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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A stationary front remains south of the area for a few days. High pressure to the north filters in a cool northeast breeze through Thursday as temperatures dip below normal. Another cold front crosses our area from the northwest on Saturday bringing a small chance of rain then dry weather returns on Sunday.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the southeast.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before noon, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain between 9am and noon, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 5 mph. The chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the northeast.
Friday
A slight chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers before 9pm, then a chance of rain after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. 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 upper 50s. Calm winds.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain between 10am and noon, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
A slight chance of rain before 10am, then a slight chance of showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. The chance of rain is 20%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers before 9pm, then a chance of rain after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. The chance of rain is 30%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the northeast.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the southeast.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before noon, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
A slight chance of rain between 9am and noon, then a slight chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. The chance of rain is 20%.
Friday Night
A chance of rain before midnight, then a chance of showers between midnight and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. The chance of rain is 30%.
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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 Wed Sep 4 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Southwestern Gulf of Mexico: A tropical wave moving quickly westward at about 20 mph is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over Hispaniola and portions of the central Caribbean Sea. Some development is possible late this week when the wave slows down over the northwestern Caribbean Sea or early next week over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
2. Central Tropical Atlantic Ocean:
Another tropical wave located about 900 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Development of this system, if any, is expected to be slow to occur over the next couple of days while it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. Environmental conditions are expected to become unfavorable for additional development by the end of the week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.
3. Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean:
A third tropical wave over the far eastern Atlantic is also producing disorganized shower activity. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next few days while it moves slowly northwestward at 5 to 10 mph over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. This system could produce locally heavy rains across portions of the Cabo Verde Islands today.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 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 4th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin in 1975
Lowest Temperature 37°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest Rainfall 2.51 inches in Highlands in 19839
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)
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.
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"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 3, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 3, 2024
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The Level1 Show September 4 2024: Brains 4 Rent | Level1 Techs
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• 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 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 118 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)
476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.
929 – Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.
1260 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1282 – Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.
1479 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.
1607 – The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
1800 – The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1827 – The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.
1839 – Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
1862 – American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1882 – The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
1886 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1934 – Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort.
1939 – World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.
1944 – World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1949 – The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year.
1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964 – Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1970 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1972 – The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2022, it is the longest running game show on American television.
1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
2002 – The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.
2007 – Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages.
2020 – Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, September 04, 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 4th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin in 1975
Lowest Temperature 37°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1952
Greatest Rainfall 2.51 inches in Highlands in 19839
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)
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
Sounion Salvage Setback | Are Russians Paying off Houthis | War Risk Insurance | US Navy Redeploy | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-3-24): WH says Hamas' murder of six hostages adds 'urgency' Gaza ceasefire deal | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 3, 2024 | Cellphones now banned in most Canadian classrooms
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 3, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 3, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 3, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 3, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Brown Dwarfs Surprise Again! Weather Map and Tiny Planetary System | Antov Petrov
The Level1 Show September 4 2024: Brains 4 Rent | Level1 Techs
Who Likes Price Hikes? - DTNS 4846 | 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 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 118 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)
476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.
929 – Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.
1260 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1282 – Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.
1479 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.
1607 – The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
1800 – The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1827 – The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.
1839 – Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
1862 – American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1882 – The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
1886 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1934 – Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort.
1939 – World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.
1944 – World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1949 – The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year.
1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964 – Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1970 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1972 – The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2022, it is the longest running game show on American television.
1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
2002 – The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.
2007 – Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages.
2020 – Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.
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If you receive value from what Macon Media provides to the community, please consider becoming a supporter and contribute at least a dollar a month. Those who support Macon Media with at least a dollar a month receive early access to video of some events and meetings before they are made public on the website. Videos and news involving public safety are not subject to early access.
Or, if you prefer Pay Pal, try PayPal.me/MaconMedia
Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, September 04, 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.
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