Berklee Student Presenting at European Game Conference

SONG OF THE DAY: "Don't Save Me" by Haim

Good morning, Beacon Hill! Here are five things you need to know today, Tuesday, July 16:

1. BERKLEE STUDENT TO PRESENT: Orange County, CA native and Back Bay resident, Richard Ludlow, a graduate of Fountain Valley High School and a rising senior at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, has been selected to present at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) the largest professionals-only game industry event in Europe, this August in Cologne, Germany. 

Read more in this Boards post on Back Bay Patch.

2. MENINO'S MEMOIRS: As Boston Mayor Thomas Menino hits the home stretch of his final year as mayor, word came down yesterday he will be writing his memoirs with writer Jack Beatty. What should Menino's memoirs be called? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

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4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Information courtesy of History.com.

5. TODAY'S FORECAST: Sunny, hot and humid with a high of 90. Partly cloudy tonight with a low of 73.