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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low developing off the South Carolina coast is expected to track northwestward into the Carolinas later today, possibly become a Tropical Storm, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds. The low will slowly drift inland tonight through Tuesday, and weaken. By Wednesday, the remnant low will stall out over the Mid-Atlantic, while high pressure begins to build into the region from the north and west late in the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the east 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. The chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs near 68. East northeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 11pm and 3am. Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. The chance of rain is 20%.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. The chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds in the evening increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph before midnight.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the north 3 to 6 mph. The chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. The chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers before 3am. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph in the evening decreasing to calm before midnight.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Mon Sep 16 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Gordon, located over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean.
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight, located approximately one hundred miles offshore of the coast of South Carolina.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.
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Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.1 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.6 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 90°F in Franklin in 1947
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest Rainfall 7.13 inches in Highlands in 2004
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (1.1 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.6 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 90°F in Franklin in 1947
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest Rainfall 7.13 inches in Highlands in 2004
Record weather events for September in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-27-1964
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for September
Data available from 1870 to 2023
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-27-1964
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for September
Data available from 1870 to 2023
Record weather events for September in North Carolina
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 108°F Belhaven, Beaufort County 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County 09-28-2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 21.00 in Wilmington, New Hanover County 09-17-2018
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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)
September 2024 Schedule
9-21-24---Bill Petersen, Zip Robertson & Cricket Woodward provide a Song Circle for us. You’ll hear blues, country, folk and more.......a variety of Americana with a variety of acoustic instruments. Enjoy their covers and originals.
9-28-24---Steve Greenberg and Charlie Simmons—Enjoy the voice of Steve Greenberg on his folk covers along with the finger-style picking of award-winning guitarist, Charlie Simmons.
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
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Videos and links to news articles
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 108°F Belhaven, Beaufort County 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County 09-28-2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 21.00 in Wilmington, New Hanover County 09-17-2018
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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)
September 2024 Schedule
9-21-24---Bill Petersen, Zip Robertson & Cricket Woodward provide a Song Circle for us. You’ll hear blues, country, folk and more.......a variety of Americana with a variety of acoustic instruments. Enjoy their covers and originals.
9-28-24---Steve Greenberg and Charlie Simmons—Enjoy the voice of Steve Greenberg on his folk covers along with the finger-style picking of award-winning guitarist, Charlie Simmons.
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
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Videos and links to news articles
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• In 2023 interview, alleged Trump plotter decried Ukrainian obstacles for foreign soldiers [Semaphor]
• Trump safe after being targeted in second apparent assassination attempt [CNN]
• Russian, Chinese fishing vessels barred from US port services [Courthouse News Service]
• Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims [AP News]
In Memoriam: Emmys pay tribute to late stars including Bob Newhart and James Earl Jones | ABC News
• The Fed has the proof it wants that inflation is slowing, but the next move is still up in the air [CNBC]
• California snow advisory for Sierra Nevada is earliest in 20 years [Yahoo News]
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• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes a frequent campaigner for Donald Trump [AP News]
• Far-right activist Laura Loomer's access to Trump reveals a crisis in his campaign [NBC News]
• Harris ally Healey not surprised her debate performance didn’t move the needle [Yahoo News]
• JD Vance defends amplifying false claims about immigrants, saying "you're never going to get this stuff perfect" [CBS News]
• New poll shows Harris surging in state thought to be safe for Trump [Fox News]
International News Headlines
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• Russo-Ukrainian War, day 935: Russian strike on Kharkiv injures 41 as Ukraine downs multiple drones [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Germany begins expanded border controls to control migration [DW News]
• Mexico's Obrador enacts judicial reforms to elect judges by popular vote [France 24]
• How did a Houthi missile evade Israeli and American hi-tech radar? - analysis [Jerusalem Post]
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Meet the Press (full broadcast) – Sept. 15 | NBC News
Face the Nation: Cohn, Krebs, Becker | Sept 15, 2024
Washington Today (9-13-24): Donald Trump promises mass deportation of Haitians from Springfield, OH | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, September 13, 2024
Tanker Sounion Under Tow | 2nd Salvage Effort Underway | European Union Provide Naval Escort | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-13-24): Donald Trump promises mass deportation of Haitians from Springfield, OH | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 15, 2024 | Suspect identified in Trump golf course shooting
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 15, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | September 15, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 15, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 15, 2024)
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Unusual Evidence for Tired Light Hypothesis Or Issues With Redshift Measurements | Anton Petrov
The Level1 Show September 13 2024: Taco Bear | Level1 Techs
Daily Tech News Show but by AI | Daily Tech News Show
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from September 13 to 20: A partial lunar eclipse plus an occultation [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 13 – 22 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• Update: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Might Outshine Predictions [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
SpaceX’s Starship Plans Thrown Off Course! What’s Really Going On? | Marcus House
Can We Test Quantum Gravity? | PBS Space Time
This Week in Linux #277: GNOME looks for leader, Ubuntu adds Snap permissions, Kali Linux new release & more Linux news | Michael Tunnell
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On This Day
September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 106 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)
681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1620 – A determined band of 35 religious dissenters – Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower, jubilant at the prospect of practicing their unorthodox brand of worship in the New World.
