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Weather in northwest Orange County for Thursday, December 15, 2022:
Today:
Sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. .
Tonight:
Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Highs are expected to remain in the low 60s, with lows in the 40s.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1791 The Bill of Rights is ratified in Congress.
- 1862 Nathan Bedford Forrest crosses the Tennessee River at Clifton with 2,500 men to raid the communications around Vicksburg, Mississippi.
- 1862 In New Orleans, Louisiana, Union Major General Benjamin F. Butler turns his command over to Nathaniel Banks. The citizens of New Orleans hold farewell parties for Butler, “The Beast” – but only after he leaves.
- 1864 The battle at Nashville begins.
- 1890 As U.S. Army soldiers attempt to arrest Sitting Bull at his cabin in Standing Rock, South Dakota; shooting breaks out and Lt. Bullhead shoots the Sioux leader.
- 1892 Birth of J. Paul Getty, American oilman and art collector.
- 1919 Birth of Max Yasgur, whose New York farm became the site of the Woodstock music festival in August 1969.
- 1924 The Soviet Union warns the United States against repeated entry of ships into Soviet territorial waters.
- 1938 Washington sends its fourth note to Berlin demanding amnesty for Jews.
- 1943 U.S. forces invade Japanese-held New Britain Island in New Guinea.
- 1965 The United States drops 12 tons of bombs on an industrial center near Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam.
- 1967 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the meat bill in the presence of Upton Sinclair, the author of the controversial book The Jungle.
- 1973 The American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders.
- 1976 The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant causes one of the worst marine oil spills in history when it runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts.
- 1978 US President Jimmy Carter announces the United States will recognize the People’s Republic of China and will sever all relations with Taiwan.
- 2005 F-22 Raptor Stealth fighter enters active service with the US Air Force.
