Woodbury-Middlebury Briefing: Wednesday, May 9

Today is Wednesday, May 9, the 130th day of the year.

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Today's Weather

Wednesday in Middlebury: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 11 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 69. Southwest wind between 3 and 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. 

Wednesday Night in Middlebury: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1 and 3 a.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind around 6 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. 

Wednesday in Woodbury: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 72. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. 

Wednesday Night in Woodbury: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Today in History

1671: Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

1950: Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration," is considered by some to be the beginning of what is now the European Union.

1974: The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

1980: In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-foot section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 feet into the water and die.

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