Hurricane Hilary was a large and intense Pacific hurricane in August 2023 that brought torrential rainfall to the Pacific Coast of Mexico and the Southwestern United States, resulting in widespread flooding. It was the eighth named storm, sixth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the active and highly destructive 2023 Pacific hurricane season. Hilary originated from a tropical wave south of Mexico on August 16, and became a hurricane a day later. It underwent rapid intensification, reaching maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) on August 18, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Thousands of people evacuated to shelters as ports closed along the Pacific Coast of Mexico. In anticipation of "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding", the National Hurricane Center issued its first-ever tropical storm warning for Southern California, extending from the Mexico–U.S. border to just north of Los Angeles. Death Valley National Park closed for two months. (Full article...).
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1808:
King Charles IV of Spain was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Ferdinand VII as a result of the Tumult of Aranjuez. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IV_of_Spain
1964:
Between 300,000 and 500,000 Brazilians attended the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_of_the_Family_with_God_for_Liberty
1979:
The American cable television network C-SPAN, covering government proceedings and public-affairs programming, was launched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-SPAN
2008:
The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B was observed, setting a record for the farthest event from Earth observable with the naked eye. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_080319B
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Implicit in the term "national defense" is the notion of defending those values and ideals which set this Nation apart. For almost two centuries, our country has taken singular pride in the democratic ideals enshrined in its Constitution, and the most cherished of those ideals have found expression in the First Amendment. It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties — the freedom of association — which make the defense of our nation worthwhile. --Earl Warren https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Earl_Warren