Weather in northwest Orange County for Sunday, January 1, 2023

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Weather in northwest Orange County for Sunday, January 1, 2023:

Today:

Sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tonight:

Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

After a sunny New Year’s Day, there will be a chance of precipitation through much of the week; otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s.

Courtesy of HistoryNet:

  • 1698 The Abenaki Indians and Massachusetts colonists sign a treaty halting hostilities between the two.
  • 1735 Birth of Paul Revere, U.S. patriot.
  • 1752 Birth of Betsy Ross, flag maker.
  • 1808 A U.S. law banning the import of slaves comes into effect, but is widely ignored.
  • 1824 The Camp Street Theatre opens as the first English-language playhouse in New Orleans.
  • 1830 William Lloyd Garrison publishes the first edition of a journal entitled The Liberator, calling for the complete and immediate emancipation of all slaves in the United States.
  • 1863 Confederate General Braxton Bragg and Union General William Rosecrans readjust their troops as the Battle of Murfreesboro continues.
  • 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves in the Confederacy.
  • 1891 Facilities opened on Ellis Island, New York, to cope with the vast flood of immigrants coming into the United States.
  • 1895 Birth of J. Edgar Hoover, founding director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
  • 1907 The Pure Food and Drug Act becomes law in the United States.
  • 1918 The first gasoline pipeline begins operation. Along the 40 miles and three inches of pipe from Salt Creek to Casper, Wyoming.
  • 1919 Birth of J.D. [Jerome David] Salinger, U.S. novelist (The Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey).
  • 1937 At a party at the Hormel Mansion in Minnesota, a guest wins $100 for naming a new canned meat–Spam.
  • 1945 In Operation Bodenplatte, German planes attack American forward air bases in Europe. This is the last major offensive of the Luftwaffe.
  • 1986 As the United States builds its strength in the Mediterranean, Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi threatens to retaliate if attacked.