Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front will cross the area early this morning leading to scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly across the mountains. Drier and less humid conditions return behind the front this afternoon into Tuesday. Humidity returns again on Wednesday and lingers through the weekend. Another cold front will track across the area Wednesday night into Thursday bringing better shower and thunderstorm chances. Showers and thunderstorm chances may Friday into the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs near 90. Light winds out of the northwest early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 90s. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 90s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 82. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 83. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the early evening decreasing to calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 64. Chance of rain is 40%.
Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (4.4 out of 12) today with Grasses and Plantain being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.0 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for June 24th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Franklin in 1988
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Franklin in 1972
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.00 inches in Highlands in 1884
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 24th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County in 1911
Lowest Temperature 37°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1915
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.14 inches in Bayboro, Pamlico County in 2013
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
---NATIONAL---
Biden and Trump gear up for historic and high-stakes debate rematch | AP News
Columbus police provide details on shooting in Short North that left 10 injured | WBNS-TV (Columbus, OH)
• Sweltering temperatures persist across the US, while floodwaters inundate the Midwest [AP News]
• Pro-Palestinian protest erupts in clashes in front of Pico-Robertson synagogue [KABC-TV (Los Angeles, CA)]
• ‘Multiple disasters all in one day’: New Mexico’s brutal week of fire and flood [The Guardian (UK)]
• New Colorado law will ban sales of dental floss, clothes, & other household products containing toxic "forever chemicals" [CBS News]
• Supreme Court rules juries, not judges, may determine who is a career criminal [Courthouse News Service]
• The stock market is in its longest stretch without a 2% sell-off since the financial crisis [CNBC]
International News Headlines
Is Beirut Airport being used by Hezbollah to store explosives and missiles? | FRANCE 24 English
Mutiny was most serious challenge to Putin’s rule | DW News
• More than 1,300 people died during Hajj, many of them after walking in the scorching heat [AP News]
• Deadly attacks on Dagestan synagogues and churches [BBC News]
• Buildings burned, police attacked amid renewed unrest in New Caledonia [France 24]
• Xi eyes military supremacy as he reorganises China’s armed forces [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 23, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Israel-Hamas Liveblog: Netanyahu says Hezbollah battle to come, IDF raid Hamas offices [Jerusalem Post]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Terrorist attacks in southern Russia: What we know so far [Russia Today]
• US supports Kiev regime’s crimes — Russian Ambassador [TASS: Russian News Agency]
Meet the Press full broadcast – June 23 | NBC News
Face the Nation: Morell, Salvanto | June 23, 2024
2024 Campaign Trail: Preview of the 2024 Republican National Convention | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, June 21, 2024
Washington Today (6-21-24): Faith & Freedom Coalition hears from GOP lawmakers at annual conference | C-SPAN
Global National: June 23, 2024 | Tens of millions facing dangerous heat, humidity in US
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 23, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | June 23, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 22, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 23, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Long Now Ignite Talks 02024 | Members of Long Now
• 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
This Week in Linux 268| KDE Plasma 6.1, Cinnamon Desktop, RISC-V Framework Laptop & more Linux news
On This Day
June 24th is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 190 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)
1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
• [Wikipedia: Hayasa-Azzi]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Muršili II]
• [The Complete History of the Hittites]
217 BC – The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Lake Trasimene]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Gaius Flaminius (consul 223 BC)]
• [Wikipedia: Second Punic War]
• [Battle of Lake Trasimene, 217 BC ⚔️ Hannibal (Part 6) - Second Punic War]
• [Lindybeige: Trasimene - history's greatest ambush]
• [The Battle of Lake Trasimene (217 B.C.E.)]
109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Rome.
