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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Hot and humid conditions remain across the region through today. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are likely through Monday. Temperatures fall below normal by mid week as a cold front moves south of the area with cooler high pressure building in from the north.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Areas of fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Labor Day
A slight chance of rain, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers between noon and 5pm, then a slight chance of rain after 5pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. The chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 3pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 3am. Patchy fog before 1am, then areas of fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly 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 between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Labor Day
A slight chance of rain, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds becoming east northeast around 5 mph after midnight. The chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday
A chance of showers between 10am and 2pm, then a chance of rain after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. The chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Highs near 80. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Patchy fog before 1am, then areas of fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Labor Day
A slight chance of rain, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday
A chance of showers between 10am and 2pm, then a chance of rain after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Areas of fog before 9am. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the west. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Labor Day
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the east.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 11am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
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Hazards
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected to form this afternoon into early Sunday evening. A few storms may become strong to severe with damaging wind gusts the main threat. Also, locally heavy rainfall may lead to isolated flooding.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Sun Sep 1 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Northwestern Gulf of Mexico:
A broad area of low pressure near the upper Texas coast is producing limited shower activity along and just offshore of the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. This system is expected to linger near the coast through much of this week, and some slow development is possible if it meanders offshore. Regardless of development, heavy rains could cause some flash flooding across portions of coastal Louisiana and the upper Texas coast during the next few days.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
2. Near the Lesser Antilles and Caribbean Sea:
Shower activity associated with a tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles continues to show some signs of organization. Slow development is possible as the disturbance moves westward and reaches the Lesser Antilles on Monday. Later this week, the wave is expected to move across the central and western Caribbean Sea, where conditions will probably become more conducive for some development, and a tropical depression could form during that time.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
3. Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean:
A tropical wave over western Africa is forecast to move offshore on Monday. Thereafter, environmental conditions could support some slow development throughout the week while the system moves slowly westward or west-northwestward over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
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Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.2 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (7.0 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 1st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1951
Lowest Temperature 40°F in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1946
Greatest Rainfall 5.80 inches in Highlands in 1917
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Frsnklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for September 1st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1932
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Laureal Springs, Ashe County in 1951
Greatest One-Day Rain 10.20 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1964
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
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)
September 2024 Schedule
9-7-24—The Shifty Sisters—From heartfelt to irreverent, these ladies offer up all types of music to the crowd. You’ll hear covers and originals both. It’s been a while, but we’re glad to have the trio back to The Frog. Blues, ballads & more.
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
---NATIONAL---
Videos and links to news articles
2024 Campaign Trail: Nine Weeks Until Election Day | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, August 30, 2024
Sail Training Ship Leeuwin Struck by Maersk Shekou in the Port of Fremantle, August 30, 2024 | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (8-28-24): VP Harris, Gov. Walz launch bus tour in GA; Sen. Vance campaigns in PA | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 31, 2024 | Gaudreau family GoFundMe raises over $300,000 in donations
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Aug. 31, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
200 Meter Tall Megatsunami In Greenland Produced Unusual Effects | Antov Petrov
The Level1 Show August 30 2024: Kung Fu Frightening | Level1 Techs
Can EV Batteries Be Recycled? - DTNS 4845 | 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 August 30 to September 6: See Mercury at its best [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 30 – September 8 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Makers of: Mars Mission | Rocket Lab
Why Did SpaceX's Oldest Booster Crash Land? - Was it Engines? Radar? Big Waves? | Scott Manley
First Falcon 9 Landing Failure in 267 Launches | NASA Spaceflight
Is this the biggest boulder in the Appalachian Mountains? | TheGeoModels
Coder Radio 585: From Ops to Dev and Back Again | Jupiter Broadcasting
• OpenAI says ChatGPT usage has doubled since last year [AXIOS]
• Tom Hanks Warns Fans About ‘Wonder Drug’ Online Ads That Use His Likeness ‘Through AI’: ‘Do Not Be Fooled. Do Not Be Swindled.’ [Variety]
• SK hynix announces world's first 1c DRAM chips[Korea JoongAng Daily]
• Bluesky adds ‘anti-toxicity’ options to limit dogpiling and hostile quote posts [The Verge]
• DroneShield Begins Development of Next-Gen SDRs [C•UAS HUB (Counter UAS)]
• X (Twitter) caught blocking links to NPR, claiming the news site may be ‘unsafe’ [TechCrunch]
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On This Day
September 1st is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 121 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)
1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Stamira]
• [Boncompagno da Signa, The History of the Siege of Ancona (1173)]
1355 – King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.
