Thunderstorms this morning, then variable clouds during the afternoon with still a chance of showers. High 64F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%..
Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers. Low 53F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
Updated: April 10, 2026 @ 10:20 am
In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers first publicly demonstrated their hot-air balloon, which did not carry any passengers, over Annonay, France.
In 1784, opera singer Elisabeth Thible became the first woman to make a nontethered flight aboard a Montgolfier hot-air balloon, over Lyon, France.
In 1919, Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizens the right to vote regardless of their gender and sent it to the states for ratification.
In 1939, the German ocean liner MS St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, was turned away from the Florida coast by U.S. officials.
In 1940, during World War II, the Allied military evacuation of more than 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, ended.
In 1942, the World War II Battle of Midway began, resulting in a decisive American victory against Japan and marking the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
In 1954, French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc signed treaties in Paris according “complete independence” to Vietnam.
In 1972, a jury in San Jose, California, acquitted radical activist Angela Davis of murder and kidnapping for her alleged connection to a deadly courthouse shootout in Marin County in 1970.
In 1986, Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former Navy intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty in Washington to conspiring to deliver information related to the national defense to a foreign government, specifically Israel. (He is serving a life prison term.)
In 1989, a gas explosion in the Soviet Union engulfed two passing trains, killing 575.
In 1998, a federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Today’s Birthdays: Sex therapist and media personality Dr. Ruth Westheimer is 86. Actor Bruce Dern is 78. Musician Roger Ball is 70. Actress-singer Michelle Phillips is 70. Jazz musician Anthony Braxton is 69. Rock musician Danny Brown (The Fixx) is 63. Actor Parker Stevenson is 62. Actor Keith David is 58. Blues singer-musician Tinsley Ellis is 57. Actress Julie Gholson is 56. Actor Eddie Velez is 56. Singer-musician El DeBarge is 53. Actress Julie White is 53. Actress Lindsay Frost is 52. Tennis player Andrea Jaeger is 49. Opera singer Cecilia Bartoli is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Al B. Sure! is 46. Actor Scott Wolf is 46. Actor-comedian Rob Huebel is 45. Comedian Horatio Sanz is 45. Actor Noah Wyle is 43. Rock musician Stefan Lessard (The Dave Matthews Band) is 40. Actor-comedian Russell Brand is 39. Actress Angelina Jolie is 39. Actor Theo Rossi is 39. Alt-country singer Kasey Chambers is 38. Rock musician JoJo Garza (Los Lonely Boys) is 34. Country musician Dean Berner (Edens Edge) is 33. Model Bar Refaeli (ruh-FEHL’-lee) is 29. Olympic gold medal figure skater Evan Lysacek is 29. Rock musician Zac Farro is 24.
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