Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A nearly stationary front will meander across our region through early next week providing a focus for above normal chances of mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Another cold front will approach from the north later next week. Temperatures will be near normal or just a bit cooler than normal.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog after 1am. Lows around 60. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 2am. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs near 80. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog after 1am. Lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 70%.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Hazards
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop across the area this afternoon and evening. The main threats will be from frequent cloud to ground lightning and brief torrential rainfall. However, a few storms could briefly become severe and produce isolated damaging wind gusts. In addition, excessive rainfall could occur in isolated locations, resulting in flash flooding of small streams and urban areas. Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (0.5 out of 12) today with Grasses, Plantain, and Chenopods being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (0.5 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for July 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Franklin in 1986
Lowest Temperature 47°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2009
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.79 inches in Highlands in 1959
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 July 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 July 19th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1902
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2009
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of July Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 109°F in Albemarle, Stanly County on 07-28-1940
Lowest Temperature 32°F in Celo, Yancey County on 07-10-1961
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands, Macon County on 07-29-1879
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)
July 2024 Schedule
7-20-24--Jim Austin's Classic Country Band--Always a favorite here at The Frog and elsewhere. They often pack the house! This multi-member group has all the classic country hits that you don't hear on the radio anymore.
7-27-24—Charlie Simmons & Paul Linser--Two accomplished finger-style guitar pickers that have some great songs in their line-up. You'll love their acoustic sound! Their music will take you from the ranges of the Midwest to the Southeastern region of the country. Welcome back, guys.
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---
The Appalachian Rainforest | Aidin Robbins
NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson to retire at the end of 2024-25 school year | WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)
• COVID-19 uptick noticed by local health experts; at-home tests in demand [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Macon County Commissioners table flood, water and soil ordinances for next 3 months [BPR News]
• Pactiv sells Waynesville plant, Pine Bluff facility for $110 million [Smoky Mountain NEws]
• Watch: Asheville native Franklin Graham speaks and prays at the RNC [Asheville Citizen-Times]
• Tips on keeping your garden from becoming a slugfest [Sylva Herals and Ruralite]
• NC commission delays advancing limits on forever-chemical water pollution — again [Raleigh News and Observer]
---NATIONAL---
FDA investigating mushroom edibles as their popularity rises | NBC News
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's spying trial resumes in Russia | CBS News
• Once defiant, Biden is now 'soul searching' about dropping out of race [Reuters]
• Rally shooter had photos of Trump, Biden and other US officials on his phone, AP sources say [AP News]
• Ninth Circuit again reinstates rioting charges against two white supremacists [Courthouse News Service]
• Shelter provider accused of "pervasive" sexual abuse of migrant children in U.S. custody [CBS News]
• FACT FOCUS: Heritage Foundation leader wrong to say most political violence is committed by the left [AP News]
• A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world [ResearchGate (PDF Download)]
• Lou Dobbs, conservative political commentator, dies at 78 [CBS News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Donald Trump Accepts Presidential Nomination at Republican National Convention (Day 4) | C-SPAN
Tucker Carlson Full Remarks at Republican National Convention | C-SPAN
Donald Trump Accepts Republican Nomination for President of the United States | C-SPAN
Donald Trump's full speech at 2024 RNC: Assassination attempt, criminal trials & critiques of Biden | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• In RNC speech, Trump recounts surviving assassination attempt: "A providential moment" [CBS News]
• 'The chart that saved my life': Trump puts Ron Johnson's immigration chart on center stage during RNC acceptance [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
• How Trump Won Back Complete Control of the GOP [Wall Street Journal]
• Trump gives longest televised acceptance speech ever [Politico]
• Pelosi has told House Democrats that Biden may soon be persuaded to exit race [Washington Post]
• Kamala Harris highlights military issues, health care, Project 2025 in return to North Carolina [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
Military Sealift Command 75th Anniversary | (Ep3) Special Missions and Finding Its Way | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (7-18-24): Donald Trump supporters say he will speak of unity in RNC speech | C-SPAN
Global National: July 18, 2024 | Pressure mounting on Biden to drop out as president
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 18, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | July 18, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 18, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 18, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
How To Detect Faster Than Light Travel | PBS Space Time
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from July 12 to 19: An occultation in Virgo [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 12 – 21 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Meade and Orion Cease Operations — Maybe [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Live Links With Friends July 15 2024 - Hardware, AI, Gov, Biz, You Name IT | Level1 Techs
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On This Day
July 19th is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 165 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)
AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
• [Wikipedia: Great Fire of Rome]
• [Rome is Burning - Anthony Barrett] (dramatization)
• [Nero | Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire | BBC Documentary]
• [Nero: Rome’s Antichrist]
484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
532 - Start of Dionysian Paschal Cycle.
