Born on this day in history: columnist William Safire (1929), actor Ernie Hudson (1945), journalist Chris Matthews (1945), accused 1996 Olympics bomber Richard Jewell (1962), mixed martial artist Chuck Liddell (1969) and actor Sean Patrick Thomas (1970).

1. The Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. on the lower level of Town Hall.

2. The Thayer Public Library Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. in the Logan Auditorium.

3. Thayer Library hosts Tween Craft from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Logan Auditorium.

4. The Nonfiction Book Club also meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Conference Room B at the library. This month's selection is At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson.

5. All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church hosts Singing Meditation at 7 p.m. this evening.