Town Weather

~Today will be cloudy and rainy and ~58 degrees.

~Tonight will have early showers and ~42 degrees.

Town Events

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.

UNTOLD STORIES OF GERMAN POW'S DURING WWII

This traveling museum will be in front of Middlesex County Historical Society, 51 Main st. in Middletown, from 1 to 7 p.m. sponsored by the Russell Library and Middlesex County Historical Society.

Town Meetings

DURHAM

~Durham Volunteer Ambulance Corps at 205 Main St. at 6:30 p.m.

~Cemetery Company on the second floor of Town Hall at 7:30 p.m.

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

MIDDLEFIELD

There are no meetings in Middlefield today.

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

~Today in 1626, Dutch explorer Peter Minuit landed on present-day Manhattan Island. He purchased Manhattan from resident Algonquin Indians for the equivalent of $24.

~Today in 1715, A French manufacturer debuted the first folding umbrella.

~Today in 1776, Rhode Island declared independence from England.

~Today in 1836, The Ancient Order of Hibernians was founded.

~Today in 1894, The first Bird Day was observed.

~Today in 1904, Work began on the Panama Canal.

~Today in 1927, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded.

~Today in 1945, German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark, and northwest Germany agreed to surrender in World War II.

~Today in 1961, A group of 13 "Freedom Riders" left Washington for New Orleans to challenge racial segregation in interstate buses and bus terminals.

~Today in 1973, The world's tallest building, Sears Tower, Chicago, was completed.