5 NEED-TO-KNOWS TODAY

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The Rising - Now/

Sky On Demand New supernatural crime drama about a dead woman solving her own murder.

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Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile on the Iffley Road track in Oxford, in 3 min, 59.4 sec, on this day in 1954.

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Which island was bought from native Americans by Dutch settler Peter Minuit for trinkets worth about $25, today in 1626?

Birthdays

Bob Seger, 77; Jeffery Deaver, 72; Tony Blair, 69; Graeme Souness, 69; George Clooney, 61; Leslie Hope, 57; Chris Shiflett, 51.

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Music - We, Arcade Fire 40-minute epic from Canadian alt-rockers Arcade Fire. Is it a concept album? Could be ...