A Civil Day in History, More Rain & 4th of July Fun

1. No fireworks in Londonderry, but ... Derry's Fourth of July fireworks will be held on Thursday at dusk (approximately 9 p.m.), with the best suggested viewing areas along Tsienneto Road, Hood Commons, Folsom Road and Crystal Avenue.

2. The weatherman says ... Rain and thunderstorms are likely today as the forecast, according to Weather.com, calls for a 80-percent chance of precipitation and a high of 80 degrees.

4. Library lowdown. The following is a list of programs and events taking place today at Londonderry's Leach Library:

• 10 a.m. -Children's Program: Story Time

4. On the agenda. This week's Londonderry Planning Board meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, has been cancelled.

5. On this day ... July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. According to History.com:

In the landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. The 10 years that followed saw great strides for the African-American civil rights movement, as non-violent demonstrations won thousands of supporters to the cause. Memorable landmarks in the struggle included the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955--sparked by the refusal ofAlabama resident Rosa Parks to give up her seat on a city bus to a white woman--andMartin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I have a dream" speech at a rally of hundreds of thousands in Washington, D.C., in 1963.