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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front will approach the area and push east across the area today, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms both afternoons. Drier conditions will return next week with low rain chances and below normal temperatures through at least Thursday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a slight chance of showers after 1pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy through midmorning, then gradual clearing, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 20%.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Monday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. The chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 56. Winds out of the northwest around 6 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1pm and 3pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds out of the northwest wind early in the morning increasing to 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Monday
A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 20%.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light west wind becoming west northwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 11pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. The chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 30%.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
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Hazards
Scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and move east through the evening hours. Any storm which develops will be capable of producing gusty winds and cloud-to-ground lightning.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Ernesto, located northeast of Bermuda.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
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Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (8.5 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (8.7 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for August 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1968
Lowest Temperature 49°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.55 inches in Highlands in 2021
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 18th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Clayton, Johnston County in 1988
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1943
Greatest One-Day Rain 9.20 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2021
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of August
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)
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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
8-24-24—Barry Roma—King of the Area Crooners, come hear Barry lend his baritone voice to oldies by Sinatra, Orbison, Johnny Mathis and more. You’ll fall in love just like you did in the 50’s and 60’s by the light of that drive-in screen.
8-31-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band—Country Classics that you don’t hear on the radio anymore. You’ll love the history of the artists and the big sound of the band with Jim Austin and his talented group.
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
Global National: Aug. 17, 2024 | Gaza records 1st case of polio in decades as UN urges vaccinations
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 17, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Aug. 17, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Aug. 17, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Aug. 17, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Accidental Breakthrough on Origins of Life: Why Are All Proteins Left-Handed? | 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 August 16 to 23: It’s a Blue Sturgeon Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 16 – 25 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show August 16 2024: Paid In Second Breakfasts | Level1 Techs
No Secrets in Security – DTNS 4834 | Daily Tech News Show
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On This Day
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 135 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)
684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Constantinople 674–678 and Marj Rahit 684 - Muslim Expansion | Kings and Generals]
• [DBpedia]
1304 – The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
1487 – The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
1572 – Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
1590 – John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
• [Wikipedia: Roanoke Colony]
• [What happened to the 'vanished' colonists at Roanoke? | Live Science]
• [Lost Colony of Roanoke found groundbreaking evidence released in new book | WAVY-TV Virginaia Beach, VA]
• [How Did A Whole Village Disappear? (The Lost Colony of Roanoke Mystery) | Infographics Show]
• [Lost Colony of Roanoke | In Search of History]
1612 – The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1721 – The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
1809 – The Senate of Finland is established in the Grand Duchy of Finland after the official adoption of the Statute of the Government Council by Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
1826 – Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
1848 – Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Union attacks railroad at Globe Tavern August 18 1864 (video)]
• [Battle of the https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/weldon-railroad-battle-of-the/ | Encyclopedia Virginia]
1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
1891 – A major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Women's Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 | CrashCourse]
• [The Surprising Road to Women's Suffrage | University of California Television (UCTV) ]
1923 – First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1940 – World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
• [Wikipedia: The Hardest Day]
• [he Battle Of Britain: The Hardest Days | WW2 Documentary]
• [The Hardest Day, Battle of Britain - Animated | The Operations Room]
• [Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | The War Department Information Film #4]
1945 – Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
1950 – Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, is assassinated. The Party newspaper blames royalists and Rexists.
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
1958 – Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
1963 – Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
1965 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
1966 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
1976 – The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.
• [Wikipedia: Korean axe murder incidentT]
• [DMZ ceremony marks 45th anniversary of American soldiers’ axe slaying |Stars and Stripes (2021)]
• [The Korean Ax Incident - Operation Paul Bunyan | Dard Docs]
• [A Brief History of: The Poplar Tree Incident]
1977 – Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
1983 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
1989 – Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
2003 – One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
2005 – A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
• [Wikipedia/a>]
• [Asia News]
• [BBC News: Massive power outage in Indonesia]
2008 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
2008 – War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Combat Footage: French Infantry Troops Ambushed By Taliban]
• [Ambush | Java Films (French language with English subtitles)]
2017 – The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
2019 – One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after once covering six square miles (15.5 km2).
