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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 12

It's Friday! The weekend is here!

  1. The Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force will provide information during a press conference today at City Hall in the City of Falls Church. The conference will be about results from a months-long investigation of illegal gambling. 
  2. The Soul Rebels Brass Band will perform at the State Theatre at 9 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
  3. On this day in 1898, Hawaii formally annexed to U.S.
  4. On this day in 1981, IBM introduced PC and PC-DOS version 1.0.
  5. If today is your birthday, you share it with tennis great Pete Sampras (40-years-old). Happy birthday!

If there is something we missed and you feel should be in our Five Things, let us know in the comment box below. We would love to have your input!


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