5 Things To Know Today: Monday, Jan. 16

• Happy Martin Luther King Day!

• The Redding Democratic Town Committee meets tonight at 7 p.m. in the hearing room at .

• Weston, Redding and Easton Town Halls are closed today.

• The Easton Public Library and the Weston Public Library are closed today, but The Mark Twain Library is open.

• On this day in 1919, the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, instituting Prohibtion in the country effective January 17, 1920. The 21st Amendment, ratified on December 5, 1933, repealed the 18th Amendment.