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Five Things to Know Today: June 29

It's Remote Control Day! Who holds the power in your house?

1. Travel restrictions continue today on Route 202/DeKalb Pike between Sumneytown Pike and Route 63/Welsh Road, and on Route 63 between Stump Road and Bell Run Boulevard from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for road construction and utilty work.

2. A free seminar sponsored by the Senior Volunteer Committee about medical directives is being held tonight at 7:30 at the , 1001 Stump Road, Montgomeryville. The event will feature information on the right choices regarding living wills, medical power of attorney and more by speaker Rosemary Ferrino.

3. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., all 135 A.C. Moore locations will host a free card making event for American military members who are receiving treatment at military and Veteran’s Administration hospitals. Everyone is welcome to the event.

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4. Today is the last day to register at a discounted price for the 59th Annual PennSuburban Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing at , 250 Babylon Road, Horsham. The event is July 11 and cost is $175 before June 29 and $185 per player after June 29.

5. On this day ... In 1864, 99 people are killed in the worst railway disaster in Canada’s history … in 1950, the U.S. defeats England in the FIFA World Cup … The U.S. Interstate Highway System is created through the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 … in 2007, two car bombs are found in Piccadilly Circus in London ...

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Actor Slim Pickens was born in 1919 … producer Robert Evans was born in 1930 … baseball player Harmon Killebrew was born in 1936 … actor Gary Busey was born in 1944 … comedian Richard Lewis was born in 1947 … Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter was born in 1957 … race car driver Jeff Burton was born in 1967 … comedian Bret McKenzie was born in 1976 … actor “Fatty” Arbuckle died in 1933 … actress Jayne Mansfield died in 1967 …. Actor Bob Crane died in 1928 … actress Katharine Hepburn died in 2003


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