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Sunday, June 23, 2024

News and Weather Briefing for Sunday, June 23, 2024



Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

Hot temperatures will linger through next week, with humidity increasing east of the mountains starting Wednesday. A cold front will track across the area overnight tonight into daybreak Monday bringing a weak line of showers and isolated thunderstorms to the area. Drier conditions return the rest of the day Monday, lingering into the first half of Wednesday. Another cold front will push across the area Wednesday night into Thursday, potentially bringing better shower and thunderstorm chances to the area mid to late week.






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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Tuesday Night





Franklin Area

Today

A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds.

Tuesday

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 90s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.


Highlands Plateau

Today

A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the west 3 to 7 mph.

Tonight

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.

Tuesday

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.

Tuesday

A slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with highs near 90. Chance of rain is 30%.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.


Nantahala Area



Today

A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11pm. Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the west. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds becoming north northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the northwest.

Tuesday

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.




Hazards



Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.


Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (4.2 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.2 out of 12.0).



Record Weather Events for June 23rd

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1948
Lowest Temperature 41°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1947
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.54 inches in Highlands in 1941
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 101°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)

Record Weather Events for June 23rd in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County in 1981
Lowest Temperature 35°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1947
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.38 inches in Roxboro, Person County in 1964
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)

(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)

Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)






Macon Calendar
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Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.

Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)

June 2024 Schedule

6/29/24—George James—With a collection of around 800 songs, George does covers of folk, country and oldies. Come with your requests to hear George. If he doesn’t have a song, chances are he knows another by your artist!

For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.

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---



Franklin man reacts after NASA confirmation of space debris | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)



• NC senators vote again to legalize medical marijuana; resistance persists in House [WLOS-TV 9Asheville, NC)]

• The Wrap: Medical marijuana redux, budget battle, vaping and a veto [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Legislative infighting overshadows child care crisis [Smoky Mountain News]

• Mission nurses call for management to address workplace violence [Mountain Xpress]

• Camp for youth entrepreneurs set [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]



---NATIONAL---

Biden & Trump prepare for 1st presidential debate | ABC News



New details emerge on deadly Arkansas mass shooting | NBC News



• Supreme Court upholds bar on guns under domestic-violence restraining orders [SCOTUSblog]

• What Happens When Migrants Arrive in America’s Suburbs? [Wall Street Journal]

• New Colorado law will ban sales of dental floss, clothes, & other household products containing toxic "forever chemicals" [CBS News]

• Biden vs. Trump: Will the First 2024 Debate Jolt the Race? [Wall Street Journal]

• Right-wing activist who spread conspiracy theories over DNC staffer’s death loses defamation appeal [Courthouse News Service]

• How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety, States Say [New York Times]

• California wildfires have already burned 90,000 acres, and summer is just beginning [Los Angeles Times]

• A state-by-state breakdown of abortion laws 2 years after Roe was overturned [ABC News]



International News Headlines

Sgt. Ashton-Cirillo: Patriot Systems Worth the Wait | Ukraine This Week | TVP World



Hajj pilgrimage: more than 1,000 dead in extreme 52C heatwave | BBC News



• "We are ready to fight," President Kagame responds to DRC [Africa News]

• How France’s far right changed the debate on immigration [France 24]

• Russia launches 'massive' attack on Ukrainian power grid [BBC News]

• S. Korea urges Russia to halt military cooperation with N.K. amid tensions over new treaty [Yonhap News Agency]

• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 850. Belgium uncovers years-long Russian naval espionage in North Sea [Euromaidan Press]

• Future of war in the balance, Gallant set to fly to DC to resolve Netanyahu-Biden crisis [Jerusalem Post]

• Nearly 500 confirmed fatalities from Hajj heatwave as hundreds more feared dead [CNN]

---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---

• Fyodor Lukyanov: This is the only way to end confrontation between Russia and the West [Russia Today]

• West to replace Zelensky with someone else in 2025, Putin predicts [TASS: Russian News Agency]



New video raises questions about whether Saudi government assisted 9/11 hijackers | CBS Evening News



• New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity [The Atlantic]

New MV Tutor Video Released | Shows 2nd Uncrewed Surface Vessel and Scuttling Charges | What's Going on With Shipping?



