Weather in northwest Orange County for Sunday, March 24, 2019:
Today:
Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Mostly clear, with a low around 50. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the evening.
High temperatures are forecast to rise into the low 70s early in the week, followed by a chance of showers around midweek.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1664 In London, Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island.
- 1755 Birth of Rufus King, framer of the U.S. Constitution.
- 1765 Britain passes the Quartering Act, requiring the colonies to house 10,000 British troops in public and private buildings.
- 1855 Birth of Andrew Mellon, U.S. financier and philanthropist.
- 1862 Abolitionist Wendell Phillips speaks to a crowd about emancipation in Cincinnati, Ohio and is pelted by eggs.
- 1874 Birth of Harry Houdini, magician, escape artist.
- 1900 Mayor Van Wyck of New York breaks ground for the New York subway tunnel that will link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- 1938 The United States asks that all powers help refugees fleeing from the Nazis.
- 1947 Congress proposes limiting the United States presidency to two terms.
- 1951 General Douglas MacArthur threatens the Chinese with an extension of the Korean War if the proposed truce is not accepted.
- 1955 Tennessee Williams’ play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens at the Morosco Theatre in New York City.
- 1958 Elvis Presley trades in his guitar for a rifle and Army fatigues.
- 1965 The Freedom Marchers, citizens for civil rights, reach Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1989 The Exxon Valdez oil tanker spills 240,000 barrels of oil in Alaska’s Prince William Sound.