Good morning.
We’ll have a sunny midweek day, with a high of seventy-eight. Sunrise is 6:54 AM and sunset 6:34 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with 6% of its visible disk illuminated.
The Community Development Authority Board meets today at 5 PM.
On this day in 1869, Gandhi is born.
Closer to home, in 1950, the first Peanuts strip appears on 10.2:
On this day in 1958, a very different Janesville sees a strike:
1958 – Janesville Auto Workers Strike
On this date 4,000 members of United Auto Workers Locals 95 (Fisher Body) and 121 (Chevrolet) at Janesville’s two GM plants walked off the job as part of a national strike over GM’s refusal to agree to a contract patterned after those reached with Ford and Chrysler. The desired contract demanded pay increases of 24 to 30 cents an hour and raises in supplemental unemployment benefits and severance pay. [Source: Local Union No. 95 UAW]
Scientific American‘s daily trivia question asks about a chemical mix. (Clicking on the question leads to its answer.)
Quick scheduling change: I’ll move restaurant reviews to Thursday, and the weekly Anderson comic to Wednesdays, beginning. There will be a new comic today, and a new restaurant review tomorrow.