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Five Things to Know Today: November 13

Sunday...that's my fun day!

1. Weather: Wow, what a nice weekend! The National Weather Service forecast for our area says it will be sunny again today with a high near 59 degrees.

2. In Case You Missed It: Bites Nearby visited Red Robin this week.

3. Quote of the Day: "Nobody can bring you peace but yourself." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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4. Coming Up: You never know what fascinating topic will tackle until 2 p.m.

5. Today in History: On this day in 1979, in the middle of a game at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins leapt over Kansas City Kings forward Bill Robinzine and slam-dunked the basketball, shattering the fiberglass backboard. The result, according to people who were at the game, was a sound like a bomb going off in the middle of the court. Shards of glass were everywhere: They nicked Robinzine all over his legs and arms and gotten stuck in Dr. J’s Afro. "It wasn’t really a safe thing to do," Dawkins chuckled later, "but it was a Darryl Dawkins thing to do."

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