Good morning, Whitewater.
Thursday in town will be partly cloudy with a high of eighty-two. Sunrise is 5:17 and sunset 8:29, for 15h 11m 41s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 96.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6:30 PM.
On this day in 1989, the Chinese government orders troops to storm Tiananmen Square. The New York Times reported about massacre the next day:
BEIJING, Monday, June 5 — Army units tightened their hold on the center of the Chinese capital on Sunday, moving in large convoys on some of the main thoroughfares and firing indiscriminately at crowds as outraged citizens continued to attack and burn army vehicles.
It was clear that at least 300 people had been killed since the troops first opened fire shortly after midnight on Sunday morning but the toll may be much higher. Word-of-mouth estimates continued to soar, some reaching far into the thousands. Outbreaks of firing continued today, as more convoys of troops moved through the city.
The bloodshed stunned Beijing and seemed to traumatize its citizens. Normal life halted as armored personnel carriers and troop trucks rumbled along debris-filled roads, with soldiers firing their automatic weapons in every direction. Smoke filled the sky as workers and students vented frustration and outrage by burning army vehicles wherever they found them separated from major convoys,in side streets or at intersections.
Then and now, China’s principal political condition has been dictatorship.
On this day in 1837, a territorial cornerstone ceremony takes place:
On this date Ebenezer and Roseline Peck hosted the Capitol cornerstone-laying celebration at their log public house in Madison. Peck Cabin, Madison’s first residence, business and post office, was demolished in 1857. [Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers. Edited by Sarah Davis McBride, p. 89.]
Here’s the Thursday game from Puzzability:
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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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Thursday, June 4
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