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Weather in northwest Orange County for Friday, February 24, 2023:
Today:
Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 58. Windy, with a south wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight:
Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 43. Windy, with a south wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
A weather system will move through the region, bringing rain through the end of the week.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1803 Chief Justice John Marshall, by refusing to rule on the case of Marbury vs. Madison, asserts the authority of the judicial branch.
- 1813 Off Guiana, the American sloop Hornet sinks the British sloop Peacock.
- 1836 Some 3,000 Mexicans launch an assault on the Alamo with its 182 Texan defenders.
- 1836 Birth of Winslow Homer, American painter.
- 1874 Birth of Honus Wagner, baseball shortstop known as “The Flying Dutchman.”
- 1885 Birth of Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral who commanded naval forces in the Pacific during WWII.
- 1908 Japan officially agrees to restrict emigration to the U.S.
- 1912 The Jewish organization Hadassah is founded in New York City.
- 1914 Civil War soldier Joshua Chamberlain dies.
- 1916 A film version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea opens in New York.
- 1921 Herbert Hoover becomes Secretary of Commerce.
- 1928 The New Gallery of New York exhibits works of Archibald Motley, its first show to feature a black artist.
- 1944 Merrill’s Marauders, a specially trained group of American soldiers, begin their ground campaign against Japan into Burma.
- 1945 U.S. forces liberate prisoners of war in the Los Baños Prison in the Philippines.
- 1991 General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War.
