Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
A warm front will cross the area today, followed by additional a strong cold front that will move through the area Wednesday afternoon and evening. A brief stint of dry weather is expected Thursday before unsettled conditions return Friday and into the weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Rain likely. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers, mainly after noon. Highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the south 15 to 25 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before midnight, then a slight chance of snow showers between midnight and 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Rain likely, mainly between 9am and 5pm. Areas of fog after 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 5am. Widespread dense fog, mainly between midnight and 3am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers, mainly after noon. Highs near 60. Winds out of the southwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 30 to 40 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph before midnight. Chance of rain is 40%.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 40s.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Rain likely, mainly between 9am and 5pm. Patchy fog between 9am and noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds outof the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the south 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday
Showers, mainly after noon. Highs near 66. Winds out of the south 15 to 25 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before 1am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 1am and 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 50s.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows around freezing.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly between 7am and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph increasing and shifting to come out of the southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A chance of showers before 4am, then a slight chance of showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Wednesday
Showers. Highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before midnight, then a slight chance of snow showers between midnight and 2am. Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 30s.
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Hazards
A high wind field will be crossing our area from around noon today to late Wednesday night.
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Record Weather Events for February 27th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 76°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1996
Lowest Temperature 0°F in Franklin in 1963
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.80 inches in Highlands in 1913
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1982
Record weather events for February in Macon County
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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)
February 2024 Schedule
3-2-24—Bill Peterson & Charley Simmons--What a treat! You'll hear originals by both these guys along with some covers. Bill has that booming voice on his blues selections (ask him to play his cheeky dog songs:) & Charley has the finger-style guitar down pat with his songs.
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---
Biden, Trump to make dueling trips to the border | ABC News
Lakewood Church shooting - Full incident video | KRIV-TV (Houston, TX)
FBI informant remanded to jail until trial on charges that he lied about Biden business dealings | ABC News
Nikki Haley Stays in Presidential Race After South Carolina Primary | C-SPAN
RECORDED LIVE: Supreme Court hears cases on social media content moderation in Florida and Texas | PBS News
• Moody v. NetChoice, LLC [SCOTUSblog]
• The Supreme Court considers state laws regulating social media giants [National Constitutional Center]
• NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton [SCOTUSblog]
• Supreme Court set to review bump stock ban [Courthouse News Service]
• Boeing review finds 'disconnect' on safety [BBC News]
• US government may sue PacifiCorp, a Warren Buffett utility, for nearly $1B in wildfire costs [AP News]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Feb. 25 | NBC News
"Face the Nation" Full Broadcast | Feb. 25, 2024
Impact to Global Trade Due to Disruptions of Shipping in the Red Sea, Black Sea and Panama Canal | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Feb. 23, 2024
Washington Today (2-26-24): Supreme Court hears social media content moderation restriction cases | C-SPAN
Global National: Feb. 26, 2024 | Questions rise over how Canada is combating antisemitism
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 26 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Feb. 26, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 26 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 26, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
What if Singularities DO NOT Exist? | PBS Space Time
• The Sky This Week from February 23 to March 1: Catch a chilly Full Snow Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 23 to March 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 23 2024: Accosted By Acorns | Level1 Techs
Baby Come Back, To iPad Mini - DTNS 4709 | Daily Tech News Show
Leica Liking Friends - Android Faithful #32 | Daily Tech News Show
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Why did the Mongols Leave Europe | Kings and Generals
How is SpaceX Starship Revolutionizing Our World!? The Epic Future Awaits! | Marcus House
Cordkillers 491 - The FULL Experience
This Week in Linux #254 - Linux Laptops, Fedora, DreamWorks Open Source, LXQt Desktop & more Linux news
---COVID News Roundup---
• Beyond the Noise #30: Why I wrote a book about COVID [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1090: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1091: Skeeter poo and obelisks too [Microbe TV]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
The Ukraine Air-War in 2024 - Interviewing Professor Justin Bronk | Perun
Day 731: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240225b): Geopolitical News | ATP Geopolitics
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 732: Zelenskyy breaks silence, reveals 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed [Euromaidan Press]
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On This Day
February 27th is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 307 days remain until the end of the year (308 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
425 – The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
907 – Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, is enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China.
1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
1594 – Henry IV is crowned King of France.
1617 – Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
1700 – The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
1782 – American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
1801 – Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
1809 – Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine.
