Oxford Daily Briefing, April 24

Today is Tuesday, April 24, the 115th day of the year and World Day for Laboratory Animals.

Today's Headlines

• of mailboxes and for damage at
• - a double squeeze bunt, which scored runners on second and third base. Oxford lost 2-0 to New Milford as that play cost the team the game.  

Today's Weather 

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind around 16 mph. 

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a south wind between 15 and 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Events & Reminders

• The Oxford Board of Finance will meet at 6:30 tonight at Town Hall to review and vote on budget requests.
• The Oxford Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the Oxford High School Library Media Center. (See the agenda attached.)  

Today in History

1704: The first regular newspaper in the U.S., the News-Letter, is published in Boston, MA.

1800: The U.S. Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress."

1918: First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.

1955: The Bandung Conference ends with 29 non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism and the Cold War.

1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. 

2005: Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog, is born in South Korea.

Weather information taken from the National Weather Service. Today in History compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.