measuring magnitude 6.8 and assigned a Mercalli intensity of XI, it kills 10,000–30,000 people.
1782 – The Second Rockingham ministry assumes office in Great Britain and begins negotiations to end the American War of Independence.
1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
1809 – Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
1814 – War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
1836 – Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican Army massacres 342 Texian Army POWs at Goliad, Texas.
1866 – President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
1871 – The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
1886 – Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
1901 – Philippine–American War: Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by the Americans.
1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1918 – The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
1941 – World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
1942 – The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps.
1943 – World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
1964 – The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1976 – The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the public.
1977 – Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
1986 – A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
1990 – The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
1999 – Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav Army SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
2002 – Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
2002 – Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured.
2004 – HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
2009 – The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
2014 – Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
2015 – Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
2016 – A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.
2020 – North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, March 27, 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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