Community Corner

Five Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 18

The weekend is almost here!

  1. The Falls Church City Public Schools Board will meet at 7:15 p.m. for an ASAC meeting at school district headquarters. 
  2. The Human Services Advisory Council meeting scheduled for 6:45 p.m. has been canceled.
  3. On this day in 1894, Congress created the Bureau of Immigration.
  4. On this day in 2008, Pervez Musharraf resigned as President of Pakistan.
  5. If today is your birthday, you share it with former Cosby Show actor Malcolm Jamal Warner (41-years-old) and actor Christian Slater (42-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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