Five Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 31

1. You can help the Falls Church City's Farmers Market retain its titles of America's Favorite Medium-Sized Farmers Market and Virginia's Favorite Farmers Market! Voting closes at midnight on tonight.
2. Today is waste pick up day in the City of Falls Church.
3. On this day in 1979, comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collided with the sun.
4. On this day in 2004, the Republican party nominated George W. Bush as its presidential candidate.
5. If today is your birthday, you share it with actor Richard Gere (62-years-old) and former Washington Nationals manager Frank Robinson (76-years-old). Happy birthday!

If there is something we missed and you feel should be in our Five Things, let us know in the comment box below. We would love to have your input!