5 Things to Know Today: Election Day, Nov. 8, 2011

1. The weather

The National Weather Service says we can expect a 40 percent chance of showers. Skies will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 62 degrees. Tuesday night there will be a 30 percent chance of rain. Skies will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.

2. Gas prices

According to DetroitGasPrices.com, the lowest reported gasoline price in the White Lake area as of Tuesday night was $3.42 per gallon at the gas station located at Williams Lake and Cooley Lake roads.

3. On this day in history

According to History.com, on this day in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923) becomes the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible. Rontgen's discovery occurred accidentally in his Wurzburg, Germany, lab, where he was testing whether cathode rays could pass through glass when he noticed a glow coming from a nearby chemically coated screen. He dubbed the rays that caused this glow X-rays because of their unknown nature.

4. In the news

It's Election Day and polls open at 7 a.m. so get to your precinct and cast a vote for who you want to represent you on the Huron Valley Schools Board of Education.

5.

The Read & Discuss Book Group meets from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month with former Oakland Community College Professor Sandra Sutherland. Tonight discuss Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. Space is limited, so please register by calling 248-698-4942, ext. 2.