1420 – A 9.4 MS-strong earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region causing tsunamis in Chile as well as Hawaii and Japan.
1449 – Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
• [Tumu Crisis]
• [Tumu Crisis]
• [Wikipedia Bio" Emperor Yingzong of Ming]
1529 – The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.
1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
1604 – Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
1644 – Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
1715 – At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.
1763 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
1772 – The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
1774 – Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• [Powder Alarm]
• [The Folklorist: The Powder Alarm]
• [History on a Hog: The Powder Alarms Part 1-7]
1804 – Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
1831 – The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
1836 – Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
1838 – Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
1880 – The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
1894 – Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1905 – Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
1906 – The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
1911 – The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
1914 – St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
1914 – The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
• [Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon]
• [This Is Martha, the World's Last-Known Passenger Pigeon]
• [Why Billions of Passenger Pigeons Died in Under a Century]
• [Extinction Is Not Forever: Reviving the Passenger Pigeon with The Long Now Foundation's Ben Novak]
1920 – The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
1928 – Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
1934 – The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
• [MGM - The Discontented Canary (1934) REMASTERED - Classic Cartoon]
1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• [Wikipedia: Invasion of Poland]
• [Captured Film -- Germany Invades Poland 1939]
• [The Invasion - The Outbreak Of World War II | Extra long Episode]
• [World War II News and Old Time Radio September 1 1939]
• [Invasion of Poland from the Polish Perspective | Animated History]
• [001 -The Polish-German War - WW2 - September 1, 1939 [IMPROVED]]
1939 – General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
1939 – The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
1939 – Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
1941 – The Holocaust: The Nazis execute 2,500 Jews by shooting in Ostroh, Ukraine.
1951 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
1958 – Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
1961 – The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
1961 – The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
1967 – The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
1967 – Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".
1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
1969 – Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
1970 – Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
1972 – In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
1979 – The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).
• [PIONEER 11 - Saturn - Live TV Coverage (1979/09/02 morning)]
• [NASA: Pioneer 11 Encounter with Saturn]
• [Pioneer 11 Mission Page]
1980 – Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
1981 – A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
• [Wikipedia: Korean Air Lines Flight 007]
• [NASA: The Crash of Korean Air Lines Flight 007]
• [Air Crash Investigation Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor]
• [Flight Sim: Target is Destroyed | Korean Air Lines Flight 007]
1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
1991 – Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
2004 – The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
• [Beslan school siege]
• [Hostages flee siege school, fighting, wounded]
• [The Town Of Little Angels. Six years after Beslan school siege]
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, September 01, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (8.2 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (7.0 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 1st
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1951
Lowest Temperature 40°F in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1946
Greatest Rainfall 5.80 inches in Highlands in 1917
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of September
Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 98°F in Frsnklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on09-29-1964
Greatest Snowfall snowfall has not been recorded during August in Macon County)
Record Weather Events for September 1st in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1932
Lowest Temperature 33°F in Laureal Springs, Ashe County in 1951
Greatest One-Day Rain 10.20 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 1964
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of September Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 108°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Marion, McDowell County on 09-28-2000
Greatest Rainfall 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County on 09-17-2018
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)
September 2024 Schedule
9-7-24—The Shifty Sisters—From heartfelt to irreverent, these ladies offer up all types of music to the crowd. You’ll hear covers and originals both. It’s been a while, but we’re glad to have the trio back to The Frog. Blues, ballads & more.
