Today is Monday, August 6, the 219th day of the year.
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Weather
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Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Northwest wind 8 - 11 mph.
Events & Reminders
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- Check out a Movie on the Green to benefit the Southbury Food Bank at .
Today in History
- 1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
- 1965 – US PresidentLyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
- 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1926 – In New York City, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
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