Hey Greenwich! Did You Know ... These Girl Scouts Are Tops?

Today is Thursday, June 7, 2012 and it's National Chocolate Ice Cream Day.

This day in history:

In 1966, former actor Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California starting him down the political road that ended on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, with his election as president in 1980.

In 1986, the Kansas City Royals drafted football star Bo Jackson, the 1985 Heisman Trophy winner out of Auburn University, in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball amateur draft.

In 2002, 41-year-old Michael Skakel is convicted in the 1975 murder of his former Greenwich neighbor, 15-year-old neighbor Martha Moxley. Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy, was later sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

Today's birthdays:

• "Arrested Development" actor Michael Cera is24.
• Tennis star Anna Kournikova is 31.
• New Zealand actor Karl Urban who played Eomer in "Lord of the Rings" is 40.
• Singer-musician Prince is 54.
• Irish actor Liam Neeson of "Schindler's List" and "Star Wars" fame, is 60.
• Welsh crooner and heartthrob of the 1960s and '70s, Tom Jones, is 72.

Things you should know:

A congratulatory salute to these 4 Girl Scouts

Four Greenwich teens have earned the highest award a girl can earn in Girl Scouting. Lauren Bacon, Marisa Hann, Erin Provenzano, and Chelsea Sumner of Greenwich have all earned their Girl Scout Gold Award.

The awards were given at June 3 ceremony at Saint Joseph College which included certificates from Girl Scouts of Connecticut and Girl Scouts of the USA, as well as a letter from Girl Scouts of Connecticut CEO Jennifer Smith Turner.

Each girl developed and implemented a community-oriented project that involved at least 80 hours of work. Lauren developed a museum exhibit program; Marisa gave dance and fitness lessons; Erin developed an environmental science handbook for youngsters, and Chelsea conceived and developed a town history handbook for third-grade students. Details of each of the girls' worthwhile and deserving projects can be .

Congrats girls on jobs well done!

Meetings at Greenwich Town Hall today:

Greenwich Community Television

If you prefer the clicker instead of being there or want to catch up on a Greenwich meeting you missed, there's Greenwich Community Television (GCTV) on either Fios Channel 24 or Cablevision's Channel 79.

And if you prefer the movies:

Sources: history.com; famousbirthdays.com