Good morning. It’s a sunny day ahead with a high of thirty. Today brings 11h 48m of sunshine, 12h 44m of daylight, and a new moon. On this day in 1855, American astronomer Percival Lovell is born. Lovell’s work aided Clyde W. Tombaugh in the discovery of Pluto, and it was Lovell, of course, who…

Good morning. Tuesday brings afternoon snow showers and a high of thirty-two. They can rebuild him. They have the technology. It’s just that he’s an alligator: On this day in 1933, FDR gives his first fireside chat: ….eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address or “fireside chat,” broadcast directly…

Good morning. Monday brings rain, turning to light snow, with little accumulation and a high of thirty-six. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets today at 6:00 PM. On this day in 1818, a literary masterpiece is published: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is published. The book, by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequently called the world’s first…

Good morning. It’s a rainy Sunday for Whitewater, with a high of forty-one. On this day in 1927, Robert Kearns is born: Robert Kearns, who patented a design for a type of windshield wiper and later won multi-million dollar judgments against Chrysler and Ford for using his concept without permission, is born on March 10,…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be a rainy day with a high of forty. We’ll have 11h 37m of sunlight, 12h 33m of daylight, and somewhere behind the clouds there’ll be a waning crescent moon. On this day in 1862, the U.S.S. Monitor battles the C.S.S. Virginia: ….one of the most famous naval battles…

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be a sunny day, with a high of thirty-eight. On March 8, 1917, before the Bolshevik Revolution, the February Revolution: In Russia, the February Revolution (known as such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar) begins when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd.…

Good morning. Whitewater will have a mostly sunny Thursday with a high of thirty-three. We’ll have 11h 30m of sunlight, 12h 27m of daylight, with three minutes’ more light tomorrow. The Landmarks Commission is set to meet at 6 PM tonight. On this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone. In Wisconsin history,…

Good morning. Whitewater will have a cloudy Wednesday, with a high of thirty-three. The Whitewater Tourism Council is scheduled to meet at 9 AM. On this day in 1899, Bayer patents aspirin: …the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin, the brand name for acetylsalicylic acid, on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer…

Good morning. Tuesday will bring snow to Whitewater, of about three to five inches during the day, with less than an inch additional this evening. The city now has a Bicycle & Pedestrian Steering Committee meeting scheduled for 4:30 PM, and a Common Council meeting for 6:30 PM (Update: Canceled). What does three feet of…

Good morning. Monday will be cloudy with a high of thirty-one. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets at 5 PM. On this day in 1789, government under the U.S. Constitution begins: The first session of the U.S. Congress is held in New York City as the U.S. Constitution takes effect. However, of the 22 senators and 59 representatives called…

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater brings sunny skies and a high of twenty-eight. We’ll have 11h 19m of sunlight, 12h 16m of daylight, and tomorrow will bring an additional two minutes. In Friday’s Catblogging post, one saw a video of a backyard bobcat. If one, then perhaps two – here are two pugnacious urban bobcats,…

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day with a high of twenty-four, and a north wind at 5 to 10 mph. Born this day in 1904, Dr. Seuss: On this day in 1904, Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss, the author and illustrator of such beloved children’s books as “The Cat…

Good morning. Friday brings a high of thirty, with a slight chance of flurries. We’ll have 11h 13m of sunlight, and 12h 10m of daylight, with three minutes more tomorrow. On this day in 1781, America has her first constitution: …the Articles of Confederation are finally ratified. The Articles were signed by Congress and sent to the…

Good morning. It’s a cloudy day with a high of thirty-four for Whitewater. On this day in 1953, a profound biological discovery: …Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes. Though DNA–short for deoxyribonucleic acid–was discovered in 1869,…