Darien Morning Briefing, Oct. 3

Today is Monday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Linda George Paintings: From now until Nov. 9,  by Linda George will be on display in the 's Art Gallery.
  
• Preschool Time: Drop by the library from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. for Preschool Time, featuring stories, songs, and act-outs for children ages 3 to 5.
• Children of the Desert: From now until Oct. 29, the  hosts "Bana Ba Motlhaba: Children of the Desert," featuring photographs by Dave Hamman and Botswanan crafts. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays.

DARIEN PLAYHOUSE SHOWTIMES

• Dolphin Tale: 7:00 p.m. (1 hr. 52 min.)
• Contagion: 7:00 p.m. (1 hr. 45 min.)

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• RTM TGS&A Committee: 7:30 p.m., room 213 [agenda]
• Board of Selectmen: 7:45 p.m., room 206 [agenda]

FORECAST

• Monday: Scattered showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. West wind at 8 mph becoming southeast. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Monday night: Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind between 8 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. 

TIDES & TIMES

• High tide: 2:39 a.m. (7.8')
• Sunrise: 6:50 a.m.
• Low tide: 8:55 a.m. (-0.1')
• High tide: 3:00 p.m. (8.6')
• Sunset: 6:36 p.m.
• Low tide: 9:38 p.m. (-0.2')

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 52 BC: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia.
• 1849: American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
• 1863: The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
• 1951: The "Shot Heard 'Round the World", one of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history, occurs when the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hits a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning off of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca.
• 1993: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting.
• 1995: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
• 2008: The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the US financial system is signed by President Bush.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point); 'Today in History' items compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.