1812 – Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1864 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
1881 – First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
1898 – King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
1900 – Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
1900 – The British Labour Party is founded.
1900 – Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
1902 – Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
1916 – Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
1921 – The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
1942 – World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
1943 – The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
1943 – The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1961 – The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1962 – Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
1963 – The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
1964 – The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1971 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
1973 – The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
1976 – The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1988 – Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
2001 – Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
2002 – Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
2004 – A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
2004 – Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
2007 – Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.
2010 – An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
2013 – A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.
2015 – Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.
2019 – Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and capture him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, February 27, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe 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.
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---
Biden, Trump to make dueling trips to the border | ABC News
Lakewood Church shooting - Full incident video | KRIV-TV (Houston, TX)
FBI informant remanded to jail until trial on charges that he lied about Biden business dealings | ABC News
Nikki Haley Stays in Presidential Race After South Carolina Primary | C-SPAN
RECORDED LIVE: Supreme Court hears cases on social media content moderation in Florida and Texas | PBS News
• Moody v. NetChoice, LLC [SCOTUSblog]
• The Supreme Court considers state laws regulating social media giants [National Constitutional Center]
• NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton [SCOTUSblog]
• Supreme Court set to review bump stock ban [Courthouse News Service]
• Boeing review finds 'disconnect' on safety [BBC News]
• US government may sue PacifiCorp, a Warren Buffett utility, for nearly $1B in wildfire costs [AP News]
Meet the Press full broadcast – Feb. 25 | NBC News
"Face the Nation" Full Broadcast | Feb. 25, 2024
Impact to Global Trade Due to Disruptions of Shipping in the Red Sea, Black Sea and Panama Canal | What's Going on With Shipping?
Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Feb. 23, 2024
Washington Today (2-26-24): Supreme Court hears social media content moderation restriction cases | C-SPAN
Global National: Feb. 26, 2024 | Questions rise over how Canada is combating antisemitism
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb 26 2024
"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | Feb. 26, 2024
Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb 26 | NBC News
PBS NewsHour full episode, (February 26, 2024)
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---
What if Singularities DO NOT Exist? | PBS Space Time
• The Sky This Week from February 23 to March 1: Catch a chilly Full Snow Moon [Astronomy Magazine]
• This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 23 to March 3 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]
The Level1 Show February 23 2024: Accosted By Acorns | Level1 Techs
Baby Come Back, To iPad Mini - DTNS 4709 | Daily Tech News Show
Leica Liking Friends - Android Faithful #32 | Daily Tech News Show
---Science, Technology, Culture, and History Video Section---
Why did the Mongols Leave Europe | Kings and Generals
How is SpaceX Starship Revolutionizing Our World!? The Epic Future Awaits! | Marcus House
Cordkillers 491 - The FULL Experience
This Week in Linux #254 - Linux Laptops, Fedora, DreamWorks Open Source, LXQt Desktop & more Linux news
---COVID News Roundup---
• Beyond the Noise #30: Why I wrote a book about COVID [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1090: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1091: Skeeter poo and obelisks too [Microbe TV]
---Russo-Ukraine War News Roundup---
The Ukraine Air-War in 2024 - Interviewing Professor Justin Bronk | Perun
Day 731: Ukraïnian Map | Ukraine News TV
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240225b): Geopolitical News | ATP Geopolitics
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2024 [Institute for the Study of War]
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 732: Zelenskyy breaks silence, reveals 31,000 Ukrainian troops killed [Euromaidan Press]
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On This Day
February 27th is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 307 days remain until the end of the year (308 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
425 – The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
907 – Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, is enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China.
1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
1594 – Henry IV is crowned King of France.
1617 – Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
1700 – The island of New Britain is discovered by Europeans.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
1782 – American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
1801 – Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
1809 – Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine.
1812 – Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1864 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
1881 – First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
1898 – King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
1900 – Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
1900 – The British Labour Party is founded.
1900 – Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
1902 – Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
1916 – Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
1921 – The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
1942 – World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
1943 – The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
1943 – The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1961 – The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1962 – Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
1963 – The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
1964 – The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1971 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
1973 – The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
1976 – The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1988 – Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
2001 – Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
2002 – Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
2004 – A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
2004 – Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
2007 – Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.
2010 – An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
2013 – A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.
2015 – Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.
2019 – Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and capture him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Or, if you prefer Pay Pal, try PayPal.me/MaconMedia
Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, February 27, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 - Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster's Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
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