• [Encyclopaedia Britannica: Dionysian period]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Dionysius Exiguus]
711 – Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Guadalete]
• [Wikipedia: Umayyad conquest of Hispania]
• [Great Battles of the Reconquista - Guadalete 711] (the title is wrong, this is part of the Muslim Conquest of Hispania)
• [The Battle of Guadalete 711 AD]
• [Campaigns: Tariq b. Ziyad in Spain (711)]
• [The Arab Conquest of Spain - full documentary]
939 – Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Simancas]
998 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Apamea]
• [Wikipedia: Arab–Byzantine wars]
• [Wikipedia: Early Muslim conquests]
1333 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Halidon Hill]
• [Wikipedia: Wars of Scottish Independence]
• [The Battle of Halidon Hill 1333 AD - By Ian Mortimer]
• [HUNDRED YEARS' WAR: Battle of Halidon Hill]
1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins.
• [Wikipedia: Sieges of Boulogne (1544–1546)]
• [Wikipedia: Italian War of 1542–1546]
1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
• [Wikipedia: Mary Rose]
• [Official Website]
• [The Ghost Ship Of Henry VIII | Mary Rose | Timeline]
• [Pearl Divers and the Salvage of the Mary Rose]
• [Mystery of the Great Mary Rose : Documentary on the Mysterious Sinking of the Mary Rose]
• [HD Skeletons of the Mary Rose The New Evidence (2019)]
1553 – The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England collapses after only nine days.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gravelines]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]
• [panish Armada & Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)]
1595 - Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz.
• [APS Physics: Kepler’s Insight Leading to Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [Wikipedia: Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [DING: Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Johannes Kepler]
• [BBC Radio (In Our Time): Johannes Kepler]
• [The Day The Universe Changed: Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens]
1701 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
• [Wikipedia: Nanfan Treaty]
• [Wikipedia: Iroquois]
1702 – Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kliszów]
• [The Battle of Kliszów (1702) | Total War Cinematic Documentary]
• [Wikipedia: Great northern War]
1817 – Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
1821 – Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom.
1832 – The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
1843 – Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
• [Wikipedia: SS Great Britain]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Isambard Kingdom Brunel]
• [Bristol - SS Great Britain - walk tour inside the famous iron steamship]
• [The "Great Britain" project - Documentary]
• [50 years back in Bristol | ITV News]
1845 – Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
• [Wikipedia: Great New York City Fire of 1845]
1848 – Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
• [Wikipedia: Seneca Falls Convention]
• [NPS" Declaration of Sentiments]
• [Division at Seneca Falls | The Vote | American Experience | PBS]
1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• [Wikipedia: Morgan's Raid]
1864 – Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• [Wikipedia: Third Battle of Nanking]
• [The Deadliest Rebellion in the World - the Taiping Rebellion - Part 1]
• [Part 2]
• [BBC Radio 4: The Taiping Rebellion]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaWv5cE-_hM]
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• [Franco-Prussian War]
• [Franco Prussian War]
• [How Prussia Ended The French Empire: Franco-Prussian War | Animated History]
1880 - San Francisco Public Library starts lending books.
1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
1916 – World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• [Wikipedia: Attack at Fromelles]
• [Australia's Darkest Hour - The Battle of Fromelles I THE GREAT WAR - Week 104]
• [The Battle of Fromelles Commemoration Film]
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cape Spada]
1940 - World War II: Adolf Hitler orders Great Britain to surrender.
1940 – World War II: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
1941 - World War I: British PM Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign. BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) ("...-" in Morse code) (opening of Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th symphony).
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign]
• [Almanac: "V for Victory" sign]
• [Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Morse Code]
• [Darkest Hour (2017) - Up Your Bum Scene (3/10) | Movieclips] (Dramatization)
• [Where does 'V for Victory' come from?]
• [Defense Media Network: The ‘V for Victory’ Campaign]
1942 – World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
1942 - US première of Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony in NYC by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini in a concert broadcast nationwide on NBC radio.
• [Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" Toscanini / NBC Whole broadcast 1942, live, restored]
• [Wikipedia: Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)]
• [Music: Shostakovich Premiere] (Time Magazine)
• [New York Times Article]
1943 – World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
1947 – Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
1947 – Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
1952 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
1964 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
1969 – Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• [Wikipedia: Chappaquiddick incident]
• [Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick incident | Boston Globe]
• [eputy Sheriff's story differs from Ted Kennedy's at Chappaquiddick]
1969 - Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit.
• [Apollo 11 in Real Time]
• [Apollo 11 Flight Log, July 18, 1969: Entering the Moon's Gravity]
1972 – Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
1977 – The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).
