Good morning.
Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny, hot, and breezy, with a high of ninety-seven.
On this day in 1963, a hotline between Moscow and Washington went into service.
From the National Park Service, a video of stunning stargazing at Yosemite:
On this day in 1862, Wisconsin troops rested on the White House lawn:
1862 – (Civil War) Wisconsin troops rest at the White House lawn
The 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th Wisconsin Infantry regiments fought in the Second Battle of Bull Run. By the end of this third day, more than 18,000 soldiers had been killed or wounded and Union forces had been pushed back to Washington, D.C. When the Wisconsin regiments arrived in Washington, they rested on the White House lawn. According to historian Frank Klement, “President Lincoln came out with a pail of water in one hand and a dipper in the other. He moved among the men, offering water to the tired and thirsty. Some Wisconsin soldiers drank from the common dipper and thanked the President for his kindness.”
Google’s daily puzzle asks about a British prime minister: “I was the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain, but I didn’t speak English. So I left many administrative affairs to my prime minister. What was his name?”