Good morning, Whitewater.
Monday in town will be sunny with a high of sixty-six. Sunrise is 5:18 and sunset 8:26, for 15h 08m 15s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.4% of its visible disk illuminated.
For Friday’s FW poll, on whether Golden State or Cleveland would win the NBA championship, most respondents (56%) picked Golden State. We’ll know soon enough; the final begin Thursday.
On this day in 1779, a court martial (about charges before later treason) of Benedict Arnold begins (only to conclude months after beginning):
The court martial to consider the charges against Arnold began meeting on June 1, 1779, but was delayed until December 1779 by General Clinton’s capture of Stony Point, New York, throwing the army into a flurry of activity to react.[67] A number of members of the panel of judges were ill-disposed to Arnold over actions and disputes earlier in the war, yet Arnold was cleared of all but two minor charges on January 26, 1780.[68] Arnold worked over the next few months to publicize this fact; however, in early April, just one week after Washington congratulated Arnold on the March 19 birth of his son, Edward Shippen Arnold, Washington published a formal rebuke of Arnold’s behavior.[69]
The Commander-in-Chief would have been much happier in an occasion of bestowing commendations on an officer who had rendered such distinguished services to his country as Major General Arnold; but in the present case, a sense of duty and a regard to candor oblige him to declare that he considers his conduct [in the convicted actions] as imprudent and improper.
— Notice published by George Washington, April 6, 1780[70]
Puzzability begins a new weekly series entitled, Six Packs:
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This Week’s Game — June 1-5
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Six-Packs
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We’ve got a splinter group of trivia every day this week. For each day, we’ll give you a category and a list of all the members of that category with six letters in their names—except one.
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Example:
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Current Supreme Court justices: Breyer, Thomas
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Answer:
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Scalia
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What to Submit:
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Submit the missing category member (as “Scalia” in the example) for your answer.
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Monday, June 1
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