5 Useful Things to Know Today: Sept. 30

1. Expect another beautiful day today, with a high temperature of 72 degrees and a few sparse clouds on an otherwise sunny Friday.

2. band partners with another from Beijing for a show tomorrow night. Check back with North Potomac Patch for a preview later today.

3. Wootton varsity football hosts Walter Johnson High School at 6:30 p.m. in Rockville as the Patriots try for the second time this season to get above .500. welcomes Seneca Valley Saturday at 5 p.m. on the 20th anniversery of the school's first ever state football championship. Check out part four of Matt Papuchis' weeklong series remembering the title run.

4. In case you missed it: The Darnestown Presbyterian Church recently undertook an ambitious renovation project to restore its beautiful and historic stained glass windows.

5. On this day in history: Actor James Dean was killed in a car crash in 1955, Babe Ruth hit his then record 60th home run in 1927, and Mozart's opera The Magic Flute premiered in Vienna, Austria in 1791.