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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A cold front becomes stationary along the Gulf Coast to the Carolina coast on Tuesday. High pressure over New York state will provide our area with a cool northeast breeze through mid week as temperatures become below normal. Rain chances increase again during the second half of the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before noon, then a chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 6 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday
A chance of rain, mainly between 10am and noon, then a chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Light and variable winds.
Wednesday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Light winds out of the east.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before noon, then a chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 6 mph.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Wednesday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by noon.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before noon, then a chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 70. The chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 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 Tue Sep 3 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Caribbean Sea:
Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with a westward-moving tropical wave located over the eastern Caribbean Sea. Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for development when the system reaches the western Caribbean Sea and southwestern Gulf of Mexico late this week, and over the weekend, and a tropical depression could form during that time.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean:
A tropical wave over the far eastern Atlantic is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are forecast to become a little more conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form in a few days while the disturbance moves slowly west-northwestward or northwestward over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. This system could produce locally heavy rains and gusty winds across portions of the Cabo Verde Islands in a day or two.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
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Pollen
The pollen forecast is unavailable due to IT issues being suffered by the provider.
Record Weather Events for September 3rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1975
Lowest Temperature 43°F in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1987
Greatest Rainfall 2.87 inches in Highlands in 1879
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 3rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 103°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1925
Lowest Temperature 35°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1967
Greatest One-Day Rain 8.47 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 2016
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
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Videos and links to news articles
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, Sep 1, 2024 | ABC News
Meet the Press (full broadcast) – Sept. 01 | NBC News
Face the Nation: O'Brien, Gonzales, Becker | Sept 01, 2024
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 (8-30-24): Fmr Rep. Tulsi Gabbard tells Moms for Liberty, "They're terrified of us' | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 2, 2024 | Hamas hostage deaths spark grief, unrest in Israel
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 2, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 2, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 3, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 3, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
10 Amazing Scientific Discoveries for September, 2024 | John Michael Godier
The Level1 Show September 3 2024: Até Logo, Twitter | 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]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
That Time Our Ancestors Almost Went Extinct | SciShow
The Strange DNA of the last mammoths | Stefan Milo
Surprising Discoveries About Tardigrade Superpowers and Their Origin | Anton Petrov
Why an Impossible Black Hole Paradox Seems to Break the Laws of Physics! | Arvin Ash
Is this the biggest boulder in the Appalachian Mountains? | The GeoModels
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On This Day
September 3rd is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 119 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)
36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Naulochus]
• [Sextus Pompeius and the Sicilian War (42 to 36 B.C.E.)]
• [War between Sextus Pompey and the Second Triumvirate]
301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
590 – Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
673 РKing Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of N̨mes (France) and rival for the throne.
863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
• [Battle of Lalakaon]
• [Today in Middle Eastern history: the Battle of Lalakaon (863)]
• [Arab–Byzantine wars]
1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ain Jalut]
• [Battle of Ain Jalut, 1260 AD ⚔️ The Battle that saved Islam and stopped the Mongols معركة عين جالوت]
• [Mongols: Zenith of Empire - Siege of Baghdad 1258 and Battle of Ain Jalut 1260 DOCUMENTARY]
• [Mongols vs. Mamluks: The Battle of Ain Jalut - DOCUMENTARY]
1411 – The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
1650 – Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.
1651 – The Battle of Worcester is the last significant action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
1658 – The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
1666 – The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
• [Battle of Cooch's Bridge]
• [The 302 #23 (Season 3): The battle of Cooch’s Bridge | Full Show]
• [American Revolution "Battle of Cooch's Bridge" - September 3, 1777]
1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• [Treaty of Paris (1783)]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
1855 – American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
1875 – The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
• [Siege of the British Residency in Kabul]
• [Second Anglo-Afghan War]
• [Britain's greatest military disaster (Graveyard of Empires, Part 3)]
1895 – John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1914 РFrench composer Alb̩ric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
1914 РWorld War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronn̩, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
• [Battle of Grand Couronné]
1916 – World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
1925 – USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures.
1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
1941 – The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
• [http://auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/64-years-ago-first-nazi-use-of-poison-gas-for-murdering-people-in-auschwitz,422.htmlirst Nazi Use of Poison Gas for Murdering People in Auschwitz]
• [Holocaust Encyclopedia: Gassing Operations]
• [Dramatization from "War and Remembrance"] (Graphic Depiction)
1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
1943 – World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.
1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
• [Wilson Center Digital Archive]
• [Frontline PBS Chronology]
• [First Taiwan Strait Crisis]
• [U.S. NAVY SEVENTH FLEET FORMOSA PATROL, KOREAN WAR, TAIWAN STRAIT CRISIS 1950s FILM 64554]
• [aiwan Strait Crisis 1954-1958 - Cold War DOCUMENTARY]
1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state.
