Darien Morning Briefing, July 25

Today is Monday, July 25, the 206th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

EVENTS & REMINDERS

• Book Sale: The 's Summer Book Sale continues today (9 a.m.-9 p.m.) and runs through Friday. Hardcover books will set you back $1, DVDs $5, and paperbacks just 25¢.
• Get Puzzled: Help the library solve the world's largest jigsaw puzzle in record time for a chance to be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records.
• Stories for Seniors: Storyteller Barbara Jeffries drops by the today at 12:45 p.m. Jeffries "can take an audience on a journey from traditional folk tales to personal and literary stories with warmth and enthusiasm."

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Board of Selectmen: 7:45 p.m., room 206 [agenda]

FORECAST

• Monday: Cloudy, with a high near 77. East wind between 6 and 8 mph. 
• Monday night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. 
  

TIDES & TIMES

• Low tide: 1:41 a.m. (1.1')
• Sunrise: 5:43 a.m.
• High tide: 7:39 a.m. (6.1')
• Low tide: 1:44 p.m. (1.4')
• High tide: 7:55 p.m. (7.0')
  
• Sunset: 8:17 p.m.

TODAY IN HISTORY

• 1837: The first commercial use of an electric telegraph is successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone between Euston and Camden Town in London.
• 1920: The first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast takes place.
• 1946: At Club 500 in Atlantic City, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
• 1965: Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
• 1978: Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby" is born.

Forecast obtained from the National Weather Service; tide information obtained from saltwatertides.com (calibrated to Long Neck Point); 'Today in History' items compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.