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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure maintains a cool northeast breeze through the rest of the day, keeping temperatures below normal. Rain chances return mainly across the Piedmont on Friday. A cold front arrives from the northwest by Saturday with dry and mild weather into next week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the east 3 to 6 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Nantahala Area
Today
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Saturday
A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s.
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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 Thu Sep 5 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Northwestern Atlantic:
A non-tropical area of low pressure located a few hundred miles east of North Carolina is producing limited shower and thunderstorm activity well to the east of its center. This system could acquire some subtropical characteristics over the next couple of days or so while it moves generally north-northeastward, remaining offshore of the northeastern United States. Once the low moves over cooler waters by late Saturday, further subtropical development is not expected. Additional information on this system, including gale warnings, can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A broad area of low pressure over the eastern tropical Atlantic is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next several days while it drifts northwestward or northward.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
3. Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Southwestern Gulf of Mexico: A tropical wave moving quickly westward at about 20 mph over the western Caribbean Sea continues to produce a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some development is possible in a few days after the system crosses the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and moves over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent.
4. Central Tropical Atlantic:
Another tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Strong upper-level winds are expected to limit development of this system during the next few days while it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph. By early next week, environmental conditions could become more conducive for some slow development while the system moves northwestward over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 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 5th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 38°F in in Highlands in 1997
Greatest Rainfall 4.58 inches in Highlands in 1915
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for 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 5th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1925
Lowest Temperature 30°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1997
Greatest One-Day Rain 10.18 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 2019
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
The pollen forecast is unavailable due to IT issues being suffered by the provider.
Record Weather Events for September 5th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin in 1954
Lowest Temperature 38°F in in Highlands in 1997
Greatest Rainfall 4.58 inches in Highlands in 1915
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for 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 5th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 104°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1925
Lowest Temperature 30°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1997
Greatest One-Day Rain 10.18 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 2019
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
Georgia school shooting: FBI questioned gunman in 2023 for previous threats | KDFW_TV (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
Gov. Kemp speaks on deadly Georgia high school shooting | ABC News
• Georgia high school shooting: What we know about the 4 victims [ABC News]
• Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere [US Department of Justice]
• Right-Wing Influencer Network Tenet Media Allegedly Spread Russian Disinformation [Wired Magazine]
• What to know about Tenet Media, Tennessee company linked to Russian propagandists [The Tenneasean]
• Biden administration hits Russia with sanctions over efforts to manipulate U.S. opinion ahead of the election [NBC News]
• How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi [Navy Times]
• Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's request to intervene in wake of hush money conviction [KMGH-TV (Denver, CO)]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Trump's team courts support from young men as gender gap in race widens | NBC News
2024 presidential race latest, Russia's alleged election interference scheme, more | America Decides | CBS News
• ABC News releases rules for Sept. 10 debate between Harris and Trump [ABC News]
• Harris accepts rules for Sept. 10 debate with Trump on ABC, including microphone muting [AP News]
• Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney says she will vote for Kamala Harris in election [USA TODAY (via Yahoo News)]
• House education panel subpoenas Tim Walz over Minnesota fraud case [Courthouse News Service]
• New Hampshire is the latest sign of Donald Trump’s shrinking map [Politico]
• Evangelical leader Lance Wallnau pitches Trump to followers as divinely chosen for presidency [CBS News]
International News Headlines
Putin delivers keynote speech at Eastern Economic Forum | The Times and Sunday Times
AFD AND BSW: NEW KIDS ON THE GERMAN BLOCK? | How We Got Here | TVP World
US accuses Russia of 2024 election interference | BBC News
• Europe’s Populist Surge Isn’t Only About Immigration, It Is About Fading Trust [Wall Street Journal]
• Germany’s watershed moment: Far right wins first regional election since World War II [Courthouse News Service]
• Netanyahu, Israeli public at odds over Gaza hostage deal [DW News]
• S. Korea, U.S. not ruling out possibility of major N. Korean provocations near U.S. election [Yonhap News Agency]
• China to give Africa $50 billion over next three years, says Xi Jinping [France 24]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 4, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
Sounion Salvage Setback | Are Russians Paying off Houthis | War Risk Insurance | US Navy Redeploy | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-4-24): VP Harris on Georgia school shooting: 'It doesn't have to be this way' | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 4, 2024 | Trudeau, Liberals under pressure after NDP ends confidence deal
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 4, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 4, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 4, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 4, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Bizarre Organism From a Toxic Lake Is a Missing Link For Multicellular Life | Antov Petrov
The Level1 Show September 4 2024: Brains 4 Rent | Level1 Techs
Insane Magic Teraflops, Itty Bitty Gaming Space - DTNS 4847 | 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]
Headline-Making Report Full Of Mistakes: Coal Better Than Gas? | Sabine Hossenfielder
White Dwarfs and Red Giants as Habitable Stars | John Michael Godier
This Week in Bitcoin #25: Bitcoin's Bad Rap - The Scam Connection Exposed | Jupiter BGroadcasting
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On This Day
September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 117 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)
917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.
1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava
1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
1622 – A hurricane overruns a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sinks the galleon Atocha. Only five men are rescued, but 260 passengers and 200 million pesos are buried with the Atocha under 50 feet of water.
1661 – Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.
1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
1697 – War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
1791 – Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
1793 – French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
1816 – Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1839 – The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
1862 – American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
1877 – American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1887 – A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
1905 – Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
1938 – Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
1941 – Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
1942 – World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
1943 – World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
1944 – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
1945 – Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
1945 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1948 – In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
1954 – KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, killing 28.
1957 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
1960 – Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
1969 – Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
1970 – Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
1972 – Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
1975 – Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1977 – Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
1980 – The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
1981 – The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK.
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
1990 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
1991 – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
1996 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
2012 – An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
2021 – The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, September 05, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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• Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney says she will vote for Kamala Harris in election [USA TODAY (via Yahoo News)]
• House education panel subpoenas Tim Walz over Minnesota fraud case [Courthouse News Service]
• New Hampshire is the latest sign of Donald Trump’s shrinking map [Politico]
• Evangelical leader Lance Wallnau pitches Trump to followers as divinely chosen for presidency [CBS News]
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• Europe’s Populist Surge Isn’t Only About Immigration, It Is About Fading Trust [Wall Street Journal]
• Germany’s watershed moment: Far right wins first regional election since World War II [Courthouse News Service]
• Netanyahu, Israeli public at odds over Gaza hostage deal [DW News]
• S. Korea, U.S. not ruling out possibility of major N. Korean provocations near U.S. election [Yonhap News Agency]
• China to give Africa $50 billion over next three years, says Xi Jinping [France 24]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 4, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
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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]
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This Week in Bitcoin #25: Bitcoin's Bad Rap - The Scam Connection Exposed | Jupiter BGroadcasting
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On This Day
September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 117 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)
917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.
1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava
1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
1622 – A hurricane overruns a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sinks the galleon Atocha. Only five men are rescued, but 260 passengers and 200 million pesos are buried with the Atocha under 50 feet of water.
1661 – Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.
1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
1697 – War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
1791 – Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
1793 – French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
1816 – Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1839 – The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
1862 – American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
1877 – American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1887 – A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
1905 – Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
1938 – Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
1941 – Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
1942 – World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
1943 – World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
1944 – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
1945 – Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
1945 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1948 – In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
1954 – KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, killing 28.
1957 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
1960 – Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
1969 – Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
1970 – Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
1972 – Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
1975 – Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1977 – Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
1980 – The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
1981 – The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK.
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
1990 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
1991 – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
1996 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
2012 – An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
2021 – The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, September 05, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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