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Weather in northwest Orange County for Friday, April 15, 2022:
Today:
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 71. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight:
Increasing clouds, with a low around 54. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.
Highs are expected to remain in the low to mid-70s until at least next week.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1818 The U.S. Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border.
- 1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis approves a conscription act for white males between 18 and 35.
- 1862 Slavery is abolished in the District of Columbia.
- 1864 Birth of Flora Batson, African-American soprano-baritone singer.
- 1867 Birth of Wilbur Wright, designer, builder and flyer of the first airplane.
- 1889 Birth of Charlie Chaplin, film actor and director.
- 1919 Birth of Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer.
- 1922 Annie Oakley shoots 100 clay targets in a row, setting a woman’s record.
- 1945 The destroyer USS Laffey survives horrific damage from attacks by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa, earning the nickname “The Ship That Would Not Die.”
- 1945 American troops enter Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1947 A lens which provides zoom effects is demonstrated in New York City.
- 1968 The Pentagon announces the “Vietnamization” of the war.
- 1972 Two giants pandas arrive in the U.S. from China.
