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Daily Five: The Opening Shots Of OpSailFest

Five things to know for July 6

1. A mostly sunny day today, with a few more clouds in the evening. Sunrise is 5:22 a.m., sunset is 8:24 p.m. The temperature gets up to 81 degrees, while the humidity hits 63 percent.

2. Let the festivities commence! Sailfest begins tonight with an evening of entertainment at the . Come see Brad Bensko, Fatal Film, Sidewalk Dave, The Paul Brockett Roadshow Band, and The Baseball Project starting at 5 p.m. The children’s amusement rides are set up at and should be good to go as well.

3. OpSail 2012 gets going a couple of towns over tonight, when amphibious landing craft from the USS Carter Hall . This takes place at 4 p.m. if you’d like to make the trip to Niantic.

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4. On Sunday morning, we’ll have a video of some scenes from the Parade of Sail and other OpSail 2012 and Sailfest events. We’d love to have you add your own photos and videos when this occurs! You can also place these in the Pics & Clips section.

5. It’s the 78th anniversary of the Hartford Circus Fire, a disaster that occurred in Connecticut’s capital in 1944. The tent of the visiting Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus caught fire, and 168 people were killed in the blaze or ensuing panic.

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