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Weather in northwest Orange County for Friday, March 24, 2023:
Today:
Sunny, with a high near 65. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight:
Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Sunny skies are forecast through the middle of next week.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1663 Charles II of England awards land known as Carolina in North America to eight members of the nobility who assisted in his restoration.
- 1664 In London, Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island.
- 1755 Birth of Rufus King, framer of the U.S. Constitution.
- 1765 Britain passes the Quartering Act, requiring the colonies to house 10,000 British troops in public and private buildings.
- 1855 Birth of Andrew Mellon, U.S. financier and philanthropist.
- 1862 Abolitionist Wendell Phillips speaks to a crowd about emancipation in Cincinnati, Ohio and is pelted by eggs.
- 1874 Birth of Harry Houdini, magician, escape artist.
- 1893 Birth of George Sisler, baseball player.
- 1895 Birth of Arthur Murray, American dancer who founded dance schools.
- 1902 Birth of Thomas E. Dewey, New York governor.
- 1900 Mayor Van Wyck of New York breaks ground for the New York subway tunnel that will link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- 1938 The United States asks that all powers help refugees fleeing from the Nazis.
- 1947 Congress proposes limiting the United States presidency to two terms.
- 1951 General Douglas MacArthur threatens the Chinese with an extension of the Korean War if the proposed truce is not accepted.
- 1958 Elvis Presley trades in his guitar for a rifle and Army fatigues.
- 1965 The Freedom Marchers, citizens for civil rights, reach Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1989 The Exxon Valdez oil tanker spills 240,000 barrels of oil in Alaska’s Prince William Sound.
