Good morning.
Whitewater’s forecast calls for a cloudy day, with a high of thirty-nine. In New York, it’s a sunny day ahead with a high of fifty-one.
The Wisconsin Historical Society records that on this day in 1967,
…nationally known activist Stokely Carmichael spoke at UW-Whitewater as part of a forum series entitled “Black Power and the Civil Rights Movement.” The chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee at Whitewater motivated students in attendance, stating that blacks must reclaim their identity and history, and organize to control local political offices, especially in large cities. [Source: Janesville Gazette]
The city’s still standing, all these years later.
On this day in 1952, Britain’s King George VI died, and was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II. Of that daughter, there’s a Twitter parody from “Elizabeth Windsor,” @Queen_UK, “Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, wife of the DoE, mother, grandmother and author of http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/144473895X .”
Some of her recent Tweets:
- Yes, Prince William is on route to the Falkland Islands. Don’t even think about sodding around, Argentina.
- Someone get one a bacon and mushroom roll and a cup of tea. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
- Working from home
- Goodness, it’s gone Gin O’Clock