• [Wikipedia: Aqua Traiana]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Trajan]
• [The Search for the Aqua Traiana (2012)]
• [The Aqua Traiana: Recovering the Sources of Rome’s Lost Aqueduct by Dr. Rabun Taylor (2021)]
474 – Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
637 – The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Moira]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Domnall mac Áedo]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Congal Cáech]
843 - Vikings destroy Nantes
972 – Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cedynia]
• [Real truth about first battle of Poland yr. 972 | Cedynia & Siekierki | Poland]
1128 – Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of São Mamede]
1230 – The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.
• [Wikipedia: Siege of Jaén (1230)]
1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Bannockburn]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Robert the Bruce]
• [Wikipedia: First War of Scottish Independence]
• [Battle of Kings: Bannockburn]
• [Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 ⚔️ First War of Scottish Independence]
• [Battle of Bannockburn 1314 Line of Fire]
1340 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Sluys]
• [Wikipedia: Hundred Years' War]
• [Famous battles: Battle of Sluys (1340)]
1374 – A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
• [Wikipedia: Dancing mania]
• [The Plague That Makes You Dance To Death | Random Thursday]
• [The Forgotten Deadly Plague: Dance Mania]
1497 – John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
1527 - Paracelsus publicly burns standard medical textbooks in Basle as a protest against the current teaching and practice of medicine
• [Wikipedia Bio: Paracelsus]
1535 – The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
• [Wikipedia: Münster rebellion]
• [The Anabaptist Commune of Münster 1534 -1535]
• [The Medieval Communist Uprising, The Münster Rebellion]
1540 - English King Henry VIII commands his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court
1571 – Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
1604 – Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
1622 – Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Macau]
1648 - Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews and 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine
1658 - French fleet recaptures Duinkerk
1663 – The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ameixial]
1690 - King William III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland [OS=June 14]
1717 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
• [Premier Grand Lodge of England]
1731 - Freemason and Mayor of Philadelphia William Allen is appointed Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania, the first and youngest Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
1762 – Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Wilhelmsthal]
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• [Wikipedia: Great Siege of Gibraltar]
• [The Great Siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783]
1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
• [Wikipedia: French First Republic]
• [Wikipedia: Reign of Terror]
• [Wikipedia: Thermidorians]
• [The French Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)]
• [The French Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 2)]
1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.
• [Wikipedia: French invasion of Russia]
• [Why did Napoleon Invade Russia? (Short Animated Documentary)]
• [Epic History TV: Napoleon in Russia]
1813 – Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Beaver Dams]
1821 – The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Carabobo]
• [Venezuela, 1821: The Battle of Carabobo]
1853 - US President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670 square-miles (76,800 square km) from Mexico for $10 million (now southern Arizona and New Mexico)
• [Wikipedia: Gadsden Purchase]
• [VIDEO: Gadsden Purchase]
1859 – Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Solferino]
1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia Union forces attack Confederate batteries
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Mathias Point]
• [Civil War in Hindsight -034- Lets Fly Balloons]
1861 - American Civil War: Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from Union
1863 - American Civil War: Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac
• [Lee’s Invasion of Pennsylvania]
1866 – Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Custoza (1866)]
• [Epic History: The Austro-Prussian War]
1880 – First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
• [The Canadian Encyclopedia]
• [Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto sing “O Canada”]
1894 – French President Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio.
• [Sadi Carnot (statesman)]
• [Sante Geronimo Caserio]
• [Anarchism as a movement, 1870–1940]
1901- 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso aged 19, opens in Paris
• [Wikipedia Bio: Pablo Picasso]
• [Watch Picasso Make a Masterpiece]
• [★ Pablo Picasso Complete Documentary The ★ Art Story]
1902 – King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
1913 – Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Mary Pickford]
• [PBS American Experience: Mary Pickford]
• [LINKTEXT]
1917 - World War I: Russian Black Sea fleet mutinies at Sebastopol
• [WWI Centennial: Russian Black Sea Fleet Mutinies]
1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
1922 – The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
1922 - Adolf Hitler begins a prison sentence for paramilitary operations; he rails against the 'Jewish sell-out' of Germany to the Bolsheviks
• [Adolf Hitler in Prison]
• [How Hitler Launched His Fortune From Prison ]
1932 – A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
1938 – Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
1939 – Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
• [History.Info]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Plaek Phibunsongkhram]
1940 – World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Collar_(commando_raid)]
1941 - World War II: Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy, Lithuania, exterminated
• [Wikipedia: The Holocaust in Lithuania]
1941 - World War II: Germans advance into Russia and take Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas
1942 - World War II: Village of Ležáky, Czechoslovakia destroyed by Nazis after Gestapo finds a radio transmitter believed to have been involved coordinating the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, 33 adults were executed by firing squad on site, and children were sent to concentration camp gas chambers, and the village was burned down and plowed under. It has not been rebuilt.
