Good morning.
Thursday in Whitewater will be a mostly sunny day with a high of seventy-seven. Sunrise was at 5:54 AM and sunset will be at 8:06 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with 3% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1974, Pres. Nixon announces his resignation, to take effect the following day at noon:
In an evening televised address, President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to become the first president in American history to resign. With impeachment proceedings underway against him for his involvement in the Watergate affair, Nixon was finally bowing to pressure from the public and Congress to leave the White House. “By taking this action,” he said in a solemn address from the Oval Office, “I hope that I will have hastened the start of the process of healing which is so desperately needed in America.”
Just before noon the next day, Nixon officially ended his term as the 37th president of the United States. Before departing with his family in a helicopter from the White House lawn, he smiled farewell and enigmatically raised his arms in a victory or peace salute. The helicopter door was then closed, and the Nixon family began their journey home to San Clemente, California. Minutes later, Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States in the East Room of the White House. After taking the oath of office, President Ford spoke to the nation in a television address, declaring, “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.” He later pardoned Nixon for any crimes he may have committed while in office, explaining that he wanted to end the national divisions created by the Watergate scandal.
Six years earlier, on 8.8.1968, Wisconsin Republican delegates nominated Nixon for president:
1968 – Wisconsin Delegates Nominate Nixon
On this date thirty Wisconsin delegates at the Republican National Convention in Miami cast their votes to nominate Richard Nixon as the Republican party presidential candidate. These thirty votes gave Nixon the majority over Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan and won for him the party nomination. Nixon selected Spiro Agnew to be his running mate. [Source: Back in Time]
Here’s Thursday’s puzzle from Puzzability, with a series this week about mythology:
Myth Takes
For this week of freaks and Greeks, we started each day with a mythical creature. Then we hid it in a sentence, with spaces added as necessary. The answer spans at least two words in the sentence and starts and ends in the middle of words. The day’s clue gives the sentence with a Greek column in place of the creature.
Example:
I am not rising from this comfortable so
til I’ve finished this fascinating myth about the early days of Mt. Olympus.
Answer:
Faun (sofa until)
What to Submit:
Submit the mythical creature (as “Faun” in the example) for your answer.
Thursday, August 8:
Hector’s young son played with a toy sword just like the famous warrior’s in order to mimi
dicating enemies.