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Weather in northwest Orange County for Tuesday, October 18, 2022:
Today:
Sunny, with a high near 87. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Mostly clear, with a low around 68. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Highs are forecast to peak on Wednesday, and drop back into the 70s by Friday.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1648 The “shoemakers of Boston”–the first labor organization in what would become the United States–was authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1867 The Alaska territory is formally transferred to the U.S. from Russian control.
- 1867 The rules for American football are formulated at meeting in New York among delegates from Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton and Yale universities.
- 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt bans war submarines from U.S. ports and waters.
- 1939 Birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1944 Lt. General Joseph Stilwell is recalled from China by president Franklin Roosevelt.
- 1968 US athletes Tommi Smith and John Carlos suspended by US Olympic Committee for giving “black power” salute while receiving their medals at the Olympic Games in Mexico City.
