Good morning.
MLK day, and the public inauguration ceremonies, will see Whitewater with a 30% chance of scattered snow showers before 9 am. Afterward, it’a a partly sunny day, with a high near of about seven. Wind chill measures will be between ten and fifteen below.
High above all of this, departing Commander Sunita Williams recently recorded a tour of the International Space Station:
On this day in 1924, Lenin died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of fifty-four. Although relatively young at his death, he lived long enough to oversee the killing of countless thousands, by a regime that would yet kill tens of millions more, of a movement that brought poverty and death wherever it seized power.
From 1935 Janesville, an account of temerity:
1935 – Five Janesville Youths Arrested
On this date five Janesville boys, ages 13-16, were arrested for a string of burglaries, including the thefts of cigarettes, whisky and blankets. While in the police station, one of the boys tried to crack the safe in the chief’s office. [Source: Janesville Gazette]
Google-a-Day asks a pop culture question: “What song hit #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was recorded by the performer that received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 14, 2002?”