1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1981 – The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
1987 РIn a coup d'̩tat in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
1997 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
2001 – In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
2004 – Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
• [Beslan School Siege Ends - 2004 | Today in History | 3 Sept 16]
• [Russia 'failed' in Beslan school massacre - BBC News]
• [Beslan school siege: Russia 'failed to prevent' 2004 massacre]
2010 – After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.
2016 – The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
2017 – North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
• [Wikipedia: 2017 North Korean nuclear test]
• [CBS: North Korea's latest nuclear test]
• [North Korea’s 2017 nuke test was 16 times bigger than Hiroshima bomb]
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, September 03, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to the 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.
The pollen forecast is unavailable due to IT issues being suffered by the provider.
Record Weather Events for September 3rd
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 95°F in Franklin in 1975
Lowest Temperature 43°F in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1987
Greatest Rainfall 2.87 inches in Highlands in 1879
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 3rd in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 103°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1925
Lowest Temperature 35°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1967
Greatest One-Day Rain 8.47 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 2016
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
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, Sep 1, 2024 | ABC News
Meet the Press (full broadcast) – Sept. 01 | NBC News
Face the Nation: O'Brien, Gonzales, Becker | Sept 01, 2024
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 (8-30-24): Fmr Rep. Tulsi Gabbard tells Moms for Liberty, "They're terrified of us' | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 2, 2024 | Hamas hostage deaths spark grief, unrest in Israel
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 2, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 2, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 3, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 3, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
10 Amazing Scientific Discoveries for September, 2024 | John Michael Godier
The Level1 Show September 3 2024: Até Logo, Twitter | 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]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• Status Report and Expectations for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
That Time Our Ancestors Almost Went Extinct | SciShow
The Strange DNA of the last mammoths | Stefan Milo
Surprising Discoveries About Tardigrade Superpowers and Their Origin | Anton Petrov
Why an Impossible Black Hole Paradox Seems to Break the Laws of Physics! | Arvin Ash
Is this the biggest boulder in the Appalachian Mountains? | The GeoModels
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On This Day
September 3rd is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 119 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)
36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Naulochus]
• [Sextus Pompeius and the Sicilian War (42 to 36 B.C.E.)]
• [War between Sextus Pompey and the Second Triumvirate]
301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
590 – Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
673 РKing Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of N̨mes (France) and rival for the throne.
863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
• [Battle of Lalakaon]
• [Today in Middle Eastern history: the Battle of Lalakaon (863)]
• [Arab–Byzantine wars]
1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
• [Wikipedia: Battle of Ain Jalut]
• [Battle of Ain Jalut, 1260 AD ⚔️ The Battle that saved Islam and stopped the Mongols معركة عين جالوت]
• [Mongols: Zenith of Empire - Siege of Baghdad 1258 and Battle of Ain Jalut 1260 DOCUMENTARY]
• [Mongols vs. Mamluks: The Battle of Ain Jalut - DOCUMENTARY]
1411 – The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
1650 – Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.
1651 – The Battle of Worcester is the last significant action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
1658 – The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
1666 – The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
• [Battle of Cooch's Bridge]
• [The 302 #23 (Season 3): The battle of Cooch’s Bridge | Full Show]
• [American Revolution "Battle of Cooch's Bridge" - September 3, 1777]
1783 – American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• [Treaty of Paris (1783)]
• [HistoryPod Video]
1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
1855 – American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
1875 – The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
• [Siege of the British Residency in Kabul]
• [Second Anglo-Afghan War]
• [Britain's greatest military disaster (Graveyard of Empires, Part 3)]
1895 – John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1914 РFrench composer Alb̩ric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
1914 РWorld War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronn̩, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
• [Battle of Grand Couronné]
1916 – World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
1925 – USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures.
1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
1941 – The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
• [http://auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/64-years-ago-first-nazi-use-of-poison-gas-for-murdering-people-in-auschwitz,422.htmlirst Nazi Use of Poison Gas for Murdering People in Auschwitz]
• [Holocaust Encyclopedia: Gassing Operations]
• [Dramatization from "War and Remembrance"] (Graphic Depiction)
1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
1943 – World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.
1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
• [Wilson Center Digital Archive]
• [Frontline PBS Chronology]
• [First Taiwan Strait Crisis]
• [U.S. NAVY SEVENTH FLEET FORMOSA PATROL, KOREAN WAR, TAIWAN STRAIT CRISIS 1950s FILM 64554]
• [aiwan Strait Crisis 1954-1958 - Cold War DOCUMENTARY]
1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state.
1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1981 – The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
1987 РIn a coup d'̩tat in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
1997 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
2001 – In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
2004 – Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
• [Beslan School Siege Ends - 2004 | Today in History | 3 Sept 16]
• [Russia 'failed' in Beslan school massacre - BBC News]
• [Beslan school siege: Russia 'failed to prevent' 2004 massacre]
2010 – After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.
2016 – The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
2017 – North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
• [Wikipedia: 2017 North Korean nuclear test]
• [CBS: North Korea's latest nuclear test]
• [North Korea’s 2017 nuke test was 16 times bigger than Hiroshima bomb]
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, September 03, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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