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Weather in northwest Orange County for Thursday, May 26, 2022:
Today:
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Highs are forecast to remain in the the mid to upper 70s until next week.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1647 A new law bans Catholic priests from the colony of Massachusetts. The penalty is banishment or death for a second offense.
- 1835 A resolution is passed in the U.S. Congress stating that Congress has no authority over state slavery laws.
- 1835 Birth of Edward Porter Alexander, artillery general during the American Civil War.
- 1864 The territory of Montana is organized.
- 1865 The last Confederate army surrenders in Shreveport, Louisiana.
- 1868 President Andrew Johnson is acquitted of all charges of impeachment.
- 1903 Birth of Estes Kefauver, Tennessee senator.
- 1907 Birth of John Wayne [Marion Michael Morrison], American actor and film icon.
- 1919 Birth of Jay Silverheels, actor (The Lone Ranger).
- 1923 Birth of James Arness, actor (Gunsmoke).
- 1938 The House Committee on Un-American Activities begins its work of searching for subversives in the United States.
- 1946 A patent is filed in the United States for the H-bomb.
- 1958 Union Square, San Francisco, becomes a state historical landmark.
- 1961 A U.S. Air Force bomber flies across the Atlantic in a record of just over three hours.
- 1961 The civil rights activist group, Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee, is established in Atlanta.
- 1969 Apollo 10 returns to Earth.
- 1977 The movie Star Wars debuts.
