Town Weather

~Today will be cloudy with afternoon/early evening thunderstorms and ~55 degrees.

~Tonight will be thunderstorms and ~45 degrees.

Town Weather

KNIT CLUB

Come knit or crochet at the Durham Activity Center every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

TOPS

Join the TOPS meetings every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Durham Town Hall third floor meeting room. For more info, call Naomi at 860-349-9558 or Bonnie at 860-349-9433.

Town Meetings

MIDDLEFIELD

~Inland Wetlands Commission will meet at the Community Center from 7 to 10 p.m.

~Metacomet Regional Windfarm Committee will meet at the Community Center at 7 p.m.

DURHAM

~Planning and Zoning will meet at the Durham Library at 7:30 p.m.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fun Facts of the Day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~Today in 1534, French explorer Jacques Cartier arrived on the coast of Labrador, North America.

~Today in 1792, France declared war on Austria marking the start of the French Revolutionary wars.

~Today in 1836, The Territory of Wisconsin was established by Congress.

~Today in 1871, Congress authorized President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan.

~1916, Wrigley Field opened in Chicago.

~Today in 1934, Shirley Temple made her movie debut in "Stand Up and Cheer."

~Today in 1940, RCA publicly demonstrated its new and powerful electron microscope.

~Today in 1971, The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.

~Today in 1999, The Columbine High School massacre took place in Littleton, Colorado. Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher and wounded 26 others before taking their own lives.