Good morning, Whitewater. For the Main Street Festival today, Whitewater will have a mostly sunny day with a high of eighty-two. On this day in 1939, Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein send a letter to Pres. Roosevelt urging research on an atomic bomb: Click image for larger size The Einstein–Szilárd letter was a letter written by Leó Szilárd and signed by Albert…

Good morning, Whitewater. A new month begins, with a mostly sunny day, a high of eighty-one, and a forty percent chance of afternoon showers. Sunrise is 5:46 AM and sunset 8:16 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with twenty-seven percent of its visible disk illuminated.   On this month in 1774, Joseph Priestly discovers…

Good morning, Whitewater. Our month ends with a mostly sunny day, a high of eighty, and just a thirty-percent chance of late afternoon thunderstorms. On this day in 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette commits to America: …a 19-year-old French aristocrat, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, accepts a commission as a…

Good morning, Whitewater. Midweek in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high of seventy-seven, and a one-third chance of showers in the late afternoon. In the city today, sunrise is 5:44 AM and sunset 8:18 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with twelve percent of its visible disk illuminated. Sometimes you get the…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ve a four-in-ten chance of afternoon thunderstorms today, but otherwise a partly sunny day awaits with a high of seventy-eight. On this day in 1958, NASA is born: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the United States government agency that is responsible for the civilian space program as well as for aeronautics and aerospace research. PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower established the National…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have a sunny Monday today with a high of seventy-three. Sunrise today in 5:42 AM and sunset 8:20 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with just three percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1914, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (sometimes written then in English as Servia).…

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have a Sunday with a high of seventy-seven and a likelihood of showers. Meanwhile, in Phoenix, it’s a forecast of dust storms: On this day in 1832, soldiers pursue the Sauk: On this date American troops resumed their pursuit of Sauk Indians in the Black Hawk War following the battle of Wisconsin Heights. After constructing…

Good morning, Whitewater. Saturday in town will be mostly cloudy, with a high of eighty-three and west winds of five to ten mph. On this day in 1931, grasshoppers torment the Midwest: …a swarm of grasshoppers descends on crops throughout the American heartland, devastating millions of acres. Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, already in the…

Good morning, Whitewater. Friday presents to us a forty-percent chance of thunderstorms with a high of seventy-eight. On this day in 1897, Jack London takes a trip: Jack London leaves for the Klondike to join the gold rush, where he will write his first successful stories. London was born in San Francisco in 1876. His…

Good morning, Whitewater. Thursday in the city will be sunny with a high of seventy-five. On this day in 1911, Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu: Machu Picchu (in hispanicized spelling, Spanish pronunciation: … or Machu Pikchu (Quechua machu old, old person, pikchu peak; mountain or prominence with a broad base which ends in sharp peaks,[1] “old peak”, pronunciation … is a 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above…

Good morning, Whitewater. Wednesday will be sunny and mild, with a high of seventy-five. In America, where do confiscated wildlife and plants go? They go to Denver: The National Wildlife Property Repository, a government facility outside of Denver, stores more than a million products of the illegal wildlife trade, from tigers and bears to elephant…

Good morning, Whitewater. Tuesday brings a high of ninety to Whitewater, with a thirty precent chance of late afternoon thunderstorms. Sunrise today is 5:36 AM and sunset is 8:26 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with sixteen percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets today at 4:30 PM, and the…

Good morning, Whitewater. Monday in town will be sunny with a high of eighty-six. Sunrise is 7:35 AM and sunset 8:27 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with twenty-four percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1925, the Scopes trial concludes: The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John…

Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday will be mostly sunny with a high near eighty-one, and winds of five to ten mph from the south. On this day in 1969, man fist walked on the moon. The New York Times reported the extraordinary feat the next day: Houston, Monday, July 21–Men have landed and walked on the…