Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Daily chances of showers and thunderstorms will continue through the weekend, with the best coverage most likely in the afternoons and evenings, but small chances lingering overnight in the North Carolina mountains. Very hot and humid weather will continue through Friday, but a cold front arriving this weekend will bring back more typical temperatures Sunday and early next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 90s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. The chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. The chance of rain is 60%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. The chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. The chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Light winds out of the north. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 70. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 90. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Highs in the mid 80s. The chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. The chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 60s. Calm winds.
Friday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southwest. The chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Highs near 80. The chance of rain is 80%.
Saturday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. The chance of rain is 60%.
Hazards
A few strong to severe storms will also be possible again today, with damaging winds the main threat, along with the possibility of torrential downpours and localized flooding.
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Thu Aug 1 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Southwestern Atlantic and Eastern Gulf of Mexico: A well-defined tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the northern Leeward Islands, and the adjacent waters of the southwestern Atlantic and northeastern Caribbean Sea. Development of this system is unlikely during the next couple of days while it moves west-northwestward over portions of the Greater Antilles. However, environmental conditions are forecast to be more conducive for development after the wave passes the Greater Antilles, and a tropical depression could form this weekend or early next week over the eastern Gulf of Mexico or far southwestern Atlantic Ocean, including in the vicinity of Florida. Interests across the Greater Antilles, Bahamas, and Florida should continue to monitor the progress of this system.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (5.6 out of 12) today with Grasses and Nettle being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (5.8 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for August 1st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1999
Lowest Temperature 45°F in Highlands in 1895
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.73 inches in Franklin in 1948
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 August
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 1st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1980
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1920
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.57 inches in Morganton, Burke County in 1932
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Highest Temperature 110°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County on 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-23-1930
Greatest Rainfall 12.43 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County on 08-12-1955
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
August 2024 Schedule
8-3-24—Bloodroot—From the heart of the Cowee Valley and Bryson City comes Bloodroot, an acoustical band with all the harmonies you’d ever want in Americana Music. They’ve been a crowd-pleaser before at Frog Quarters; they will be again, we’re sure.
8-10-24—Dave Stewart---A leader in many area Singer/Songwriters and member of many local bands, we welcome as always, Dave Stewart. He’s a little oldies, a little jazz and a lot of talent. Come here the man and his guitar.
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
---US Government Watch---
United States Senate Committee on the Budget
Charging Ahead: The Future of Electric Vehicles
Senate Budget Committee holds hearing on future of electric vehicles | PBS NewsHour
• Dr. Jesse Jenkins
Assistant Professor and Macro-Scale Energy Systems Engineer
Department of Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering And The Andlinger Center For Energy and Environment, Princeton University
[ Download Testimony]
• Ms. Britta Gross
Director of Transportation
Electric Power Research Institute
[ Download Testimony]
• Ms. Maureen Hinman
Co-Founder and Chairwoman
Silverado Policy Accelerator
[ Download Testimony]
• Mr. Dave Schwietert
Chief Government Affairs and Policy Officer
Alliance For Automotive Innovation
[ Download Testimony]
• Mr. Jeff Davis
Senior Fellow
Eno Center For Transportation
[ Download Testimony]
Global National: July 31, 2024 | Killing of Hamas political chief threatens wider war
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 31, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | July 31, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 31, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (July 31, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Gallium Anomaly Hints at New Physics After 35 Years of Experiments | Anton Petrov
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from July 26 to August 2: Catch the Southern Delta Aquariids [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 26 – August 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Remembering David Crawford (1931–2024) [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show July 31 2024: ✖️🚫🔫💦 | Level1 Techs
A Dead Digital Store Library is Needed - DTNS 4822 | Daily Tech News Show
On This Day
August 1st is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 152 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)
30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
• [This Week in 30 BC: Augustus in Egypt]
AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
• [Wikipedia: Revolt of the Batavi]
• [Wikipedia: Year of the Four Emperors]
• [The Year of the Four Emperors] (Ancient Warfare Magazine Podcast)
527 – Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
607 – Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
902 – Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
1203 – Isaac II Angelos, restored Byzantine Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
1291 – The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
1469 – Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.
1498 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
• [Wikipedia: Colonial Venezuela]
1571 – The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
1620 – Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
1664 – Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
1714 – George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
1759 – Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Minden]
• [A British Lieutenant's Intense Firsthand Account From The Battle Of Minden (1759)]
• [The Battle of Minden - The Place Where Britain Became A Worldpower]
1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• [Joseph Priestley and the Discovery of Oxygen]
• [Joseph Priestley Discovers Oxygen]
• [THE DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN & COMBUSTION 1946 EDUCATIONAL FILM ]
1798 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Nile]
• [Battle of the Nile | Nelson's Victory at Aboukir Bay]
• [Admiral Nelson & The Battle of the Nile 1798]
1800 – The Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• [Wikipedia: Acts of Union 1800]
1801 – First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
• [WIkipedia: Action of 1 August 1801]
1834 – Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
• [Wikipedia: Slavery Abolition Act 1833]
• [Abolitionism in the United Kingdom]
1842 – The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
• [Wikipedia: Lombard Street riot]
1849 – Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of AraucanÃa, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.
