Weather in northwest Orange County for Tuesday, October 26, 2021:
Today:
Sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Mostly clear, with a low around 53. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Precipitation early in the week will be followed by a sharp warm-up into the 80s in the back half of the week, peaking on Thursday and gradually dropping afterwards.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
- 1774 The first Continental Congress, which protested British measures and called for civil disobedience, concludes in Philadelphia.
- 1825 The first boat on the Erie Canal leaves Buffalo, N.Y.
- 1854 Birth of Charles William Post, food manufacturer, creator of “Grape Nuts” and “Post Toasties.”
- 1881 Three Earp brothers and Doc Holliday have a shootout with the Clantons and McLaurys at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory.
- 1942 U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Hornet is sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz Island, in the South Pacific.
- 1942 Japanese attack Guadalcanal, sinking two U.S. carriers.
- 1955 The Village Voice is first published, backed in part by Norman Mailer.
- 1958 The first New York – Paris transatlantic jet passenger service is inaugurated by Pan Am, while the first New York – London transatlantic jet passenger service is inaugurated by BOAC.
- 2001 The USA PATRIOT Act signed into law by Pres. George W. Bush, greatly expanding intelligence and legal agencies’ ability to utilize wiretaps, records searches and surveillance.