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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
The remnants of a coastal low will meander over the region and keep elevated rain chances across the area into today and tonight. By Wednesday, the remnant low will stall out over the Mid-Atlantic, while high pressure begins to build into the region from the north and west late in the week.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain likely, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Light winds out of the northwest. The chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A slight chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. The chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the north 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. The chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Light winds out of the northeast. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A chance of rain before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a slight chance of showers between 9am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. The chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain likely, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. The chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers between 9am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. The chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Rain likely, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 11am, then patchy fog after 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph. The chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A slight chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy dense fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 9pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds. The chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday
A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. The chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Tropical Update
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Sep 17 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Gordon, located over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
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Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (0.8 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (0.5 out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 17th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 92°F in Highlands in 1931
Lowest Temperature 31°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 7.06 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2004
Weather Extremes for Macon County for September
Data available from 1872
Record weather events for September in Macon County
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 on09-29-1964
Record Weather Events for September 17th in North Carolina
Record weather events for this date in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1931
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1984
Greatest One-Day Rain 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 2018
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for September
Data available from 1872
Record weather events for September in North Carolina
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
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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
9-21-24---Bill Petersen, Zip Robertson & Cricket Woodward provide a Song Circle for us. You’ll hear blues, country, folk and more.......a variety of Americana with a variety of acoustic instruments. Enjoy their covers and originals.
9-28-24---Steve Greenberg and Charlie Simmons—Enjoy the voice of Steve Greenberg on his folk covers along with the finger-style picking of award-winning guitarist, Charlie Simmons.
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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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 on09-29-1964
Record Weather Events for September 17th in North Carolina
Record weather events for this date in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 102°F in Fayetteville, Cumberland County in 1931
Lowest Temperature 27°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1984
Greatest One-Day Rain 21.00 inches in Wilmington, New Hanover County in 2018
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for September
Data available from 1872
Record weather events for September in North Carolina
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
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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
9-21-24---Bill Petersen, Zip Robertson & Cricket Woodward provide a Song Circle for us. You’ll hear blues, country, folk and more.......a variety of Americana with a variety of acoustic instruments. Enjoy their covers and originals.
9-28-24---Steve Greenberg and Charlie Simmons—Enjoy the voice of Steve Greenberg on his folk covers along with the finger-style picking of award-winning guitarist, Charlie Simmons.
For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
News Briefing
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Videos and links to news articles
How the Second Assassination Attempt on Trump Unfolded | WSJ News
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• More than 30 bomb threats made in Springfield, Ohio, after false pets claims [NBC News]
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• Meta bans RT days after U.S. accused Russian outlet of disinformation [NBC News]
• Man who appeared intent on killing Trump wrote a book urging Iran to assassinate the ex-president [AP News]
• RFK Jr says he faces federal investigation for beheading whale [The Guardian (UK)]
• DC Circuit skeptical of TikTok’s First Amendment effort to stave off looming ban [Courthouse News Service]
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'Seinfeld campaign': Concha rips Kamala Harris' 'campaign about nothing' | Fox business
Harris campaign talks to unions while on campaign trail | WTVH-TV (Little Rock, AR)
• Fair use on the campaign trail [Courthouse News Service]
• Harris leads Trump in Pennsylvania — and two bellwether PA counties — exclusive poll finds [Yahoo News]
• Trump blames Biden and Harris’ rhetoric toward him despite his own history of going after rivals [AP News]
• Judge denies Meadows' request to move Arizona 'fake elector' case to federal court [ABC News]
• Biden's White House has tried to boost unions. The election could change that. [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/labor-unions-nlrb-biden-harris-trump-rcna164363]
• Trump blames Biden-Harris 'rhetoric' for latest assassination attempt, says he will 'save the country' [Fox News]
International News Headlines
Is the introduction of border checks a symbolic act by the German government? | DW News
Flood in Central Europe | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Shanghai slammed by what China says is the city’s strongest storm in seven decades [CNN]
• The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says [AP News]
• Global democracy continues to decline, says watchdog [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Returning Israelis to north of the country now a war goal, says Netanyahu [France 24]
• Israel war on Gaza liveblog: 38 killed as experts warn Israel becoming ‘pariah’ [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 16, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian War, day 936: Ukraine launches new offensive into Russia’s Kursk, units face artillery shortage due to slow Western aid [Euromaidan Press]
This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, Sep 15, 2024 | ABC News
Meet the Press (full broadcast) – Sept. 15 | NBC News
Face the Nation: Cohn, Krebs, Becker | Sept 15, 2024
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, September 13, 2024
Tanker Sounion Under Tow | 2nd Salvage Effort Underway | European Union Provide Naval Escort | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9/16/24): Secret Service says golf trip wasn’t on Trump’s schedule | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 16, 2024 | Trump would-be assassin hid on Florida golf course for 12 hours
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 16, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 16, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 16, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 16, 2024)
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Is Testing A New Space Suit in Space The Ultimate Thrill? | Scott Manley
The Level1 Show September 17 2024: Teenage Vapeland | Level1 Techs
Daily Tech News Show but by AI | 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 13 to 20: A partial lunar eclipse plus an occultation [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 13 – 22 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
Sky & Telescope's Sky Tour Podcast – September 2024 | The Equinox and the Summer Triangle
• Update: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Might Outshine Predictions [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
SpaceX’s Starship Plans Thrown Off Course! What’s Really Going On? | Marcus House
Can We Test Quantum Gravity? | PBS Space Time
This Week in Linux #277: GNOME looks for leader, Ubuntu adds Snap permissions, Kali Linux new release & more Linux news | Michael Tunnell
• Lucid's affordable new SUV shows it's planning to overtake Tesla as the new EV king [techradar]
• Japan’s ispace aims for December launch of second moon landing [The Asahi Shimbun]
• Machine Learning Could Help Reduce Hospitalizations by Nearly 30% During a Pandemic, Study Finds [University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus]
• Early morning hour and evening usage habits increase misinformation-spread [nature]
• Solar device makes 20L drinking water a day from seawater with 93% efficiency [Interesting Engineering]
• Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants [University of Texas at Austin]
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On This Day
September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 105 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)
1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego GelmÃrez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.