1855 – The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
1863 – At the suggestion of Senator J. V. Snellman and the order of Emperor Alexander II, full rights were promised to the Finnish language by a language regulation in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
1876 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1893 – Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
1894 – The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• [Wikipedia: First Sino-Japanese War]
• History of China [First Sino-Japanese War Part One] [First Sino-Japanese War Part Two]
1907 – The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
• [Wikipedia: Brownsea Island Scout camp]
• [Wikipedia: Scouting]
1911 – Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
1914 – The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
• [Germany in Two-Front War and the Schlieffen-Plan I THE GREAT WAR - Week 2]
• [Blueprint for Armageddon I-A] (Germany Invades Belgium)
• [Hardcore History 50-55: Blueprint for Armageddon Series ($14.99)] (Longform History Podcast About WW I from Dan Carlin)
1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
• [Nanchang uprising]
• [The Chinese Civil War - Blood for Unity l HISTORY OF CHINA]
1933 – Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
• [The Coverup and Execution of Four Men that Enabled the Nazi Power Grab in 1933]
1936 – The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
• [Wikipedia: 1936 Summer Olympics]
• [Olympia Berlin 1936 - Opening and Closing ceremony]
• [Leni Riefenstahl: Olympia - Festival of Nations (1936)] (German)
• [Leni Riefenstahl: Olympia - Festival of Nations (1936)] (English)
1937 – Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
1943 – World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Tidal Wave]
• [Operation Tidal Wave - 178 B-24 Bombers vs. Hitler's Gas Station]
• [The Ploesti Raid, a lecture by combat pilot Robert Sternfels]
1944 – World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
• [Warsaw Uprising]
• [The Warsaw Uprising - The Unstoppable Spirit of the Polish Resistance - Extra History]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8rILXvZ1mo] (Dramatization of Events)
• [Warsaw Rising: The Forgotten Soldiers of World War II]
1946 – Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
1950 – Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• [Wikipedia: North American Aerospace Defense Command]
• [Colorado Experience: NORAD]
• [North American Aerospace Defense Command | Behind the Wings on PBS]
1960 – Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
1960 – Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
1961 – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
1964 – The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1965 – Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
1966 – Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1968 – The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
1971 – The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1974 – Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
1976 – Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring.
1980 – VigdÃs Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
1980 – A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
• [The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (Official Music Video)]
• [First music video on MTV 01.08.1981 'The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"]
• [The First 100 Videos Played On MTV]
1984 – Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
1985 - Russian KGB officer Vitaly Yurchenko defects to the US in Rome, naming Americans Ronald Pelton and Edward Lee Howard as KGB agents
1988 – A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
1996 George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire"
2004 – A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
2008 – The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
2008 – Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
2017 – A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
2021 American virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci says "things are going to get worse" as US COVID-19 cases double in 10 days due to surge of Delta variant. The US passes the 35 million mark in COVID-19 cases with California becoming first state to record 4 million cases. The US passes the 35 million mark in COVID-19 cases with California becoming first state to record 4 million cases
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, August 01, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Highest Temperature 99°F in Franklin on 08-09-1980
Lowest Temperature 40°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 08-29-1968
Greatest Rainfall 9.68 inches in Highlands on 08-13-1940
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for August 1st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 105°F in Lewiston, Bertie County in 1980
Lowest Temperature 38°F in Mount Airy, Surry County in 1920
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.57 inches in Morganton, Burke County in 1932
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Highest Temperature 110°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County on 08-21-1983
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 08-23-1930
Greatest Rainfall 12.43 inches in Morehead City, Carteret County on 08-12-1955
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during August in the state)
Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
August 2024 Schedule
8-3-24—Bloodroot—From the heart of the Cowee Valley and Bryson City comes Bloodroot, an acoustical band with all the harmonies you’d ever want in Americana Music. They’ve been a crowd-pleaser before at Frog Quarters; they will be again, we’re sure.
8-10-24—Dave Stewart---A leader in many area Singer/Songwriters and member of many local bands, we welcome as always, Dave Stewart. He’s a little oldies, a little jazz and a lot of talent. Come here the man and his guitar.