1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
1979 – The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
1980 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
• [Wilkipedia: 1980 Summer Olympics]
• [The XXII Moscow Olympic Summer Games. Opening Ceremony] (Full Video)
• [Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Last scene of the opening ceremony]
1981 – In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• [Wikipedia: Farewell Dossier]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vladimir Vetrov]
• [President Reagan is Stunned by the Scale of Soviet Espionage]
• [Soviet pipeline sabotage was 'Reagan's idea': security adviser Richard Allen] (English Subtitles)
1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
1984 - Geraldine Ferraro (US Representative, New York), becomes the 1st US female major-party vice-presidential nominee, officially joining Walter Mondale's Democratic Party ticket.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Geraldine Ferraro]
• [Geraldine Ferraro's Full Speech at the 1984 Democratic Convention]
• [Wikipedia: 1984 Democratic National Convention]
1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
1989 – United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
• [Wikipedia: United Airlines Flight 232]
• [United Airlines Flight 232 Crash in Sioux City - KIRO-TV7 News (Seattle) - July 19, 1989]
• [The Impossible Landing - United Airlines Flight 232] (flight sim reconstruction)
• [Seconds From Disaster United Airlines Flight 232]
1992 – A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
2014 – Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.
2015 - World Health Organization puts world's Ebola death toll at 11,284.
2017 - US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer.
2020 - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticizes federal policing of protesters in his city, calling it unconstitutional.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, July 19, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Tucker Carlson Full Remarks at Republican National Convention | C-SPAN
Donald Trump Accepts Republican Nomination for President of the United States | C-SPAN
Donald Trump's full speech at 2024 RNC: Assassination attempt, criminal trials & critiques of Biden | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• In RNC speech, Trump recounts surviving assassination attempt: "A providential moment" [CBS News]
• 'The chart that saved my life': Trump puts Ron Johnson's immigration chart on center stage during RNC acceptance [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
• How Trump Won Back Complete Control of the GOP [Wall Street Journal]
• Trump gives longest televised acceptance speech ever [Politico]
• Pelosi has told House Democrats that Biden may soon be persuaded to exit race [Washington Post]
• Kamala Harris highlights military issues, health care, Project 2025 in return to North Carolina [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
Military Sealift Command 75th Anniversary | (Ep3) Special Missions and Finding Its Way | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (7-18-24): Donald Trump supporters say he will speak of unity in RNC speech | C-SPAN
Global National: July 18, 2024 | Pressure mounting on Biden to drop out as president
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 18, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | July 18, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 18, 2024
PBS NewsHour full episode, (July 18, 2024)
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How To Detect Faster Than Light Travel | PBS Space Time
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from July 12 to 19: An occultation in Virgo [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 12 – 21 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Meade and Orion Cease Operations — Maybe [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Live Links With Friends July 15 2024 - Hardware, AI, Gov, Biz, You Name IT | Level1 Techs
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On This Day
July 19th is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 165 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)
AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
• [Wikipedia: Great Fire of Rome]
• [Rome is Burning - Anthony Barrett] (dramatization)
• [Nero | Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire | BBC Documentary]
• [Nero: Rome’s Antichrist]
484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
532 - Start of Dionysian Paschal Cycle.
• [Encyclopaedia Britannica: Dionysian period]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Dionysius Exiguus]
711 – Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Guadalete]
• [Wikipedia: Umayyad conquest of Hispania]
• [Great Battles of the Reconquista - Guadalete 711] (the title is wrong, this is part of the Muslim Conquest of Hispania)
• [The Battle of Guadalete 711 AD]
• [Campaigns: Tariq b. Ziyad in Spain (711)]
• [The Arab Conquest of Spain - full documentary]
939 – Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Simancas]
998 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Apamea]
• [Wikipedia: Arab–Byzantine wars]
• [Wikipedia: Early Muslim conquests]
1333 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Halidon Hill]
• [Wikipedia: Wars of Scottish Independence]
• [The Battle of Halidon Hill 1333 AD - By Ian Mortimer]
• [HUNDRED YEARS' WAR: Battle of Halidon Hill]
1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins.
• [Wikipedia: Sieges of Boulogne (1544–1546)]
• [Wikipedia: Italian War of 1542–1546]
1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
• [Wikipedia: Mary Rose]
• [Official Website]
• [The Ghost Ship Of Henry VIII | Mary Rose | Timeline]
• [Pearl Divers and the Salvage of the Mary Rose]
• [Mystery of the Great Mary Rose : Documentary on the Mysterious Sinking of the Mary Rose]
• [HD Skeletons of the Mary Rose The New Evidence (2019)]
1553 – The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England collapses after only nine days.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gravelines]
• [Wikipedia: Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]
• [panish Armada & Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)]
1595 - Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz.
