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Weather in northwest Orange County for Friday, December 16, 2022:
Today:
Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Highs are expected to remain in the 60s, with lows in the 40s.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1773 To protest the tax on tea from England, a group of young Americans, disguised as Indians, throw chests of tea from British ships in Boston Harbor.
- 1835 A fire in New York City destroys property estimated to be worth $20,000,000. It lasts two days, ravages 17 blocks, and destroys 674 buildings including the Stock Exchange, Merchants’ Exchange, Post Office, and the South Dutch Church.
- 1863 Confederate General Joseph Johnston takes command of the Army of Tennessee.
- 1864 Union forces under General George H. Thomas win the battle at Nashville, smashing an entire Confederate army.
- 1915 Members of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (CU) testify at a congressional hearing to add an amendment for women’s right to vote.
- 1950 President Harry Truman declares a state of National Emergency as Chinese communists invade deeper into South Korea.
- 1976 President Jimmy Carter appoints Andrew Young as Ambassador to the United Nations.
- 1978 Cleveland becomes the first U.S. city to default since the depression.
- 1998 The United States launches a missile attack on Iraq for failing to comply with United Nations weapons inspectors.
- 2003 President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, which establishes the United States’ first national standards regarding email and gives the Federal Trade Commission authority to enforce the act.