1382 – Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.
1462 – Thirteen Years' War: A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Åšwiecino.
1577 – The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between King Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
1620 – Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
1631 – Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
1658 – The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.
1683 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules", later known as protozoa.[3]
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
1776 – The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
1778 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
1787 – The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
1793 – War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
1794 – Flanders Campaign: France completes its conquest of the Austrian Netherlands at the Battle of Sprimont.
1809 – Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
1849 – American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
1859 – Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."
1861 – Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
1862 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
1862 – American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
1894 – Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
1900 – Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
1901 – Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
1901 – Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
1908 – The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1914 – World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
1916 – World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
1920 – The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
1924 – The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
1930 – The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
1932 – A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
1935 – The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
1939 – World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
1939 – World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
1940 – World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
1941 – World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
1941 – World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
1944 – World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
1944 – World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
1944 – World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
1948 – The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.
1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
1949 – The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
1961 – The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1961 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 crashes during takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, killing all 37 people on board.
1965 – The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
1974 – Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
1976 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
1980 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in GdaÅ„sk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
1991 – Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
1992 – An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
2001 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
2006 – An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
2013 – Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
2016 – Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
2018 – A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.
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Author: Bobby Coggins
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• Trump blames Biden and Harris’ rhetoric toward him despite his own history of going after rivals [AP News]
• Judge denies Meadows' request to move Arizona 'fake elector' case to federal court [ABC News]
• Biden's White House has tried to boost unions. The election could change that. [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/labor-unions-nlrb-biden-harris-trump-rcna164363]
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• Shanghai slammed by what China says is the city’s strongest storm in seven decades [CNN]
• The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says [AP News]
• Global democracy continues to decline, says watchdog [DW News]
• 🔴 Liveblog: Returning Israelis to north of the country now a war goal, says Netanyahu [France 24]
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Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, September 13, 2024
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Washington Today (9/16/24): Secret Service says golf trip wasn’t on Trump’s schedule | C-SPAN
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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 16, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 16, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 16, 2024
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---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Is Testing A New Space Suit in Space The Ultimate Thrill? | Scott Manley
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Daily Tech News Show but by AI | 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 13 to 20: A partial lunar eclipse plus an occultation [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 13 – 22 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
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• Update: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Might Outshine Predictions [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
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• Lucid's affordable new SUV shows it's planning to overtake Tesla as the new EV king [techradar]
• Japan’s ispace aims for December launch of second moon landing [The Asahi Shimbun]
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• Early morning hour and evening usage habits increase misinformation-spread [nature]
• Solar device makes 20L drinking water a day from seawater with 93% efficiency [Interesting Engineering]
• Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants [University of Texas at Austin]
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On This Day
September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 105 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)
1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego GelmÃrez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.
1382 – Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.
1462 – Thirteen Years' War: A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Åšwiecino.
1577 – The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between King Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
1620 – Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
1631 – Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
1658 – The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.
1683 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules", later known as protozoa.[3]
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
1776 – The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
1778 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
1787 – The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
1793 – War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
1794 – Flanders Campaign: France completes its conquest of the Austrian Netherlands at the Battle of Sprimont.
1809 – Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
1849 – American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
1859 – Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."
1861 – Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
1862 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
1862 – American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
1894 – Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
1900 – Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
1901 – Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
1901 – Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
1908 – The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1914 – World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
1916 – World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
1920 – The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
1924 – The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
1930 – The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
1932 – A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
1935 – The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
1939 – World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
1939 – World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
1940 – World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
1941 – World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
1941 – World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
1944 – World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
1944 – World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
1944 – World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
1948 – The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.
1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
1949 – The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
1961 – The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1961 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 crashes during takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, killing all 37 people on board.
1965 – The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
1974 – Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
1976 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
1980 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in GdaÅ„sk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
1991 – Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
1992 – An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
2001 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
2006 – An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
2013 – Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
2016 – Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
2018 – A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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