Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
An upper trough and warm front will move northeast across the region today, followed by another weak boundary tonight, all of which will keep our weather unsettled to start the new week. The pattern remains active through the middle of the week, until a ridge builds in for Thursday and Friday and brings more hot temperatures. A cold front is expected to drop in from the northwest next weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 3pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the west. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. The chance of rain is 50%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 5pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the west 3 to 5 mph. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the northwest. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 5am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Winds out of the west around 5 mph. The chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 3pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. The chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 4am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 80s.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 60s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 3pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows in the mid 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7am. Patchy fog before 8am. Highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southwest. The chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. The chance of rain is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 60s.
Hazards
Widespread showers and storms will continue today and Tuesday. The potential for localized flooding will continue. Additionally, some storms could be strong to marginally severe Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday night with damaging winds as the main threat. By Wednesday, rain chances become more limited with a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Jul 29 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Near the Leeward Islands and Greater Antilles:
An area of disturbed weather over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave during the next couple of days. Environmental conditions are forecast to become conducive for some development thereafter, and a tropical depression could form mid to late week while the system is in the vicinity of the northern Leeward Islands, Greater Antilles, southwestern Atlantic Ocean or the southeastern Bahamas.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range (04.7 out of 12) today with Grasses and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (4.9 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for July 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin in 1952
Lowest Temperature 40°F in Highlands in 1911 (also a state record for the day)
Greatest One-Day Rain 21.15 inches in Highlands in 1879 (also a state record for the day)
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)
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)
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On This Day
July 29th is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 155 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)
587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
• [Neo-Babylonian Empire]
• [Babylonian Conquest and Destruction of the First Temple]
• [The Neo-Babylonian Empire (Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar II, Nabonidus)]
238 – The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor, the sixth emperor of the year.
615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
• [Sack of Thessalonica (904)]
• [Arab–Byzantine wars] 923 – Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italy at Firenzuola (Tuscany).
1014 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kleidion]
• [Battles of Kleidion Pass and Thessalonika, July 1014]
1018 – Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.
1030 – Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
1148 – The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
• [Siege of Damascus (1148)]
• [Wikipedia: Second Crusade]
• [Second Crusade | 3 Minute History]
1565 – The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1567 – The infant James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gravelines]
• [HistoryPod Video] 1693 – War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Landen]
• [Wikipedia: Nine Years' War]
1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
1818 – French physicist Augustin Fresnel submits his prizewinning "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light", precisely accounting for the limited extent to which light spreads into shadows, and thereby demolishing the oldest objection to the wave theory of light.
1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
1848 – Great Famine of Ireland: Tipperary Revolt: In County Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
1851 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
1858 – United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan)]
• [Boshin War | 3 Minute History]
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Belle Boyd]
• [The Southern Belle]
1871 – The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed.
1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Umberto I of Italy]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Gaetano Bresci]
1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
1914 – The Cape Cod Canal opened.
1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
1932 – Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
• [Wikipedia: Bonus Army]
• [Wikipedia: Great Depression]
• [PBS Documentary: The March of the Bonus Army]
• [Bonus Army: US military attacks demonstrating American War Veterans]
• [The Bonus Army Conflict In Washington 1932 | Our History]
• [History Curator: Bonus Army]
1937 – Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
• [Wikipedia: Tungchow mutiny]
1945 – The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
1948 – Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
• [Wikipedia: 1948 Summer Olympics]
• [Movietone Newsreel]
• [London 1948 Olympic Games - Olympic Flame & Opening Ceremony]
1950 – Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
• [Wikipedia: No Gun Ri massacre]
• [No Gun Ri Massacre (1950)]
• [NHD 2019 Massacre of No Gun-ri, Junior Division]
1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
1957 – The Tonight Show - Tonight Starring Jack Paar premieres on NBC with Jack Paar beginning the modern day talk show.
1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
1965 – Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
1967 – Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
• [Wikipedia: 1967 USS Forrestal fire]
• ["Situation Critical: USS Forrestal" - Documentary about the tragic 1967 fire]
• [John McCain in 1967 after the USS Forrestal disaster]
• [USS Forrestal - Nowhere to run - Trial by Fire: A Carrier Fights For Life - Restored film]
1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
• [Wikipedia: 1967 Caracas earthquake]
• [The Influence of the 1967 Caracas Earthquake on Aseismic Design in the Commonwealth Caribbean]
• [1967 Earthquake Strickes Caracas Venezuela Archival Newsreel PublicDomainFootage.com]
1973 – Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
1973 – Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
1976 – In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
• [Wikipedia Bio: David Berkowitz]
• [The Lost Tapes: Son of Sam 📼 | Smithsonian Channel]
• [David Berkowitz (Son of Sam, .44 Caliber Killer) | Mental Health & Personality]
• [Son of Sam | Was David Berkowitz Born to Kill? | Real Crime]
1980 – Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
• [Wikipedia: Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer]
• [Charles & Diana ~ The Royal Wedding 1981]
1981 – After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
1993 – The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
• [Wikipedia: Eris (dwarf planet)]
• [Eris -The World That Demoted Pluto (Beyond Pluto Episode 3) 4K UHD]
• [Eris Facts And History: The Most Massive Dwarf Planet!]
