5 Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 2

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 conversations.

 1. Do chair yoga at 9 a.m. at the , 30 Providence St., Grafton.

 2. The varsity golf team takes on Shepherd Hill at home at 3 p.m.

 3. On this day 110 years ago, then vice president Theodore Roosevelt uttered the famous phrase “Speak softly and carry a big stick’’ at the most unlikely of places, the Minnesota State Fair. Just 12 days later, William McKinley died from injuries he suffered during an assassination attempt and Roosevelt became president.

4. And here’s a sobering bit of historical perspective for those of us still frustrated by the delay to the start of school and the power outages. On this date in 1935, the Labor Day hurricane hit the Florida Keys and killed 423 people.

5. Today’s forecast: Sun, high 75, low 56.