Good morning. We’ll have a mostly sunny day in Whitewater, with a high of seventy-five. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory offers a video if the Mars Curiosity lander’s first year on that planet, distilled into two minutes’ time: On this day in 1753, George Washington advances in Freemasonry: …21-year-old Virginian George Washington is declared a Master…

Good morning. Whitewater will have a sunny Saturday, with a high of seventy-six and northwest winds at 5 to 10 MPH. On this day in 1958, a remarkable vessel takes a remarkable trip: On August 3, 1958, the U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus accomplishes the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole. The world’s first…

Good morning. Whitewater will have a partly cloudy day with a slight chance of thunderstorms and a high of eighty. On this day in 1990, Iraq invades Kuwait: At about 2 a.m. local time, Iraqi forces invade Kuwait, Iraq’s tiny, oil-rich neighbor. Kuwait’s defense forces were rapidly overwhelmed, and those that were not destroyed retreated…

Good morning. We’ll have a sunny Thursday in Whitewater, with a high of eighty. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets this evening at 6 PM. Maria Mitchell, painting by H. Dasell, 1851 It’s the anniversary today, from 1818, of the birthday of America’s first professional woman in astronomy, Maria Mitchell: Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818 – June…

Good morning. We’ll have a one-third chance of afternoon thunderstorms this Wednesday, and a high of seventy-seven. July 31, 1777, a young French aristocrat begins serving America without compensation: On this day in 1777, a 19-year-old French aristocrat, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, accepts a commission as a major-general in…

Good morning. We’ll have a high of seventy-four with a thirty percent chance of showers today. On this day in 1863, Henry Ford is born. Upon his death eighty-three years later, the New York Times wrote of him that Henry Ford was the founder of modern American industrial mass production methods, built on the assembly…

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of seventy-five. Whitewater’s Park & Rec Board meets at 4:30 PM this afternoon. They’ve seen better days, and I think that the future of space travel will be mostly private flight, but it’s still a memorable date: On this day in 1958, the…

Good morning. We’ve a high of sixty-four ahead today, with a forty-percent chance of morning showers. On this day in 1914, Austria declares war on Serbia, a month after a Serbian nationalist killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife in Sarajevo. The New York Times reports the declaration: VIENNA, July 28- Upon the…

Good morning. It’s will be a mild day in Whitewater, with a high of sixty-three and a one-third chance of afternoon showers. Sunrise was 5:41 AM and sunset will be 8:21 PM. The moon is in a waning gibbous phase with 70% of the its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1953, an armistice…

Good morning. We’ve a seventy-percent chance of daytime thunderstorms in Whitewater today, with a high of seventy-five. On this day in 1775, Benjamin Franklin becomes America’s first postmaster: William Goddard, a Patriot printer frustrated that the royal postal service was unable to reliably deliver his Pennsylvania Chronicle to its readers or deliver critical news for…

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be increasingly cloudy with a high of seventy-eight. We’ll have an even chance of thunderstorms tonight. Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets this morning at 8 AM, and at 7 PM there will be a Police and Fire Commission meeting with members of Common Council in attendance. CNN offers a…

Good morning. Midweek in Whitewater will be sunny and mild, with a high of seventy-three and calm winds. Whitewater’s Fire & Rescue Task Force meets this morning at 9:30 AM. On this day in 1911, American archeologist Hiram Bingham discovers the Inca settlement Machu Picchu: Tucked away in the rocky countryside northwest of Cuzco, Machu…

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater brings decreasing clouds and a high of seventy-five, with winds at 5 to 15 mph. Sunrise was at 5:37 AM, and sunset will be at 8:25 PM. The moon is in a waning gibbous phase with 98% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM…

Good morning. Whitewater’s week begins with a mostly sunny day and a high of eighty-six, with a four-in-ten chance of thunderstorms this evening. Downtown Whitewater’s Design Committee meets this morning at 8 AM. On this day in 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer is caught in Milwaukee: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, police officers spot Tracy Edwards running down the street…