• [In Depth | Eris – NASA Solar System Exploration]
2010 – An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.
2013 – Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.
2019 – The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.
• [Brazil prison riot leaves 57 dead, 16 decapitated]
• [Brazil prison riot: At least 57 killed, 16 decapitated during clash]
2021 - The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.
• [New York Times: Russia’s New 23-Ton Module Docked, Then Sent the Space Station Spinning]
• [Scott Manley: The International Space Station's Accidental Spin Visualized]
• [Reuters: Russian module sends Space Station spinning]
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, July 29, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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• The Sky This Week from July 19 to 26: Stand under the Full Buck Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 19 – 28 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Star-mapping Mission Gaia Impacted by Micrometeoroid, Solar Storm [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show July 26 2024: Racing Cane's | Level1 Techs
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• Tesla shares close down 12% after earnings miss for biggest slump since 2020 [CNBC]
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On This Day
July 29th is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 155 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)
587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
• [Neo-Babylonian Empire]
• [Babylonian Conquest and Destruction of the First Temple]
• [The Neo-Babylonian Empire (Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar II, Nabonidus)]
238 – The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor, the sixth emperor of the year.
615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
• [Sack of Thessalonica (904)]
• [Arab–Byzantine wars] 923 – Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italy at Firenzuola (Tuscany).
1014 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Kleidion]
• [Battles of Kleidion Pass and Thessalonika, July 1014]
1018 – Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.
1030 – Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
1148 – The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
• [Siege of Damascus (1148)]
• [Wikipedia: Second Crusade]
• [Second Crusade | 3 Minute History]
1565 – The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1567 – The infant James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Gravelines]
• [HistoryPod Video] 1693 – War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Landen]
• [Wikipedia: Nine Years' War]
1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
1818 – French physicist Augustin Fresnel submits his prizewinning "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light", precisely accounting for the limited extent to which light spreads into shadows, and thereby demolishing the oldest objection to the wave theory of light.
1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
1848 – Great Famine of Ireland: Tipperary Revolt: In County Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
1851 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
1858 – United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
• [Wikipedia: Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan)]
• [Boshin War | 3 Minute History]
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Belle Boyd]
• [The Southern Belle]
1871 – The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed.
1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Umberto I of Italy]
• [Wikipedia Bio: Gaetano Bresci]
1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
1914 – The Cape Cod Canal opened.
1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
1932 – Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
• [Wikipedia: Bonus Army]
• [Wikipedia: Great Depression]
• [PBS Documentary: The March of the Bonus Army]
• [Bonus Army: US military attacks demonstrating American War Veterans]
• [The Bonus Army Conflict In Washington 1932 | Our History]
• [History Curator: Bonus Army]
1937 – Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
• [Wikipedia: Tungchow mutiny]
1945 – The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
1948 – Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
• [Wikipedia: 1948 Summer Olympics]
• [Movietone Newsreel]
• [London 1948 Olympic Games - Olympic Flame & Opening Ceremony]
1950 – Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
• [Wikipedia: No Gun Ri massacre]
• [No Gun Ri Massacre (1950)]
• [NHD 2019 Massacre of No Gun-ri, Junior Division]
1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
1957 – The Tonight Show - Tonight Starring Jack Paar premieres on NBC with Jack Paar beginning the modern day talk show.
1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
1965 – Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
1967 – Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
• [Wikipedia: 1967 USS Forrestal fire]
• ["Situation Critical: USS Forrestal" - Documentary about the tragic 1967 fire]
• [John McCain in 1967 after the USS Forrestal disaster]
• [USS Forrestal - Nowhere to run - Trial by Fire: A Carrier Fights For Life - Restored film]
1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
• [Wikipedia: 1967 Caracas earthquake]
• [The Influence of the 1967 Caracas Earthquake on Aseismic Design in the Commonwealth Caribbean]
• [1967 Earthquake Strickes Caracas Venezuela Archival Newsreel PublicDomainFootage.com]
1973 – Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
1973 – Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
1976 – In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
• [Wikipedia Bio: David Berkowitz]
• [The Lost Tapes: Son of Sam 📼 | Smithsonian Channel]
• [David Berkowitz (Son of Sam, .44 Caliber Killer) | Mental Health & Personality]
• [Son of Sam | Was David Berkowitz Born to Kill? | Real Crime]
1980 – Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
• [Wikipedia: Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer]
• [Charles & Diana ~ The Royal Wedding 1981]
1981 – After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
1993 – The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
• [Wikipedia: Eris (dwarf planet)]
• [Eris -The World That Demoted Pluto (Beyond Pluto Episode 3) 4K UHD]
• [Eris Facts And History: The Most Massive Dwarf Planet!]
• [In Depth | Eris – NASA Solar System Exploration]
2010 – An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.
2013 – Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.
2019 – The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.
• [Brazil prison riot leaves 57 dead, 16 decapitated]
• [Brazil prison riot: At least 57 killed, 16 decapitated during clash]
2021 - The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.
• [New York Times: Russia’s New 23-Ton Module Docked, Then Sent the Space Station Spinning]
• [Scott Manley: The International Space Station's Accidental Spin Visualized]
• [Reuters: Russian module sends Space Station spinning]
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, July 29, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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