Weather in northwest Orange County for Saturday, July 24, 2021:
Today:
Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tonight:
Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light south in the evening.
Highs are expected to rise into the mid-80s around mid-week, with mostly sunny skies.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac establishes Fort Pontchartrain for France at present-day Detroit, Michigan.
- 1847 The first members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) arrive in Utah, settling in present-day Salt Lake City.
- 1862 The eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, dies at the age of 79.
- 1897 African-American soldiers of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps arrive in St. Louis, Mo., after completing a 40-day bike ride from Missoula, Montana.
- 1897 Birth of Amelia Earhart, aviation pioneer.
- 1920 Birth of Bella Abzug, the first Jewish woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 1941 The U.S. government denounces Japanese actions in Indochina.
- 1950 The U.S. Fifth Air Force relocates from Japan to Korea.
- 1974 The Supreme Court rules that President Richard Nixon must surrender the Watergate tapes.