Good morning, Whitewater.
Saturday in town will be mostly sunny with a high of thirty-nine. Sunrise is 6:20 AM and sunset 7:31 PM, for 13h 10m 48s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 6.1% of its visible disk illuminated.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully accomplished for the first time the landing of a rocket on a barge at sea, in an effort to make space travel cheaper by reusing expensive rockets:
Onboard view of landing in high winds pic.twitter.com/FedRzjYYyQ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 9, 2016
On this day in 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
U.S. Sec. of War Stanton sent the following message to Gen. Grant that evening:
War Department, Washington, D. C., April 9, 1865- 9:30 P.M.
Lieut.-Gen. Grant:Thanks be to almighty God for the great victory with which he has this day crowned you and the gallant armies under your command.
The thanks of this Department and of the Government, and of the People of the United States- their reverence and honor have been deserved- will be rendered to you and the brave and gallant officers and soldiers of your army for all time.Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
On 4.9.1898, a famous Wisconsin athlete and team founder is born:
1898 – Curly Lambeau Born
On this date Earl “Curly” Lambeau, founder, player, coach, and vice president of the Green Bay Packers, was born in Green Bay. He founded the Packers in 1919 and served as the team’s only coach through the 1949 season. Lambeau led the Packers to six world championships and is one of only five coaches to record more than 200 coaching victories in the NFL (others are Don Shula, George Halas, Tom Landry and Chuck Noll). Curly Lambeau died on June 1, 1965, at the age of 67. [Source: Packers history pages]