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Today's 5: Things You Need to Know Today

It's the anniversary of the moon landing.

1. Today's the anniversary of a historic moment in space exploration: the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing.  Seven hours later after arriving in the Grumman-built lunar module,  Commander Neil Armstrong  and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. would be the first humans to ever walk on the moon. Command Module Pilot Michael Collins remained in orbit above the moon.

2. St. Pius X church kicks off its festival at 6 p.m.

3. If you're going to the beach today, check out the surf zone forecast.

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4. If baseball is your game, pick something from the Plainview Hawks lineup tonight.

5. If movies (and the air conditioning) are on your mind, the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library is showing "The Social Network" twice, at 3 and again at 7:30 p.m.

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