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Five Things: Poe Teachers at George Mason Regional Library, Bob Dylan Goes Electric

Five things you need to know today, July 25, 2011

  1. After a weekend filled with sweltering weather, here's some slightly good news: the high temperature for today is 89 degrees. The forecast is calling for scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon, so keep an umbrella handy.
  2. Teachers from will be at the tonight, Monday, July 25, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to help students find books to read for the summer.
  3. To help you stay up to date on all of your BRAC news, the Northern Virginia Patch sites have created an open Facebook group called NoVa BRAC Updates. Check out the group and add us to your news feed to stay up to date.
  4. On this day in 1965, Bob Dylan introduced the world to his electric sound at the Newport Folk Festival,m changing folk and rock music.
  5. Also on this day in 1984 – Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a space walk.


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