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Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
The remnants of the coastal low will gradually dissipate or move off the Mid Atlantic coast by Friday. Meanwhile, high pressure begins to build into the region from the north and west giving our region a dry weekend. Temperatures will be near normal.
• County Commissioners Begin Process of Selecting a New County Manager [Macon Media]
• Macon County Public Health to Host Drive-Thru Flu Vaccine Clinic [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Saturday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Calm wind.
Friday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm wind.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 87.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Areas of dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Calm wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday
A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Calm wind.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 76.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Calm wind.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm wind.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 84.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Areas of dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 76. Light north northeast wind.
Tonight
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Calm wind.
Friday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 78. Light and variable wind.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Calm wind.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 79.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
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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 19 2024
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. Central Subtropical Atlantic (Remnants of Gordon):
An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms located over the central tropical Atlantic is associated with the remnants of Gordon. This system is forecast to interact with another area of low pressure to its west while moving north-northeastward at 5 to 10 mph during the next couple of days. While environmental conditions appear only marginally conducive for additional development by the end of this week, a tropical depression or storm could still re-form in a few days while the system moves slowly northward over the central subtropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
2. Central and Western Subtropical Atlantic:
Shower and thunderstorm activity has increased tonight with a well-defined area of low pressure located a few hundred miles to the northwest of the remnants of Gordon. Environmental conditions appear only marginally conducive, but some additional development of this system is possible as it meanders over the open waters of the central or western Subtropical Atlantic though early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
3. Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Southeastern Gulf of Mexico:
A broad area of low pressure could form late this weekend or early next week over the western and northwestern Caribbean Sea. Thereafter, gradual development of this system is possible, and a tropical depression could form as the system moves slowly to the north or northwest over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico through the middle part of next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...40 percent.
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Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (6.2 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (7.6out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 2.12 inches in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
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
9-21-24---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
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Retired anchor Darcel Grimes awarded Order of the Long Leaf Pine | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
---NATIONAL---
Videos and links to news articles
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low range (6.2 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (7.6out of 12.0).
Record Weather Events for September 19th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2023)
Highest Temperature 96°F in Highlands in 1925
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Highlands in 1903
Greatest Rainfall 2.12 inches in at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1968
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
9-21-24---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
---STATE AND LOCAL---
Retired anchor Darcel Grimes awarded Order of the Long Leaf Pine | WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)
---NATIONAL---
Videos and links to news articles
FOMC Press Conference September 18, 2024 | Federal Reserve
How Fed Rate Cuts Affect The Global Economy | CNBC
What the first interest rate cut in 4 years means for the Fed's fight against inflation | PBS NewsHour
• Fed meeting recap: Chair Jerome Powell defends central bank’s decision to go big with first cut [CNBC]
• US House fails to pass federal funding bill as shutdown deadline nears [The Giardian (UK)]
• Body discovered near site of Kentucky interstate shooting believed to be suspect: Police [ABC News]
• Ship owner cut corners on repairs before deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, US says in $100M lawsuit [AP News]
• Astronomers discover massive record-breaking black hole jets [Courthouse News]
• This bank says ‘millions’ of people could be targeted by AI voice-cloning scams [CNN]
---2024 ELECTION ROUNDUP---
Trump rally in New York | KDFW-TV (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
Kamala Harris at NABJ event in Philadelphia | WTTG-TV (Washington, DC)
• RFK Jr. says he’s helping Trump pick leaders of FDA, NIH, CDC [The Hill]
• Russia goes all-out with covert disinformation aimed at Harris, Microsoft report says [AP News]
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders swipes at Kamala Harris for not having biological children [ABC News]
• House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a shutdown around the corner [NBC News]
• Trump says he regrets not 'going after' ABC moderators during debate: 'I wish I did' [Fox News]
• Bogus hit-and-run story about Vice President Kamala Harris created by Russian troll farm, Microsoft says [CBS News]
International News Headlines
Disinformation is quietly reshaping elections, and our choices | The Anatomy of Disinformation | TVP World
What we know about the walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon | DW News
• Portugal declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control [AP News]
• Militants launch a deadly attack on a military training camp in Mali's capital [France 24]
• Floods and mudslides kill more than 200 in Myanmar [BBC News]
• Frontline report: Russia’s Kursk counter-offensive at risk as Ukraine pushes forward in Hlushkovo area [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 18, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Iran Update (Israel-Hamas War), September 18, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Russian paratroopers ambush Ukrainian forces in Kursk Region (VIDEO) [Russia Today]
• wo NATO states intend to oust Russian fleet from Baltic Sea [Pravda]
• Putin extends food embargo on imports from Western countries for two years [TASS: Russian News Agency]
US East & Gulf Coast Dockworkers and Ports Are on a Countdown to a Strike ... 1 October 2024! | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-18-24): Federal Reserve cuts interest rates half a percent, first cut since 2020 | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 18, 2024 | 2nd wave of Lebanon explosions marks new phase of Middle East war
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 18, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 18, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 18, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 18, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Major Discoveries About Neutron Stars, Pulsars and Magnetars - Three Hour Video Compilation | Anton Petrov
The Level1 Show September 18th: Boldly Folding Where No Man Has Ever Folded Before | Level1 Techs
Intel's Missed Opportunity With Sony - DTNS 4857 | 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]
No, Einstein Didn’t Solve the Biggest Problem in Physics | Sabine Hossenfelder
Coder Radio #588: Hulk Smash “PUNY DEVS” | Jupiter Broadcasting
Why Scientists Are Puzzled By This Virus | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
What La Niña Will do to Earth in 2025 | Astrum
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On This Day
September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 103 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)
85 – Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.
