Good morning.
Sunday in Whitewater brings a high of eighty-nine, and a 30% chance of rain in the morning. Winds will be 5 to 10 mph from the southwest.
On this day in 1934, federal agents shot notorious ban robber John Dillinger.
The Wisconsin Historical Society records that on this day in 1820 a Wisconsin governor who lost his life in wartime was born:
1820 – Louis P. Harvey Born
On this date Louis P. Harvey, Wisconsin Governor, was born in Connecticut. He taught school in both Kentucky and Ohio before relocating to Kenosha, where he worked as a newspaper editor. He was elected to the Wisconsin state senate in 1853, 1855, and 1857. In 1859 he was elected Secretary of State. He served as governor from January 6 to April 19, 1862. Louis P. Harvey diedon April 19, 1862, in Savannah, Tennessee while delivering medical supplies to Wisconsin soldiers at Pittsburgh Landing. Harvey slipped while stepping from one boat to another and fell into the Tennessee River and drowned. His body was recovered four days later and returned to Madison. Governor Harvey is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. [Source: First Ladies of Wisconsin-The Governors’ Wives by Nancy G. Williams, p. 255]
Google’s daily puzzle asks about the sense of taste: “Which of the five basic tastes would you most likely experience while eating food made with soy sauce?”