Happening Today in Dacula – Wednesday, June 29

HAPPENING TODAY:

RECENT HEADLINES:

COMING UP LATER TODAY:

• 10 a.m.: Daily Job Opening for June 29
• Noon: The Great Outdoors: Hike the Gorge, Play Disc Golf, Running and More
• 4 p.m.: Dacula Restaurant Inspections

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day in 1956, President Eisenhower signed a bill establishing the Interstate Highway System. That system today spans more than 46,000 miles. 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 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. North wind around 5 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

TODAY IN HISTORY: 

• The Globe Theater burns down, 1613
• South Carolina's Edward Rutledge opposes independence, 1776
• Germans advance in USSR, 1941
• The Stones fight the law, and the law wins, 1967
• Supreme Court strikes down death penalty, 1972

Forecast obtained from DaculaWeather.com; 'Today in History' items compiled from History.com and ‘Fact of the Day’ provided by the United States Census Bureau.

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