634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
1356 – Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II.
1410 – End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint Polish—Lithuanian forces.
1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
1852 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
1862 – American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
1863 – American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
1864 – American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
1893 – In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
1916 – World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
1940 – World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
1944 – World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.
1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
1950 – Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River.
1957 – Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
1970 – Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
1970 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
1989 – A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber manifesto.
1997 – The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
2006 – The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader with 602.
2016 – In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
2017 – The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
2019 – A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan.
2021 – The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupts on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, September 19, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Kamala Harris at NABJ event in Philadelphia | WTTG-TV (Washington, DC)
• RFK Jr. says he’s helping Trump pick leaders of FDA, NIH, CDC [The Hill]
• Russia goes all-out with covert disinformation aimed at Harris, Microsoft report says [AP News]
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders swipes at Kamala Harris for not having biological children [ABC News]
• House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a shutdown around the corner [NBC News]
• Trump says he regrets not 'going after' ABC moderators during debate: 'I wish I did' [Fox News]
• Bogus hit-and-run story about Vice President Kamala Harris created by Russian troll farm, Microsoft says [CBS News]
International News Headlines
Disinformation is quietly reshaping elections, and our choices | The Anatomy of Disinformation | TVP World
What we know about the walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon | DW News
• Portugal declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control [AP News]
• Militants launch a deadly attack on a military training camp in Mali's capital [France 24]
• Floods and mudslides kill more than 200 in Myanmar [BBC News]
• Frontline report: Russia’s Kursk counter-offensive at risk as Ukraine pushes forward in Hlushkovo area [Euromaidan Press]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 18, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Iran Update (Israel-Hamas War), September 18, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
---PRO-RUSSIAN NEWS OUTLETS---
• Russian paratroopers ambush Ukrainian forces in Kursk Region (VIDEO) [Russia Today]
• wo NATO states intend to oust Russian fleet from Baltic Sea [Pravda]
• Putin extends food embargo on imports from Western countries for two years [TASS: Russian News Agency]
US East & Gulf Coast Dockworkers and Ports Are on a Countdown to a Strike ... 1 October 2024! | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Today (9-18-24): Federal Reserve cuts interest rates half a percent, first cut since 2020 | C-SPAN
Global National: Sept. 18, 2024 | 2nd wave of Lebanon explosions marks new phase of Middle East war
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 18, 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | September 18, 2024
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - Sept. 18, 2024
PBS NewsHour live episode, (Sept. 18, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
Major Discoveries About Neutron Stars, Pulsars and Magnetars - Three Hour Video Compilation | Anton Petrov
The Level1 Show September 18th: Boldly Folding Where No Man Has Ever Folded Before | Level1 Techs
Intel's Missed Opportunity With Sony - DTNS 4857 | 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]
No, Einstein Didn’t Solve the Biggest Problem in Physics | Sabine Hossenfelder
Coder Radio #588: Hulk Smash “PUNY DEVS” | Jupiter Broadcasting
Why Scientists Are Puzzled By This Virus | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
What La Niña Will do to Earth in 2025 | Astrum
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On This Day
September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 103 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)
85 – Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.
634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
1356 – Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II.
1410 – End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint Polish—Lithuanian forces.
1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
1852 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
1862 – American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
1863 – American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
1864 – American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
1893 – In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
1916 – World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
1940 – World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
1944 – World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.
1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
1950 – Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River.
1957 – Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
1970 – Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
1970 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
1989 – A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber manifesto.
1997 – The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
2006 – The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader with 602.
2016 – In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
2017 – The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
2019 – A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan.
2021 – The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupts on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma.
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Published at 5:00am on Thursday, September 19, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins
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