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5 Things To Know Today: Aug. 19

Play whist and get a close look at history.

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversation.

1. Play whist at 1 p.m. at the , 30 Providence Road.

2. Pre-school soccer will be played at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 at Norcross Park, 18 North St.

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3. Grafton Historical Society’s museum at 1 Grafton Common is open to the public at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21.

4.  Happy 65th birthday to Bill Clinton. And happy 51st to Ron Darling, who grew up in Millbury, went to school at St. John’s in Shrewsbury and for years had a signed photo on display at the Other Place Pub in Boylston. The former major league pitcher now is a broadcaster and has a charitable website, http://www.pitchinforagoodcause.org.

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5. Today’s forecast: Thunderstorms possible, high 80, low 62.

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