Good morning.
Wednesday brings a high of eighty-nine with a heat index of ninety-six. We’ve a one-in-ten chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm.
If people have been teasing you because you’ve never seen a video of foxes on a trampoline, then a single mouse click should improve that unfortunate situation:
On this day in 1955, a California theme park opens:
Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 14 million visitors a year, who spend close to $3 billion.
In Wisconsin history on 7.17.1995, a huge merger:
1995 – Scott Paper and Kimberly-Clark Merge
On this date, after months of negotiations, the merger of Scott Paper and Kimberly-Clark companies was announced. The $9.4 billion merger created a Fortune 100 global consumer products company with annual revenue of more than $13 billion. [Source: KimberlyClark.com]
Puzzability‘s current series, Switch Hitters, is at the middle of its July 15-19 run.
Switch Hitters
There are some changes in this week’s lineup. For each day, change a letter in each of the two words given and move the space to get the name of a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Example:
TOSS WAVER
Answer:
Tom Seaver
Here’s the puzzle for Wednesday:
HONK SWAGGER