• [celand holds funeral for its first glacier to vanish | The Telegraph]
• [The New Yorker]
• [Eulogy For A Glacier (Okjökull) | Jonathan Mann ]
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, August 17, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (8.5 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (8.7 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for August 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 94°F in Franklin in 1968
Lowest Temperature 49°F in Highlands in 1917
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.55 inches in Highlands in 2021
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 18th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 107°F in Clayton, Johnston County in 1988
Lowest Temperature 42°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1943
Greatest One-Day Rain 9.20 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2021
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of August
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)
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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
8-24-24—Barry Roma—King of the Area Crooners, come hear Barry lend his baritone voice to oldies by Sinatra, Orbison, Johnny Mathis and more. You’ll fall in love just like you did in the 50’s and 60’s by the light of that drive-in screen.
8-31-24---Jim Austin’s Classic Country Band—Country Classics that you don’t hear on the radio anymore. You’ll love the history of the artists and the big sound of the band with Jim Austin and his talented group.
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
Global National: Aug. 17, 2024 | Gaza records 1st case of polio in decades as UN urges vaccinations
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 17, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | Aug. 17, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Aug. 17, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Aug. 17, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Accidental Breakthrough on Origins of Life: Why Are All Proteins Left-Handed? | 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 August 16 to 23: It’s a Blue Sturgeon Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 16 – 25 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show August 16 2024: Paid In Second Breakfasts | Level1 Techs
No Secrets in Security – DTNS 4834 | Daily Tech News Show
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On This Day
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 135 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)
684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Constantinople 674–678 and Marj Rahit 684 - Muslim Expansion | Kings and Generals]
• [DBpedia]
1304 – The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army and the Flemish militias.
1487 – The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
1572 – Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
1590 – John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
• [Wikipedia: Roanoke Colony]
• [What happened to the 'vanished' colonists at Roanoke? | Live Science]
• [Lost Colony of Roanoke found groundbreaking evidence released in new book | WAVY-TV Virginaia Beach, VA]
• [How Did A Whole Village Disappear? (The Lost Colony of Roanoke Mystery) | Infographics Show]
• [Lost Colony of Roanoke | In Search of History]
1612 – The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1721 – The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
1809 – The Senate of Finland is established in the Grand Duchy of Finland after the official adoption of the Statute of the Government Council by Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
1826 – Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
1848 – Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Union attacks railroad at Globe Tavern August 18 1864 (video)]
• [Battle of the https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/weldon-railroad-battle-of-the/ | Encyclopedia Virginia]
1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
1891 – A major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Women's Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 | CrashCourse]
• [The Surprising Road to Women's Suffrage | University of California Television (UCTV) ]
1923 – First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1940 – World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
• [Wikipedia: The Hardest Day]
• [he Battle Of Britain: The Hardest Days | WW2 Documentary]
• [The Hardest Day, Battle of Britain - Animated | The Operations Room]
• [Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | The War Department Information Film #4]
1945 – Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
1950 – Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, is assassinated. The Party newspaper blames royalists and Rexists.
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
1958 – Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
1963 – Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
1965 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
1966 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
1976 – The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.
• [Wikipedia: Korean axe murder incidentT]
• [DMZ ceremony marks 45th anniversary of American soldiers’ axe slaying |Stars and Stripes (2021)]
• [The Korean Ax Incident - Operation Paul Bunyan | Dard Docs]
• [A Brief History of: The Poplar Tree Incident]
1977 – Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
1983 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
1989 – Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
2003 – One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
2005 – A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
• [Wikipedia/a>]
• [Asia News]
• [BBC News: Massive power outage in Indonesia]
2008 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
2008 – War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
• [Wikipedia]
• [Combat Footage: French Infantry Troops Ambushed By Taliban]
• [Ambush | Java Films (French language with English subtitles)]
2017 – The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
2019 – One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after once covering six square miles (15.5 km2).
• [celand holds funeral for its first glacier to vanish | The Telegraph]
• [The New Yorker]
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, August 17, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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