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Brookfield Daily Briefing: Aug 27
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Today is Monday, August 27, the 240th day of the year.
Today's Headlines
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Today's Weather
Monday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
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Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.
Events & Reminders
- Brookfield residents 15 years and older can take a lifeguard training course at the today through Friday. .
- Join the tonight at 7 p.m. for their annual Summer Sing, an audience-inclusive sing-along. .
Today in History
- 1859: Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, PA leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
- 1896: The shortest war in world history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar, lasts from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
- 2003: Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles distant.
- 2003: The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
Weather information taken from the National Weather Service. Today in History compiled from Wikipedia and other sources.
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