Good morning, Whitewater.
A new month begins in Whitewater with morning clouds, giving way to afternoon sunshine, with a daytime high of seventy-one. Sunrise is 6:21 AM and sunset 7:27 PM, for 13h 06m 41s of daytime. The moon is new today, with no part of its visible disk illuminated.
A new school year begins in our public district. Best wishes for a year of exploration and adventure.
Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6 PM, and there will be a Fire Department Business Meeting at 6:30 PM.
On this day in 1972, Fischer defeats Spassky:
The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in Reykjavík, Iceland, and has been dubbed the Match of the Century. Fischer became the first American born in the United States to win the world title, and the second American overall (Wilhelm Steinitz, the first world champion, became a naturalized American citizen in 1888). Fischer’s win also ended, for a short time, 24 years of Soviet domination of the World Championship.
The first game was played on July 11, 1972. The last game (the 21st) began on August 31, was adjourned after 40 moves, and Spassky resigned the next day without resuming play. Fischer won the match 12½–8½, becoming the eleventh undisputed World Champion.
JigZone has flowers as its theme for today’s puzzle: