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Weather in northwest Orange County for Sunday, December 4, 2022:
Today:
A chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight:
A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Highs are expected to remain in the 60, with lows in the 40s.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1584 Birth of John Cotton, English-born Puritan clergyman (The Way of the Church of Christ in New England).
- 1861 The U.S. Senate, voting 36 to 0, expels Senator John C. Brekinridge of Kentucky because of his joining the Confederate Army.
- 1862 Winchester, Va., falls into Union hands, resulting in the capture of 145 Southern soldiers.
- 1863 Seven solid days of bombardment ends at Charleston, S.C. The Union fires some 1,307 rounds.
- 1872 The U.S. brigantine Marie Celeste is found adrift and deserted with its cargo intact, in the Atlantic Ocean between the Azores and Portugal.
- 1942 U.S. planes make the first raids on Naples, Italy.
- 1947 Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire premieres on Broadway starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy.
- 1950 The University of Tennessee defies court rulings by rejecting five Negro applicants.
- 1952 The Grumman XS2F-1 makes its first flight.
- 1981 President Ronald Reagan broadens the power of the CIA by allowing spying in the United States.
- 1985 Robert McFarland resigns as National Security Advisor. Admiral John Poindexter is named to succeed.
- 1991 The last American hostages held in Lebanon are released.
- 1992 US Pres. George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 troops to Somalia during the Somali Civil War.
