Happening Today in Dacula – Monday, June 27

HAPPENING TODAY:

RECENT HEADLINES:

• Skeletal Remains Found in Field on Harbins Road

COMING UP LATER TODAY:

• 10 a.m.: Daily Job Opening for June 27
• Noon: Dacula Business Licenses for the Week Ending June 24
• 2 p.m.: Heather Stafford, GCPD's East Precinct Community Relations Officer

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day in 1880, Hellen Keller was born. Keller was left deaf and blind when illness struck her at the age of 2. Her story inspired a book, stage play and movie. Nearly one in five people in the United States have some sort of disability. See video for more. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

FORECAST FROM DACULAWEATHER.COM:

• Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.
• Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.

TODAY IN HISTORY: 

• Mormon leader killed by mob, 1844
• Confederate and Union forces clash at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, 1864
• Germans get Enigma, 1940
• Elvis Presley tapes his famous TV "comeback special", 1968
• Ebola breaks out in Sudan, 1976

Forecast obtained from DaculaWeather.com; 'Today in History' items compiled from History.com and Tidbits provided by the United States Census Bureau.

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