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National News
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Cool and dry high pressure will remain in place across the region through the middle of the week with moderating temperatures. A tropical system lifting north from the western Gulf of Mexico into the Lower Mississippi River Valley will bring an increase in moisture and showers to the area late week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs near 80.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Calm winds.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Wednesday Night
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 Mon Sep 9 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Six, located over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL92):
An area of low pressure is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the central tropical Atlantic. Environmental conditions appear generally conducive for development during the next few days, and a tropical depression is expected to form while the system meanders over the central tropical Atlantic. By the middle of the week, the system should begin move westward-northwestward at around 10 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent.
2. Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic:
A trough of low pressure located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing a broad area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. In a couple of days, this trough is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave. Thereafter, Environmental conditions appear favorable for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form during the middle to latter part of this week while the system moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 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 9th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 38°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1958
Greatest Rainfall 4.37 inches in Highlands in 1967
Weather Extremes for Macon County for September
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-27-1964
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for September
Data available from 1870 to 2018
Highest Temperature 108°F Belhaven, Beaufort County 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County 09-28-2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 21.00 in Wilmington, New Hanover County 09-17-2018
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
September 2024 Schedule
9-14-24---Al Scortino & Greg “Squeezebox” Thomas—Award-Winning Singer Songwriter Al Scortino combines with Greg Thomas who’s a wonderful multi-instrumentalist. Expect mostly originals from this duo.
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
Manhunt: Suspect still at large after Laurel County I-75 shooting | WLKY-TV (Louisville, KY)
Laurel County Sheriff's Department giving update on search for shooting suspect | WLKY-TV (Louisville, KY)
• The Cases of January 6th [AP News]
• Animal sacrifices on the rise in Queens with chickens, pigs being tortured in ‘twisted’ rituals [New York Post]
• TSMC's $65 billion Arizona facility can now match Taiwan production yields according to early trials [TechSpot]
• School cellphone bans complicated by logistics, politics and violence [Politico]
• Elon Musk says the first Starship launch to Mars will happen in 2 years [Yahoo News]
• Lightning could worsen wildfire east of L.A. already threatening 35,000 homes and buildings [NBC News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- RAW VIDEO: Kamala Harris reacts to Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney endorsements | WAAY-TV (Huntsville, AL)
‘It's important for people to recognize he's not a conservative’: Liz Cheney on Trump | ABC News
• Harris-Trump debate preview: What the presidential candidates need to accomplish Tuesday night [Yahoo News]
• Putin has offended me – Trump
The US presidential candidate has said he doesn’t know why Putin has “endorsed” his rival [Russia Today]
• ‘Everyone’s mad': Inside crypto’s civil war over the 2024 elections [Politico]
• ‘Go higher’: Bernie Sanders urges Harris to raise 28% capital gains tax rate proposal [CNBC]
• America braces for perfect storm of election chaos [AXIOS]
• Liz Cheney says it's 'not enough' for anti-Trump Republicans to vote for someone other than Harris [NBC News]
• Bush stays silent on how he will vote in 2024 [Fox News]
International News Headlines
Paris 2024: Eleven days of Paralympic action comes to an end | FRANCE 24 English
Europe's geopolitical situation has become more complicated | Carl Bildt | TVP World
• Venezuelan anti-Maduro candidate says he won't give up [DW News]
• A year on, politics plague rebuilding efforts in Libya’s flood ravaged Derna [France 24]
• Inside Pokrovsk, the vital Ukrainian town in Russia's sights [BBC News]
• N. Korea slams U.N. report on its human rights as 'fabricated' document [Yonhap News Agency]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Hamas rejects media reports of new conditions [AL Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 8, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
Containership Loses Power Entering Tampa Bay | Pilot Utilized Tugs to Stop the Ship | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-6-24): August jobs report shows 142,000 created, fewer than expected | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 8, 2024 | Kanesatake residents rally to stop illegal polluters
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 8, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 6, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 8, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 5, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Did Most Powerful Explosion Ever Seen Violate Einstein's Relativity?t | Antov Petrov
The Level1 Show September 6 2024: Empty Starliner Syndrome | Level1 Techs
All About Android 15 - DTNS 4848 | Daily Tech News Show
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from September 6 to 13: Saturn at opposition [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]
Nuclear Fusion Predictions are Nonsense | 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 Broadcasting
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On This Day
September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 113 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)
337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
1320 – In the Battle of Saint George, the Byzantines under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia.
1488 – Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
1493 – Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
1493 – Christopher Columbus, with 17 ships and 1,200 men, sails on second voyage from Cadiz.
1499 – The citizens of Lisbon celebrate the triumphal return of the explorer Vasco de Gama, completing his two-year journey around the Cape of Good Hope to India.
1513 – James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
1588 – Thomas Cavendish in his ship Desire enters Plymouth and completes the first deliberately planned voyage of circumnavigation.
1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
1801 – Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
1845 – Possible start of the Great Famine of Ireland.
1850 – The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1855 – Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1892 – Amalthea becomes the last moon to be discovered without the use of photography.
1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
1922 – The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
1923 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
1924 – Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
1936 – The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
1939 – Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
1940 – Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
1943 – World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
1944 – World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
1945 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
1948 – Kim Il Sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
1954 – The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
1969 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 863 collides in mid-air with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, killing all 83 people on board both aircraft.
1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
1972 – In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
1976 – Two Aeroflot flights collide in mid-air over Anapa, killing 70.
1988 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
1990 – Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
1991 – Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 – Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
1994 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-64.