• [Wikipedia: Ležáky]
1943 – World War II: US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Bamber Bridge]
• [When US Soldiers brought Jim Crow to Britain in World War II]
• [Heroes Among Us: Incident at Bamber Bridge]
1945 - World War II: The Moscow Victory Parade takes place
• [1945 Moscow Victory Grand Parade (HD) - Moscow Victory Parade of 1945] (Russian, click closed captioning and autotranslate for English subtitles)
• [Excerpts of Red Army 1945 Moscow Victory Parade English Narration]
• [2021 Victory Day Parade] (English subtitles)
• [Wikipedia: Moscow Victory Parade of 1945]
1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
• [Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting]
• [The Mysterious Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting in 1947 - FindingUFO]
1948 – Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• [Wikipedia: Berlin Blockade]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Ernst Reuter]
• [Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Begins - Extra History]
• [The Berlin Airlift - The Cold War Mission to Save a City]
1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Mang Yang Pass]
• [Wikipedia: First Indochina War]
• [Vietnam: A Television History - The First Vietnam War (1946-1954)]
1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• [Wikipedia: Roth v. United States]
• [JUSTIA: Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957)]
• [Roth v. United States Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained]
1963 – The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
1973 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
• [Wikipedia: UpStairs Lounge arson attack]
• [Prejudice & Pride: Revisiting the tragic fire that killed 32 in a New Orleans gay bar]
1975 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.
• [Wikipedia: Eastern Air Lines Flight 66]
• [WNBC-TV Eastern Flight 66 Crash Coverage, June 24, 1975]
• [Deadly Draft | Eastern Air Lines Flight 66]
1977 - IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
• [WaPo: Carter Owes No '76 Tax But Will Pay]
1981 – The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17 years.
1982 – "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
1985 - 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth
1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1995 – Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
1997 - USAF reports Roswell 'space aliens' were dummies
2002 – The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
• [Wikipedia: Igandu train collision]
• [LINKTEXT]
• [LINKTEXT]
2004 – In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
2010 – At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
• [Wikipedia: Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships]
• [John Isner vs Nicolas Mahut | Wimbledon 2010 | The Longest Match in Full] (over 11 hours)
2010 – Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
2012 – Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Lonesome George]
• [Lonesome George Tribute, Galapagos 2012]
• [Preserving Lonesome George Short Doc]
2013 – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
2020 - NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announces people arriving from nine states hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to isolate for two weeks
2020 - COVID-19 pandemic worsens dramatically in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, with 25% mortality according to the UN
2020 - Russia celebrates its victory 75 years ago over Nazi Germany with huge military parade through Red Square in Moscow (delayed from May 9 due to pandemic)
• [SCMP Live: Russia Victory Day parade]
2020 - World Monetary fund predicts a deeper global recession with contraction of 4.9% (down from 3%), noting 2/3 of all countries used 11 trillion to support their economies
• [Why the IMF Is Predicting an Even Deeper Global Recession]
2023 – The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.
• [Wagner Group rebellion (Wikipedia)]
• [Sky News Video: How did Wagner Group's attempted rebellion unfold?]
• [WSJ Video: How Wagner’s Advance Unfolded Within 24 Hours | WSJ]
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, June 24, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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