Bethel Daily Briefing: Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Today is Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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This Morning's Headlines

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Today's Weather 

Tuesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers. High near 59. North wind between 7 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. 

Tuesday Night: Patchy fog before 8pm, then Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Question of the Day

 What was the average life expectancy in the year 1900?

In 1900, the average person in the United States lived until age 47.

Events & Reminders

•  Board of Selectmen Meeting, 7:30 pm, Meeting Room A, Municipal Center
• Westport artist Sherri Wolfgang’s series of paintings titled “Crazy Making: The reception and exhibition at the Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan planned for May 18 has been postponed until the fall.

   The exhibit, featuring Westport artist Sherri Wolfgang’s series of paintings titled “Crazy Making,” was to raise funds to expand the services provided by the Connecticut chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Stamford and Fairfield.  Click for more information.

• HONORS CONVOCATION: The WCSU School of Professional Studies will host an Honors Convocation at 6:30 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The public is invited to this annual event at which scholarship and award recipients are honored. For more information, call (203) 837-8576.
•  HONORS CONVOCATION: The WCSU School of Arts and Sciences will host an Honors Convocation at 8 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The public is invited to this annual event at which scholarship and award recipients are honored. For more information, call (203) 837-9401.

Today in History

1707 - England, Wales and Scotland were united to form Great Britain. 

1805 - The state of Virginia passed a law requiring all freed slaves to leave the state, or risk either imprisonment or deportation. 

1883 - William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) had his first Wild West Show. 

1884 - The construction of the first American 10-story building began in Chicago, IL. 

1922 - Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect no-hit, no-run game against the Detroit Tigers. The Sox won 3-0. Another perfect game did not come along until 46 years later.

1931 - The Empire State Building in New York was dedicated and opened. It was 102 stories tall and was the tallest building in the world at the time. 

1941 - "Citizen Kane," directed and starring Orson Welles, premiered in New York. 

1969 - Leonard Tose bought the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000. 

1970 - Students at Kent State University riot in downtown Kent, OH, in protest of the American invasion of Cambodia. 

1986 - Bill Elliott set a stock car speed record with his Ford Thunderbird in Talladega, AL. Elliott reached a speed of 212.229 mph. 

1992 - On the third day of the Los Angeles riots resulting from the Rodney King beating trial. King appeared in public to appeal for calm, he asked, "Can we all get along?" 

2000 - ABC aired the first celebrity "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." 

2000 - The "Barbie for President" doll was released in stores. 

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