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Weather in northwest Orange County for Monday, May 16, 2022:
Today:
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 77. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight:
Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 57. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Highs are forecast to remain in the 70s for the rest of the week.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1801 Birth of William Henry Seward, U.S. Secretary of State (1861-1869).
- 1804 Birth of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, founder of the first U.S. kindergarten.
- 1824 Birth of Edmund Kirby-Smith, Confederate general during the American Civil War.
- 1863 At the Battle of Champion’s Hill, Union General Ulysess S. Grant repulses the Confederates, driving them into Vicksburg.
- 1868 President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during Senate impeachment, by one vote, cast by Edmund G. Ross.
- 1928 The first Academy Awards are held in Hollywood.
- 1960 A Big Four summit in Paris collapses because of the American U-2 spy plane affair.
- 1963 After 22 Earth orbits, Gordon Cooper returns to Earth, ending the last mission of Project Mercury.
