Good morning.
Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of seventy, and a one-in-five chance of morning showers. Sunrise was a 5:18 a.m., and sunset will be at 8:29 p.m. The Moon is a waning crescent with 14% of the its visible disk illuminated.
People should have, and mostly do have, the choice of what to eat. They may exercise their choices, however, either well or poorly:
On this day in 1942, a victory for America:
…the Battle of Midway–one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II–begins. During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy….
When the Battle of Midway ended, Japan had lost four carriers, a cruiser and 292 aircraft, and suffered an estimated 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft and suffered approximately 300 casualties.
Japan’s losses hobbled its naval might–bringing Japanese and American sea power to approximate parity–and marked the turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. In August 1942, the great U.S. counteroffensive began at Guadalcanal and did not cease until Japan’s surrender three years later.
On 6.4.1861, a medical first:
1861 – First Recorded Kidney Removal Occurs
On this date Dr. Erastus B. Wolcott, a Milwaukee surgeon, performed the first recorded removal of a diseased kidney. [Source: History Just Ahead: A guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers edited by Sarah Davis McBride, p. 22.]
Puzzablity has a new weekly theme for June 3-7: “For each day this week, we’ll give you as a clue a review we wrote of a Tony-winning Best Play. Remove any spaces and punctuation, then delete exactly half of the letters from anywhere in the clue to reveal, reading the remaining letters in order, the title of the play. (You’ll need to add spaces for your final answer.)”
Example:
A HUGE BUST ONSTAGE, ACTED WITHOUT SANITY!
Answer:
August: Osage County
Here’s June 4th’s puzzle:
ADEQUATE SHOW FAILS AT LATEST MATINEE!