Brookfield Daily Briefing: 4th of July

Today is Wednesday, July 4, the 186th day of the year and Independence Day.

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Today's Weather 

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11 a.m., then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy with a high near 94. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.

Wednesday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Events & Reminders

Today in History

• 1776: The U.S. Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
• 1826: Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. president, dies the same day as John Adams, second U.S. president, on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. 
• 1862: Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. 
• 1939: Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "the luckiest man on the face of the Earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• 1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into law. The act goes into effect the following year.
• 2004: The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

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