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Weather in northwest Orange County for Thursday, October 6, 2022:
Today:
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 82. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Highs are forecast to rise slightly over the weekend before dropping down into the 70s next week.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1846 Birth of George Westinghouse, prolific inventor, held over 100 patents on creations including air brakes for trains.
- 1866 The Reno brothers–Frank, John, Simeon and William–commit the country’s first train robbery near Seymore, Indiana netting $10,000.
- 1908 Birth of Carol Lombard, American comediennne and actress.
- 1917 Birth of Fannie Lou Hamer, US civil rights advocate; became vice-chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
- 1927 The first “talkie,” The Jazz Singer, opens with popular entertainer Al Jolson singing and dancing in black-face. By 1930, silent movies were a thing of the past.
- 1965 Patricia Harris takes post as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, becoming the first African American U.S. ambassador.
- 1966 Hanoi insists the United States must end its bombings before peace talks can begin.
- 1969 Special Forces Captain John McCarthy is released from Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary, pending consideration of his appeal to murder charges.