• [APS Physics: Kepler’s Insight Leading to Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [Wikipedia: Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [DING: Mysterium Cosmographicum]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Johannes Kepler]
• [BBC Radio (In Our Time): Johannes Kepler]
• [The Day The Universe Changed: Infinitely Reasonable: Science Revises the Heavens]
1701 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
• [Wikipedia: Nanfan Treaty]
• [Wikipedia: Iroquois]
1702 – Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kliszów]
• [The Battle of Kliszów (1702) | Total War Cinematic Documentary]
• [Wikipedia: Great northern War]
1817 – Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
1821 – Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom.
1832 – The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
1843 – Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
• [Wikipedia: SS Great Britain]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Isambard Kingdom Brunel]
• [Bristol - SS Great Britain - walk tour inside the famous iron steamship]
• [The "Great Britain" project - Documentary]
• [50 years back in Bristol | ITV News]
1845 – Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
• [Wikipedia: Great New York City Fire of 1845]
1848 – Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
• [Wikipedia: Seneca Falls Convention]
• [NPS" Declaration of Sentiments]
• [Division at Seneca Falls | The Vote | American Experience | PBS]
1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• [Wikipedia: Morgan's Raid]
1864 – Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• [Wikipedia: Third Battle of Nanking]
• [The Deadliest Rebellion in the World - the Taiping Rebellion - Part 1]
• [Part 2]
• [BBC Radio 4: The Taiping Rebellion]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaWv5cE-_hM]
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• [Franco-Prussian War]
• [Franco Prussian War]
• [How Prussia Ended The French Empire: Franco-Prussian War | Animated History]
1880 - San Francisco Public Library starts lending books.
1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
1916 – World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• [Wikipedia: Attack at Fromelles]
• [Australia's Darkest Hour - The Battle of Fromelles I THE GREAT WAR - Week 104]
• [The Battle of Fromelles Commemoration Film]
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
1940 – World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Cape Spada]
1940 - World War II: Adolf Hitler orders Great Britain to surrender.
1940 – World War II: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
1941 - World War I: British PM Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign. BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) ("...-" in Morse code) (opening of Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th symphony).
• [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign]
• [Almanac: "V for Victory" sign]
• [Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Morse Code]
• [Darkest Hour (2017) - Up Your Bum Scene (3/10) | Movieclips] (Dramatization)
• [Where does 'V for Victory' come from?]
• [Defense Media Network: The ‘V for Victory’ Campaign]
1942 – World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
1942 - US première of Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony in NYC by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini in a concert broadcast nationwide on NBC radio.
• [Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" Toscanini / NBC Whole broadcast 1942, live, restored]
• [Wikipedia: Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)]
• [Music: Shostakovich Premiere] (Time Magazine)
• [New York Times Article]
1943 – World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
1947 – Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
1947 – Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
1952 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
1964 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
1969 – Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• [Wikipedia: Chappaquiddick incident]
• [Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick incident | Boston Globe]
• [eputy Sheriff's story differs from Ted Kennedy's at Chappaquiddick]
1969 - Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit.
• [Apollo 11 in Real Time]
• [Apollo 11 Flight Log, July 18, 1969: Entering the Moon's Gravity]
1972 – Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
1977 – The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET).
1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
1979 – The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
1980 – Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
• [Wilkipedia: 1980 Summer Olympics]
• [The XXII Moscow Olympic Summer Games. Opening Ceremony] (Full Video)
• [Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Last scene of the opening ceremony]
1981 – In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• [Wikipedia: Farewell Dossier]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Vladimir Vetrov]
• [President Reagan is Stunned by the Scale of Soviet Espionage]
• [Soviet pipeline sabotage was 'Reagan's idea': security adviser Richard Allen] (English Subtitles)
1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
1984 - Geraldine Ferraro (US Representative, New York), becomes the 1st US female major-party vice-presidential nominee, officially joining Walter Mondale's Democratic Party ticket.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Geraldine Ferraro]
• [Geraldine Ferraro's Full Speech at the 1984 Democratic Convention]
• [Wikipedia: 1984 Democratic National Convention]
1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
1989 – United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
• [Wikipedia: United Airlines Flight 232]
• [United Airlines Flight 232 Crash in Sioux City - KIRO-TV7 News (Seattle) - July 19, 1989]
• [The Impossible Landing - United Airlines Flight 232] (flight sim reconstruction)
• [Seconds From Disaster United Airlines Flight 232]
1992 – A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
2014 – Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.
2015 - World Health Organization puts world's Ebola death toll at 11,284.
2017 - US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer.
2020 - Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticizes federal policing of protesters in his city, calling it unconstitutional.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, July 19, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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