5 Things: Today is a Good Day to Learn How to Play an Instrument

1. FORECAST:

Wednesday: ....And we're back to warm and muggy weather. Scattered showers/storms possible. Low 80s.

Thursday: Hot and humid. Hazy sun. Thunder fires in the afternoon. Some of the storms could be strong. Highs in the low/mid 80s.

Friday: That cold front departs during the morning taking clouds/showers with it. Sunny skies & much less humid by afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.

2. SENIOR PROJECT EXHIBITION: Come support Acton-Boxborough Regional High School seniors at the Senior Project Exposition Night from 7-8:30 p.m. The Senior Project is an elective taken by 54 of A-B’s seniors. In this course, students spend their senior year focusing on an area of personal interest and working intensively on it for their fourth term. Starting a photography business, designing and building a treehouse, teaching yoga, building a guitar, and composing original music are just a few of the exciting topics our seniors have explored.  Come see these projects and many more tonight when students’ final products will be showcased in the high school library.

3. MOM AND TOTS PLAYGROUP: This group meets every Wednesday and Friday from 10-11:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Parish. Enjoy a drop-in casual setting play group. Get to know other moms while your kids play. Toys and Goldfish supplied. Call the parish office at 978-443-2647 if you have any questions.

4. ODD HOLIDAYS HELD TODAY: Today is Buy a Musical Instrument Day. Isn't it obvious how to celebrate Buy a Musical Instrument Day? If you are a musician in need of a new instrument, today could be a very good day indeed! If you have been considering taking up a musical instrument, today can be your starting point. And, the good news is you're never too old to begin playing a musical instrument. Many senior citizens pick up musical instruments as a hobby. They even form senior bands, often playing in public.

5. THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

• 1455 — The first battle in the 30-year War of Roses took place at St. Albans.
• 1761 — The first life insurance policy in the United States was issued in Philadelphia.
• 1849 — Abraham Lincoln received patent number 6469 for his floating dry dock.
• 1927 — An earthquake near Xining, China, measuring 8.3 claimed approximately 200,000 victims.
• 1947 — Harry S. Truman's Doctrine brought aid to Greece and Turkey to combat the spread of Communism.
• 1972 — Ceylon became Sri Lanka.
• 1972 — Richard Nixon arrived in Moscow, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union.
• 1990 — North Yemen and South Yemen merged to form the Republic of Yemen.
• 1992 — Johnny Carson hosted the last episode of his Tonight Show.
• 2003 — The UN Security Council approved a resolution lifting the economic sanctions against Iraq and supporting the U.S.-led administration in Iraq.
• 2011 — At least 140 people are killed and hundreds more injured as a three-quarter-mile-wide tornado hits Joplin, Missouri. The tornado is among the deadliest in the nation's history, destroying nearly a third of the city and damaging about 2,000 buildings, including water treatment and sewage plants.
• 2012 — Tokyo Skytree, which at 634 meters high is the tallest tower in the world, opened to the public.