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
---NATIONAL---
Videos and links to news articles
2024 Campaign Trail: Nine Weeks Until Election Day | C-SPAN
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, August 30, 2024
Sail Training Ship Leeuwin Struck by Maersk Shekou in the Port of Fremantle, August 30, 2024 | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (8-28-24): VP Harris, Gov. Walz launch bus tour in GA; Sen. Vance campaigns in PA | C-SPAN
Global National: Aug. 31, 2024 | Gaudreau family GoFundMe raises over $300,000 in donations
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Aug. 31, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
200 Meter Tall Megatsunami In Greenland Produced Unusual Effects | Antov Petrov
The Level1 Show August 30 2024: Kung Fu Frightening | Level1 Techs
Can EV Batteries Be Recycled? - DTNS 4845 | 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 August 30 to September 6: See Mercury at its best [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 30 – September 8 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Makers of: Mars Mission | Rocket Lab
Why Did SpaceX's Oldest Booster Crash Land? - Was it Engines? Radar? Big Waves? | Scott Manley
First Falcon 9 Landing Failure in 267 Launches | NASA Spaceflight
Is this the biggest boulder in the Appalachian Mountains? | TheGeoModels
Coder Radio 585: From Ops to Dev and Back Again | Jupiter Broadcasting
• OpenAI says ChatGPT usage has doubled since last year [AXIOS]
• Tom Hanks Warns Fans About ‘Wonder Drug’ Online Ads That Use His Likeness ‘Through AI’: ‘Do Not Be Fooled. Do Not Be Swindled.’ [Variety]
• SK hynix announces world's first 1c DRAM chips[Korea JoongAng Daily]
• Bluesky adds ‘anti-toxicity’ options to limit dogpiling and hostile quote posts [The Verge]
• DroneShield Begins Development of Next-Gen SDRs [C•UAS HUB (Counter UAS)]
• X (Twitter) caught blocking links to NPR, claiming the news site may be ‘unsafe’ [TechCrunch]
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On This Day
September 1st is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 121 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)
1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
• [Wikipedia Bio: Stamira]
• [Boncompagno da Signa, The History of the Siege of Ancona (1173)]
1355 – King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.
1420 – A 9.4 MS-strong earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region causing tsunamis in Chile as well as Hawaii and Japan.
1449 – Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
• [Tumu Crisis]
• [Tumu Crisis]
• [Wikipedia Bio" Emperor Yingzong of Ming]
1529 – The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.
1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
1604 – Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
1644 – Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
1715 – At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.
1763 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
1772 – The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
1774 – Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
• [Powder Alarm]
• [The Folklorist: The Powder Alarm]
• [History on a Hog: The Powder Alarms Part 1-7]
1804 – Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
1831 – The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
1836 – Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
1838 – Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
1880 – The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
1894 – Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1905 – Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
1906 – The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
1911 – The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
1914 – St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
1914 – The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
• [Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon]
• [This Is Martha, the World's Last-Known Passenger Pigeon]
• [Why Billions of Passenger Pigeons Died in Under a Century]
• [Extinction Is Not Forever: Reviving the Passenger Pigeon with The Long Now Foundation's Ben Novak]
1920 – The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
1928 – Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
1934 – The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
• [MGM - The Discontented Canary (1934) REMASTERED - Classic Cartoon]
1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• [Wikipedia: Invasion of Poland]
• [Captured Film -- Germany Invades Poland 1939]
• [The Invasion - The Outbreak Of World War II | Extra long Episode]
• [World War II News and Old Time Radio September 1 1939]
• [Invasion of Poland from the Polish Perspective | Animated History]
• [001 -The Polish-German War - WW2 - September 1, 1939 [IMPROVED]]
1939 – General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
1939 – The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
1939 – Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
1941 – The Holocaust: The Nazis execute 2,500 Jews by shooting in Ostroh, Ukraine.
1951 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
1958 – Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
1961 – The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
1961 – The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
1967 – The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
1967 – Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".
1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
1969 – Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
1970 – Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
1972 – In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
1979 – The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).
• [PIONEER 11 - Saturn - Live TV Coverage (1979/09/02 morning)]
• [NASA: Pioneer 11 Encounter with Saturn]
• [Pioneer 11 Mission Page]
1980 – Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
1981 – A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
• [Wikipedia: Korean Air Lines Flight 007]
• [NASA: The Crash of Korean Air Lines Flight 007]
• [Air Crash Investigation Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor]
• [Flight Sim: Target is Destroyed | Korean Air Lines Flight 007]
1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
1991 – Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
2004 – The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
• [Beslan school siege]
• [Hostages flee siege school, fighting, wounded]
• [The Town Of Little Angels. Six years after Beslan school siege]
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Published at 5:00am on Sunday, September 01, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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