Good morning.
Tuesday brings a high of sixty-one, with showers likely in the late afternoon.
On this day in 1967, Bolivian soldiers killed Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara:
On this day in 1861, the Wisconsin 1st Infantry readied to leave for Louisville:
1861 – (Civil War) 1st Wisconsin Infantry Musters In
The 1st Wisconsin Infantry mustered in on October 9, 1861. It left Wisconsin for Louisville, Kentucky, and moved gradually through Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia during the war. It would participate in the battles of Perryville and Chickamauga and the Siege of Atlanta. It would lose 300 men during its service. Six officers and 151 enlisted men were killed in combat and one officer and 142 enlisted men died from disease.
Google’s daily puzzle asks about a fictional brand of cigarettes: “What is the brand of government issued cigarettes and gin distributed to the Party members in the George Orwell novel “1984”?”