Washington Today (6-20-24): Rep. Turner: President 'sleepwalking' on Russia nuclear satellite threat | C-SPAN



Global National: June 22, 2024 | Can the Edmonton Oilers make hockey history?



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 22, 2024


"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | June 22, 2024


NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 22, 2024


PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 22, 2024)



---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---

Something Collided in the Star System That's Actively Throwing Stuff At Earth (Beta Pictoris) I Antov Petrov



• The Sky This Week from June 21 to 28: Embrace June’s Strawberry Moon [Astronomy Magazine]

• This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 21 – 30 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

The Level1 Show June 21st 2024: Birth Más | Level1 Techs



Kaspersky? Nyet!! - DTNS 4795 | Daily Tech News Show



Starliner's Extended Stay, Rocket Lab's 50th Launch - This Week in Space Headlines | TWiT TV








On This Day

June 23rd is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 191 days remain until the end of the year.

Historical Events



Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)






229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
• [Wikipedia: Sun Quan]
• [Wikipedia: Eastern Wu]
• [Who was Sun Quan? Part One]
• [Who was Sun Quan? Part Two]

1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
• [Wikipedia: War of Saint Sabas]
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Trapani]

1280 – The Spanish Reconquista: In the Battle of Moclín the Emirate of Granada ambush a superior pursuing force, killing most of them in a military disaster for the Kingdom of Castile.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Moclín (1280)]
• [Wikipedia: Reconquista]
• [Flashpoint History: Reconquista ]
• [Flashpoint History: Reconquista - The Next Generation]
• [Flashpoint History: Reconquista The Last Kingdom of Islam - The Story of the Final Days of Islamic Spain]

1305 – A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge]

1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Bannockburn]
• [Wikipedia: First War of Scottish Independence]
• [HistoryMarche Video: Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 ⚔️ First War of Scottish Independence]

1532 – Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign the "Treaty of Closer Amity With France" (also known as the Pommeraye treaty), pledging mutual aid against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
• [Wikipedia: Field of the Cloth of Gold]

1565 – Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.
• [Wikipedia: Great Siege of Malta]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Dragut]
• [Kings and Generals: Great Siege of Malta 1565]

1594 – The Action of Faial, Azores. The Portuguese carrack Cinco Chagas, loaded with slaves and treasure, is attacked and sunk by English ships with only 13 survivors out of over 700 on board.
• [Wikipedia: Action of Faial]

1683 – William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.

1713 – The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.
• [Wikipedia: Expulsion of the Acadians]

1757 – Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Plassey]
• [Kings and Generals: Battle of Plassey 1757 - British Conquest of India Begins]
• [How did Britain Conquer India? | Animated History]

1758 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Krefeld]

1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Landeshut (1760)]
• [Wikipedia: Third Silesian War]

1780 – American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Springfield]

1794 – Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kyiv.

1810 – John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
• [Wikipedia: Pacific Fur Company]
• [Wikipedia Bio: John Jacob Astor]

1812 – War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.

1860 – The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.

1865 – American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
• [Native Voices: Civil War general Stand Watie, Cherokee, surrenders last]
• [Wikipedia: Stand Watie]
• [Cherokee Almanac: Stand Watie's Ceasefire]
• [Stand Watie Presentation - Randall University (4/18/2020)]

1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• [Wikipedia Bio: Christopher Latham Sholes]
• [Wikipedia: Typewriter]
• [World's First Typewriter, Birth of Q-W-E-R-T-Y, an ITM Clock video]

1887 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
• [Wikipedia: Banff National Park]
• [Official Website: Banff National park]
• [Best Drone Video in 4K || Banff National Park || canada]
• [SCENIC DRIVE - Banff National Park, Icefields Pkwy, Alberta, CANADA, Travel]

1894 – The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• [IOC Tribute]
• [Wikipedia Bio]
• [The Olympic Museum: INSIDE | Pierre de Coubertin] (French w/ English subtitles)

1913 – Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Doiran (1913)]
• [Wikipedia: Second Balkan War]
• [Wikipedia: Balkan League]
• [The Second Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes]

1914 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Zacatecas (1914)]
• [Wikipedia: Mexican Revolution]
• [Captivating History: The Mexican Revolution Explained in 10 Minutes]

1917 – In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
• [Babe Ruth punched an umpire in the CRAZIEST MLB game ever | Crazy Sports Stories]
• [Babe Ruth Once Punched an Umpire, Opening the Door for a Wild No-Hitter]

1919 – Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of CÄ“sis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of CÄ“sis (1919)]
• [Wikipedia: Estonian War of Independence]
• [Estonian War of Independence animated]

1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam.

