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Bethel Daily Briefing: Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Meetings, announcements, gardening tips and history.

Today is Wednesday, January 25, 2012

 

Today's Weather from the National Weather Forecast

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Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. West wind between 7 and 14 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

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Announcements:

Cadet Philip Jacob Bergen, Jr. of Bethel, CT, has been named to the Dean's List at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, for academic achievement during the fall 2011 semester. Bergen, Jr. is seeking a bachelor's degree in Physical Education.

Justin Esteban of Bethel Participates in Rider University Hospital Intern Program: As part of the two-week Intern Program, Biology major Justin Esteban, Class of '14, was one of the 11 undergraduate students who had a chance to shadow physicians, nurses and paramedics during daily rotations at various Capital Health locations, including the new, state-of-the-art Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. The program is designed to help students learn more about careers in health care.


The MOMS Club of Bethel is sponsoring a Preschool Open House on January 25, 2012 from 5:30pm - 8:00pm.  It will be held at the Senior Center Cafeteria located at the Clifford J. Hurgin Municipal Center at 1 School Street, Bethel.  Representatives from several area preschools will be available to provide information about their schools and answer questions.

 

Municipal Meetings

Public Site and Building Commission 7:30 Municipal Building, Meeting Room B

Parks & Recreation Commission 7:30 Municipal Building

Gardening Hints from New Haven Parks

Snowdrops are a welcome sight on grey winter days but they are notoriously difficult to grow from bulbs. They are best planted while ‘in the green’ shortly after flowering so now is the time to buy them in. If snowdrops are already established in your garden you can lift and divide the clumps to spread them further.

 Today in History from On This Day

 

1533 - England's King Henry VIII secretly married his second wife Anne Boleyn. Boleyn later gave birth to Elizabeth I.

 1858 - Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March" was presented for the first time, as the daughter of Queen Victoria married the Crown Prince of Prussia.

 1915 - In New York, Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant in San Francisco, inaugurating the first transcontinental telephone service.

 1924 - The 1st Winter Olympic Games were inaugurated in Chamonix in the French Alps.

 1927 - Jack Benny married Sadye Marks on this day. Sadye changed her name to Mary Livingstone.

 1949 - The first Emmys were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.

 1950 - A federal jury in New York City found former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury.

 1959 - In the U.S., American Airlines had the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.

 1961 - John F. Kennedy presented the first live presidential news conference from Washington, DC. The event was carried on radio and television.

 1971 - Charles Manson and three female members of his "family" were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and seven counts of murder in the first degree. They were all sentenced to death for the 1969 killings. The sentences were later commuted to life sentences.

 1971 - Maj. Gen. Idi Amin led a coup that deposed Milton Obote and became president of Uganda.

 1981 - The 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in the United States and were reunited with their families.

 1987 - The New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos, 39-20, in Super Bowl XXI on NBC. The game featured TV commercials cost $550,000 for 30 seconds.

 1993 - A gunman shot and killed two CIA employees outside the agencies headquarters in Virginia. Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani national, was later convicted of the shootings.

 1995 - The defense gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson trial.

 1998 - The Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers 31-24 in Super Bowl XXXII. The Broncos had lost 3 previous Super Bowl appearances with quarterback John Elway.

 1999 - In Louisville, KY, man received the first hand transplant in the United States.

 2010 - In Arlington, TX, the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame had its grand opening.

 

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