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Christmas Eve in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 54. Sunrise is 7:23 and sunset 4:25 for 9h 02m 05s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.8% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1943, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord.
Young People’s Chorus of NYC Performs The Twelve Days of Christmas:
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Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 46. Sunrise is 7:23 and sunset 4:25 for 9h 01m 52s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 87.8% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1954, the first successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
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Friday in Whitewater will be rainy earlier in the day with a high of 37. Sunrise is 7:06 and sunset 4:21 for 9h 15m 25s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 82.3% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city’s racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city’s bus boycott.
Whitewater’s annual Christmas parade takes place tonight. The parade begins at 6 PM, with events before and after. (See the link to the Downtown Whitewater Facebook page with details on those accompanying events.)
(The parade route — principally along Main Street — is in green, the staging area in red, and the detour route in black.)
The Parade of Lights, like the July 4th parade held nearly half a year earlier, brings together people from across the city without charge, and without expectation other than a common, joyous celebration.
Preserving these parades, and building from them, is part of the work of re-knitting the city.
What’s in the Night Sky December 2023: Geminid Meteor Shower | Astronaut’s Tool Bag:
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Thanksgiving in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 41. Sunrise is 6:57 and sunset 4:25 for 9h 28m 03s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 82.8% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1876, corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons Are Inflated:
How to Carve a Turkey | The New York Times:
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Veterans Day in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 47. Sunrise is 6:42 and sunset 4:35 for 9h 52m 41s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 3.4% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1918, Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne:
2023 Veterans Day Parade in NYC:
In places small and big, America honors her many veterans:
Somber bugles and bells mark Armistice Day around the globe:
Here’s the seventeenth annual FREE WHITEWATER list of the scariest things in Whitewater. (The 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 editions are available for comparison.) The list runs in reverse order, from mildly scary to truly frightening. 10. Bears. Look, I’ve warned the city — out of…
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with scattered showers, and a high of 90. Sunrise is 5:22 AM and sunset 8:36 PM for 15h 14m 02s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Independence Holiday events continue today at the Cravath Lakefront with…
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 26. Sunrise is 7:07 AM and sunset 5:09 PM for 10h 02m 35s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 90.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1653, New Amsterdam (later…
Good morning. Christmas in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 11. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:26 PM for 9h 02m 27s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 6.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the…
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see occasional showers with a high of 67. Sunrise is 7:32 AM and sunset 5:42 PM for 10h 08m 55s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 89.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to…
Here’s the sixteenth annual FREE WHITEWATER list of the scariest things in Whitewater. (The 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions are available for comparison.) The list runs in reverse order, from mildly scary to truly frightening. 10. The Coming Coyotepocalypse. And look, and look — Whitewater can’t say it…
