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Weather in northwest Orange County for Monday, December 12, 2022:
Today:
Showers, mainly before 10am. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 57. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight:
Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Highs are expected to remain in the upper 50s to low 60s, with lows in the 40s.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1745 Birth of John Jay, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who negotiated treaties for the United States.
- 1753 George Washington, the adjutant of Virginia, delivers an ultimatum to the French forces at Fort Le Boeuf, south of Lake Erie, reiterating Britain’s claim to the entire Ohio River valley.
- 1770 The British soldiers responsible for the “Boston Massacre” are acquitted on murder charges.
- 1805 Birth of William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist who published The Liberator.
- 1862 The Union loses its first ship to a torpedo, USS Cairo, in the Yazoo River.
- 1863 Orders are given in Richmond, Virginia, that no more supplies from the Union should be received by Federal prisoners.
- 1893 Birth of Edward G. Robinson, actor famous for gangster roles.
- 1897 Birth of Lillian Smith, Southern writer and civil rights activist.
- 1912 Birth of Henry Jackson Jr, boxer using the name Henry Armstrong, the only fighter to hold 3 professional boxing titles simultaneously.
- 1915 Birth of Frank Sinatra, American pop singer and actor.
- 1927 Birth of Robert Norton Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit.
- 1967 The United States ends the airlift of 6,500 men in Vietnam.
- 1995 Willie Brown beats incumbent mayor Frank Jordon to become the first African-American mayor of San Francisco.
- 2000 The US Supreme Court announces its decision in Bush v. Gore, effectively ending legal changes to the results of that year’s Presidential election.
