Daily Bread for 8.4.15

Good morning, Whitewater.

Tuesday in town will be sunny, with a high of eighty-one. Sunrise is 5:50 and sunset 8:11, for 14h 21m 35s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 78.3% of its visible disk illuminated.

Whitewater’s Alcohol and Licensing Committee meets this evening at 6:20 PM, and thereafter Common Council at 6:30 PM.

On this day in 1901, Louis Armstrong is born:

Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971),^[1] nicknamed Satchmo^[2] or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and one of the pivotal and most influential figures in jazz music.

Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an “inventive” trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).

Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong’s influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to “cross over”, whose skin color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for black men.

On this day in 1862, there’s rioting in Wisconsin:

1862 – War Department Order Prompts Riot
On this date the War Department issued General Order No.99, requesting by draft 300,000 troops to reinforce the Union armies in the Civil War. This action reinforced public sentiment against the draft and prompted the citizens in Port Washington, Ozaukee County to riot in protest.

A Google a Day asks a basketball question:

The youngest recipient of the NBA MVP award joined which one of his “Bulls” teammates in receiving this honor?