2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
2006 – Space Shuttle Program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-115 to resume assembling the International Space Station. It is the first ISS assembly mission after the Columbia disaster back in 2003.
2009 – The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
2012 – The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
2012 – A wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
2015 – Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
2016 – The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, September 09, 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 9th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 97°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 38°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1958
Greatest Rainfall 4.37 inches in Highlands in 1967
Weather Extremes for Macon County for September
Highest Temperature 98°F in Franklin on 09-04-1975
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Franklin on 09-30-1967
Greatest Rainfall 11.87 inches in Highlands on 09-27-1964
Greatest Snowfall no measurable snowfall has been recorded since records started being kept in 1873
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for September
Data available from 1870 to 2018
Highest Temperature 108°F Belhaven, Beaufort County 09-25-1921
Lowest Temperature 23°F Marion, McDowell County 09-28-2000
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 21.00 in Wilmington, New Hanover County 09-17-2018
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
September 2024 Schedule
9-14-24---Al Scortino & Greg “Squeezebox” Thomas—Award-Winning Singer Songwriter Al Scortino combines with Greg Thomas who’s a wonderful multi-instrumentalist. Expect mostly originals from this duo.
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
Manhunt: Suspect still at large after Laurel County I-75 shooting | WLKY-TV (Louisville, KY)
Laurel County Sheriff's Department giving update on search for shooting suspect | WLKY-TV (Louisville, KY)
• The Cases of January 6th [AP News]
• Animal sacrifices on the rise in Queens with chickens, pigs being tortured in ‘twisted’ rituals [New York Post]
• TSMC's $65 billion Arizona facility can now match Taiwan production yields according to early trials [TechSpot]
• School cellphone bans complicated by logistics, politics and violence [Politico]
• Elon Musk says the first Starship launch to Mars will happen in 2 years [Yahoo News]
• Lightning could worsen wildfire east of L.A. already threatening 35,000 homes and buildings [NBC News]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP--- RAW VIDEO: Kamala Harris reacts to Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney endorsements | WAAY-TV (Huntsville, AL)
‘It's important for people to recognize he's not a conservative’: Liz Cheney on Trump | ABC News
• Harris-Trump debate preview: What the presidential candidates need to accomplish Tuesday night [Yahoo News]
• Putin has offended me – Trump
The US presidential candidate has said he doesn’t know why Putin has “endorsed” his rival [Russia Today]
• ‘Everyone’s mad': Inside crypto’s civil war over the 2024 elections [Politico]
• ‘Go higher’: Bernie Sanders urges Harris to raise 28% capital gains tax rate proposal [CNBC]
• America braces for perfect storm of election chaos [AXIOS]
• Liz Cheney says it's 'not enough' for anti-Trump Republicans to vote for someone other than Harris [NBC News]
• Bush stays silent on how he will vote in 2024 [Fox News]
International News Headlines
Paris 2024: Eleven days of Paralympic action comes to an end | FRANCE 24 English
Europe's geopolitical situation has become more complicated | Carl Bildt | TVP World
• Venezuelan anti-Maduro candidate says he won't give up [DW News]
• A year on, politics plague rebuilding efforts in Libya’s flood ravaged Derna [France 24]
• Inside Pokrovsk, the vital Ukrainian town in Russia's sights [BBC News]
• N. Korea slams U.N. report on its human rights as 'fabricated' document [Yonhap News Agency]
• Israel’s war on Gaza liveblog: Hamas rejects media reports of new conditions [AL Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 8, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
Containership Loses Power Entering Tampa Bay | Pilot Utilized Tugs to Stop the Ship | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-6-24): August jobs report shows 142,000 created, fewer than expected | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 8, 2024 | Kanesatake residents rally to stop illegal polluters
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 8, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 6, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 8, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 5, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Did Most Powerful Explosion Ever Seen Violate Einstein's Relativity?t | Antov Petrov
The Level1 Show September 6 2024: Empty Starliner Syndrome | Level1 Techs
All About Android 15 - DTNS 4848 | Daily Tech News Show
• Is the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
• The Sky This Week from September 6 to 13: Saturn at opposition [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]
Nuclear Fusion Predictions are Nonsense | 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 Broadcasting
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On This Day
September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 113 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)
337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
1320 – In the Battle of Saint George, the Byzantines under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia.
1488 – Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
1493 – Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
1493 – Christopher Columbus, with 17 ships and 1,200 men, sails on second voyage from Cadiz.
1499 – The citizens of Lisbon celebrate the triumphal return of the explorer Vasco de Gama, completing his two-year journey around the Cape of Good Hope to India.
1513 – James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
1588 – Thomas Cavendish in his ship Desire enters Plymouth and completes the first deliberately planned voyage of circumnavigation.
1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
1801 – Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
1845 – Possible start of the Great Famine of Ireland.
1850 – The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1855 – Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1892 – Amalthea becomes the last moon to be discovered without the use of photography.
1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
1922 – The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
1923 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
1924 – Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
1936 – The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
1939 – Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
1940 – Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
1943 – World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
1944 – World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
1945 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
1948 – Kim Il Sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
1954 – The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
1969 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 863 collides in mid-air with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, killing all 83 people on board both aircraft.
1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
1972 – In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
1976 – Two Aeroflot flights collide in mid-air over Anapa, killing 70.
1988 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
1990 – Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
1991 – Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 – Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
1994 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-64.
2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
2006 – Space Shuttle Program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-115 to resume assembling the International Space Station. It is the first ISS assembly mission after the Columbia disaster back in 2003.
2009 – The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
2012 – The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
2012 – A wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
2015 – Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
2016 – The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, September 09, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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