Good morning.
It’s a mostly sunny day, with a high temperature of sixty-four, ahead for Whitewater.
On this day in 1978, America saw her worst nuclear disaster, at the Three Mile Island reactor.
The Wisconsin Historical Society notes that on this day in 1954,
McCarthy Recall Campaign Begins in Sauk City
On this date, “Joe Must Go,” a bipartisan grassroots campaign to recall Sen. Joe McCarthy from the Senate, began in earnest with an organizational meeting in Sauk City. The campaign had to collect 403,000 signatures in 60 days to force a recall election. With little money, a hastily thrown together organizational structure, and unenthusiastic or non-existent support from existing organizations (including farmers and organized labor), the group was still able to secure 335,000 signatures. Later in 1954 Sen. McCarthy was publicly censured by his Senate colleagues. [Source: The History of Wisconsin, v.6: Continuity and change, 1940-1965 (Madison, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1973-1998).]
Foodies, here’s a question from Google: “Some call this famous dessert a cake, some a torte, some a custard pie. What was it called in the culture that created it?