Good morning, Whitewater.
Sunday in the city will be sunny with a high of seventy-four. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 7:10 PM, for 12h 38m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 69.3% of its visible disk illuminated.
Crater Lake National Park is always beautiful:
Today is the fifteenth anniversary of terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon.
In Wisconsin history on this day, auto racing begins, and a hospital is dedicated:
1903 – Auto racing debuts at The Milwaukee Mile
On this date William Jones of Chicago won a five-lap speed contest, setting the first track record with a 72 second, 50 mph lap in the process. The Milwaukee Mile was originally a private horse track, in existence since at least 1876, and is the oldest, continuously operating auto racing facility in the world. [Source: Wisconsin State Fair History of the Milwaukee Mile]
1912 – St. Mary’s Hospital Dedicated
On this date St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison was dedicated. Madison architect Ferdinand Kronenberg designed the 70-bed red brick facility which cost over $170,000 to complete. [Source: Bishops to Bootleggers: A Biographical Guide to Resurrection Cemetery, p.35]