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Weather in northwest Orange County for Tuesday, April 26, 2022:
Today:
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 80. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tonight:
Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight.
Highs are expected to drop sharply and return to the 70s for the rest of the week.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1607 The British establish a colony at Cape Henry, Virginia.
- 1718 Birth of Esek Hopkins, first commodore of the United States Navy.
- 1785 Birth of John James Audubon, artist and naturalist.
- 1822 Birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect, designed New York’s central park.
- 1865 Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to General William T. Sherman.
- 1931 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner; the mistake ultimately costs him the home run record.
- 1941 The first organ is played at a baseball stadium in Chicago.
- 1968 Students seize the administration building at Ohio State University.
- 1983 The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1,200 for first time.
