Rep. Mike Flood has announced plans to host a town hall in Lincoln on Monday.
The gathering, which will be held from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the gym on the Southeast Community College Lincoln campus, 8800 O St., is open to the public.
The First District Congressman will provide an update on his legislative priorities and will hold a question-and-answer session.
The Monday event is a makeup for a town hall that was scheduled for May 30. Flood canceled that town hall because of urgent congressional action on the debt ceiling.
Today in history: Aug. 1
1936: The Berlin Olympics begin.
On Aug. 1, 1936, the Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
1957: North American Air Defense Command
In 1957, the United States and Canada announced they had agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
1966: Charles Joseph Whitman
In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building. (Whitman, who had also slain his wife and mother hours earlier, was finally gunned down by police.)
1994: Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley
In 1994, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they’d been secretly married 11 weeks earlier. (Presley filed for divorce from Jackson in January 1996, citing irreconcilable differences.)
2001: Korey Stringer
In 2001, Pro Bowl tackle Korey Stringer, 27, died of heat stroke, a day after collapsing at the Minnesota Vikings’ training camp on the hottest day of the year.
2011: Gabrielle Giffords
In 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever financial default; Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House for the first time since being shot in Jan. 2011 to cast a “yes” vote.
2014: Eric Garner
In 2014, a medical examiner ruled that a New York City police officer’s chokehold caused the death of Eric Garner, whose videotaped arrest and final pleas of “I can’t breathe!” had sparked outrage.
2017: Christopher Wray
Five years ago: By a vote of 92-5, the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Christopher Wray as FBI director. He replaced James Comey, who was fired by Trump amid the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.
2018: Korean War US Remains
In 2018, the remains of dozens of presumed casualties of the Korean War were returned to U.S. soil; in an emotional ceremony in Hawaii, military members carried 55 boxes draped with American flags off two military transport planes.