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
---US Government Watch---
United States Senate Committee on the Budget
Charging Ahead: The Future of Electric Vehicles
Senate Budget Committee holds hearing on future of electric vehicles | PBS NewsHour
• Dr. Jesse Jenkins
Assistant Professor and Macro-Scale Energy Systems Engineer
Department of Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering And The Andlinger Center For Energy and Environment, Princeton University
[ Download Testimony]
• Ms. Britta Gross
Director of Transportation
Electric Power Research Institute
[ Download Testimony]
• Ms. Maureen Hinman
Co-Founder and Chairwoman
Silverado Policy Accelerator
[ Download Testimony]
• Mr. Dave Schwietert
Chief Government Affairs and Policy Officer
Alliance For Automotive Innovation
[ Download Testimony]
• Mr. Jeff Davis
Senior Fellow
Eno Center For Transportation
[ Download Testimony]
Global National: July 31, 2024 | Killing of Hamas political chief threatens wider war
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 31, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | July 31, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 31, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (July 31, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Gallium Anomaly Hints at New Physics After 35 Years of Experiments | Anton Petrov
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from July 26 to August 2: Catch the Southern Delta Aquariids [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 26 – August 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Remembering David Crawford (1931–2024) [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show July 31 2024: ✖️🚫🔫💦 | Level1 Techs
A Dead Digital Store Library is Needed - DTNS 4822 | Daily Tech News Show
On This Day
August 1st is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 152 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)
30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
• [This Week in 30 BC: Augustus in Egypt]
AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
• [Wikipedia: Revolt of the Batavi]
• [Wikipedia: Year of the Four Emperors]
• [The Year of the Four Emperors] (Ancient Warfare Magazine Podcast)
527 – Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
607 – Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
902 – Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
1203 – Isaac II Angelos, restored Byzantine Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
1291 – The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
1469 – Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.
1498 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
• [Wikipedia: Colonial Venezuela]
1571 – The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
1620 – Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
1664 – Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
1714 – George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
1759 – Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Minden]
• [A British Lieutenant's Intense Firsthand Account From The Battle Of Minden (1759)]
• [The Battle of Minden - The Place Where Britain Became A Worldpower]
1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
• [Joseph Priestley and the Discovery of Oxygen]
• [Joseph Priestley Discovers Oxygen]
• [THE DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN & COMBUSTION 1946 EDUCATIONAL FILM ]
1798 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of the Nile]
• [Battle of the Nile | Nelson's Victory at Aboukir Bay]
• [Admiral Nelson & The Battle of the Nile 1798]
1800 – The Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• [Wikipedia: Acts of Union 1800]
1801 – First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
• [WIkipedia: Action of 1 August 1801]
1834 – Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
• [Wikipedia: Slavery Abolition Act 1833]
• [Abolitionism in the United Kingdom]
1842 – The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
• [Wikipedia: Lombard Street riot]
1849 – Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of AraucanÃa, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.
1855 – The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
1863 – At the suggestion of Senator J. V. Snellman and the order of Emperor Alexander II, full rights were promised to the Finnish language by a language regulation in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
1876 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1893 – Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
1894 – The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• [Wikipedia: First Sino-Japanese War]
• History of China [First Sino-Japanese War Part One] [First Sino-Japanese War Part Two]
1907 – The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
• [Wikipedia: Brownsea Island Scout camp]
• [Wikipedia: Scouting]
1911 – Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
1914 – The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
• [Germany in Two-Front War and the Schlieffen-Plan I THE GREAT WAR - Week 2]
• [Blueprint for Armageddon I-A] (Germany Invades Belgium)
• [Hardcore History 50-55: Blueprint for Armageddon Series ($14.99)] (Longform History Podcast About WW I from Dan Carlin)
1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
• [Nanchang uprising]
• [The Chinese Civil War - Blood for Unity l HISTORY OF CHINA]
1933 – Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
• [The Coverup and Execution of Four Men that Enabled the Nazi Power Grab in 1933]
1936 – The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
• [Wikipedia: 1936 Summer Olympics]
• [Olympia Berlin 1936 - Opening and Closing ceremony]
• [Leni Riefenstahl: Olympia - Festival of Nations (1936)] (German)
• [Leni Riefenstahl: Olympia - Festival of Nations (1936)] (English)
1937 – Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
1943 – World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
• [Wikipedia: Operation Tidal Wave]
• [Operation Tidal Wave - 178 B-24 Bombers vs. Hitler's Gas Station]
• [The Ploesti Raid, a lecture by combat pilot Robert Sternfels]
1944 – World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
• [Warsaw Uprising]
• [The Warsaw Uprising - The Unstoppable Spirit of the Polish Resistance - Extra History]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8rILXvZ1mo] (Dramatization of Events)
• [Warsaw Rising: The Forgotten Soldiers of World War II]
1946 – Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
1950 – Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• [Wikipedia: North American Aerospace Defense Command]
• [Colorado Experience: NORAD]
• [North American Aerospace Defense Command | Behind the Wings on PBS]
1960 – Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
1960 – Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
1961 – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
1964 – The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1965 – Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
1966 – Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1968 – The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
1971 – The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1974 – Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
1976 – Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring.
1980 – VigdÃs Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
1980 – A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
• [The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (Official Music Video)]
• [First music video on MTV 01.08.1981 'The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"]
• [The First 100 Videos Played On MTV]
1984 – Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
1985 - Russian KGB officer Vitaly Yurchenko defects to the US in Rome, naming Americans Ronald Pelton and Edward Lee Howard as KGB agents
1988 – A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
1996 George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire"
2004 – A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
2008 – The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
2008 – Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
2017 – A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
2021 American virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci says "things are going to get worse" as US COVID-19 cases double in 10 days due to surge of Delta variant. The US passes the 35 million mark in COVID-19 cases with California becoming first state to record 4 million cases. The US passes the 35 million mark in COVID-19 cases with California becoming first state to record 4 million cases
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, August 01, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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