Good morning, Whitewater.
Our Wednesday will be mostly cloudy with a high of thirty-three. Sunrise is 7:12 AM and sunset 5:03 PM, for 9h 50m 39s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 64% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets at 8 AM, and the Community Development Authority at 5 PM.
On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing all seven members of the crew. Here is how the New York Times reported the loss:
Cape Canaveral, Fla. Jan. 28 — The space shuttle Challenger exploded in a ball of fire shortly after it left the launching pad today, and all seven astronauts on board were lost.
The worst accident in the history of the American space program, it was witnessed by thousands of spectators who watched in wonder, then horror, as the ship blew apart high in the air.
Flaming debris rained down on the Atlantic Ocean for an hour after the explosion, which occurred just after 11:39 A. M. It kept rescue teams from reaching the area where the craft would have fallen into the sea, about 18 miles offshore.
It seemed impossible that anyone could have lived through the terrific explosion 10 miles in the sky, and officials said this afternoon that there was no evidence to indicate that the five men and two women aboard had survived….
On this day in 1959, the Packers name a new coach:
1959 – Lombardi Named Packers Coach
On this date Vince Lombardi was named head coach of the Packers. He had been the offensive backfield coach of the New York Giants for the previous five seasons. Lombardi went on to coach the Packers for nine years, winning five NFL Championships and victories in Super Bowls I and II. [Source: Packers.com]
Google-a-Day asks a poetry question:
What poem title did T. S. Eliot say he created by combining the titles of a romance by William Morris with the title of a Rudyard Kipling poem?