1931 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.

1938 – The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• [The Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938] (PDF)
• [Living New Deal Glossary Entry]

1940 – Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
• [Silent Newsreel]
• [Hitler in Paris - The Secret 1940 Visit]
• [Hitler's triumphant tour of Paris, 1940]

1940 – Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1941 – The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.
• [Wikipedia: Lithuanian Activist Front]

1942 – World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
• [The German World War II fighter pilot who accidentally landed his plane in West Wales... and helped the Allies win the war]
• [Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Pt. 1, design philosophy and features.]
• [Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Pt.2]
• [Original Fw-190A-5 - BMW-801 - Only Flying Original in the world]

1946 – The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

1947 – The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Hartley_Act]

1951 – The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_United_States]
• [SS United States Conservancy Website]
• [SS United States: America's Flagship]
• [Abandoned - S.S. United States]

1956 – The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.

1959 – Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
• [Wikipedia Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs]
• [Freeman Dyson - The betrayal by Klaus Fuchs]
• [Frank Close tells the story of Klaus Fuchs and the Bodleian Library]
• ['Trinity: Klaus Fuchs, Oxford and the atomic bomb – a story of physics and espionage']

1960 – The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.

1961 – The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.
• [National Science Foundation Website]
• [Wikipedia: Antarctic Treaty System]
• [RMIT Lecture: Antarctic Treaty System]

1967 – Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
• [Wikipedia: Glassboro Summit Conference]
• [Newsreel]
• [Rowan University: 1967 Glassboro Summit]

1969 – Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
• [AP VIDEO: Judge Warren Berger Receives Richard Nixon's Nomination for Chief Justice]
• [From the Archives 91: Warren E. Burger, The State of the Judiciary (1970)]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Warren E. Burger]

1969 – IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.

1972 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

1972 – Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.

1973 – A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale.

1985 – A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
• [Wikipedia: 1985 Narita International Airport bombing]
• [Wikipedia: Air India Flight 182]
• [Air Crash Investigation New Series Air India Flight 182 Jumbo 747 Terrorist Bomb Attack]

1991 – Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise.
• [1991 Sonic The Hedgehog Commercial With Larry Cedar]
• [Wikipedia: Sonic the Hedgehog]
• [Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) ::: 100% Walkthrough ::: LONGPLAY á´´á´° ::: Mega Drive]

1992 - Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time
• [Wikipedia: Outstanding Lead Actress]
• [UPI: Erika Slezak beats out Susan Lucci for Emmy]

1992 - Yitzhak Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election

1994 – NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.
• [25th Anniversary Video Tribute]
• [Offiical Website]
• [Wikipedia: Space Station Processing Facility]

2001 – The 8.4 Mw  southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
• [Wikipedia: 2001 southern Peru earthquake]

2012 – Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
• [CBS News Article]

2013 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
• [Highlights]

2013 – Militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan killing ten climbers, and a local guide.

2014 – The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.

2016 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
• [Brexit and a Prime Minister's resignation: How events unfolded]
• [Out! Brexit Referendum MP Reactions on the Morning of Brexit Results 2016 - Cameron Resignation]
• [Wikipedia: 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]

2017 – A series of terrorist attacks took place in Pakistan resulting in 96 deaths and wounded 200 others.

2018 – Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand were trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day rescue operation.
• [Wikipedia: Tham Luang cave rescue]
• [Tham Luang Cave Rescue: Against the Elements | Full episode]
• [Divers reveal extraordinary behind-the-scenes details of Thailand cave rescue | Four Corners]
• [3D Scan of Tham Luang Cave | Drain the Oceans: Thai Cave Rescue | National Geographic UK]

2020 – Germany locks down a second area after a spike in COVID-19 cases in Gütersloh and Warendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, affecting half a million people

2020 – COVID-19 cases rise sharply again in America as country records its 3rd highest daily total, more than 35,000

2020 – 125 pilots grounded by Pakistan International Airlines after revelations many had cheated in exams or held fake licenses







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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, June 23, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins


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