1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1732 – In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
1822 – French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.
1863 – Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
1908 – The General Motors Corporation is founded.
1914 – World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
1920 – The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
1940 – World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
1943 – World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
1945 – World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
1955 – The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
1955 – A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
1956 – TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
1961 – The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
1961 – Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
1961 – Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.
1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.
1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
1975 – Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
1975 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1976 – Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
1978 – The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.
1979 – Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
1982 – Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
1987 – The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
1990 – The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
1992 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
1992 – Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
1994 – The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
2004 – Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
2005 – The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
2007 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
2007 – Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
2013 – A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard.
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
2015 – A 8.3 Mw earthquake struck the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also died in Argentina.
2019 – Five months before the COVID-19 stock market crash, an overnight spike in lending rates in the United States prompts the Federal Reserve to conduct operations in the repo market.
2021 – A 6.0 Mw earthquake struck Lu County, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, killing three and injuring more than 88.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, September 16, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Germany begins expanded border controls to control migration [DW News]
• Mexico's Obrador enacts judicial reforms to elect judges by popular vote [France 24]
• How did a Houthi missile evade Israeli and American hi-tech radar? - analysis [Jerusalem Post]
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Face the Nation: Cohn, Krebs, Becker | Sept 15, 2024
Washington Today (9-13-24): Donald Trump promises mass deportation of Haitians from Springfield, OH | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, September 13, 2024
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Washington Today (9-13-24): Donald Trump promises mass deportation of Haitians from Springfield, OH | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 15, 2024 | Suspect identified in Trump golf course shooting
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 15, 2024
"CBS Weekend News" Full Broadcast | September 15, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 15, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 15, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
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The Level1 Show September 13 2024: Taco Bear | Level1 Techs
Daily Tech News Show but by AI | Daily Tech News Show
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from September 13 to 20: A partial lunar eclipse plus an occultation [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 13 – 22 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• Update: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Might Outshine Predictions [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
SpaceX’s Starship Plans Thrown Off Course! What’s Really Going On? | Marcus House
Can We Test Quantum Gravity? | PBS Space Time
This Week in Linux #277: GNOME looks for leader, Ubuntu adds Snap permissions, Kali Linux new release & more Linux news | Michael Tunnell
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On This Day
September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 106 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)
681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1620 – A determined band of 35 religious dissenters – Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower, jubilant at the prospect of practicing their unorthodox brand of worship in the New World.
1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1732 – In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
1822 – French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.
1863 – Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
1908 – The General Motors Corporation is founded.
1914 – World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
1920 – The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
1940 – World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
1943 – World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
1945 – World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
1955 – The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
1955 – A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
1956 – TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
1961 – The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
1961 – Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
1961 – Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.
1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.
1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
1975 – Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
1975 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1976 – Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
1978 – The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.
1979 – Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
1982 – Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
1987 – The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
1990 – The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
1992 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
1992 – Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
1994 – The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
2004 – Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
2005 – The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
2007 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
2007 – Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
2013 – A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard.
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
2015 – A 8.3 Mw earthquake struck the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also died in Argentina.
2019 – Five months before the COVID-19 stock market crash, an overnight spike in lending rates in the United States prompts the Federal Reserve to conduct operations in the repo market.
2021 – A 6.0 Mw earthquake struck Lu County, China's southwestern province of Sichuan, killing three and injuring more than 88.
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, September 16, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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