Good morning, Whitewater.
Wednesday presents a rainy morning and a cloudy afternoon with a high of seventy-four.
Whitewater’s Community Development Authority’s Seed Capital Committee meets at 3:30 PM today, and her Board of Directors at 5 PM.
On this day in 1941, the late Stephen J Gould is born:
Stephen Jay Gould, author of The Panda’s Thumb and other popular essay collections, is born on this day.
Gould grew up in Queens, New York, the son of a court stenographer without a college degree. Although Gould grew up to be a prominent paleontologist and biologist, he kept the common touch, writing dozens of accessible essays about evolution that became popular with lay readers. He has taught paleontology and zoology at Harvard for more than three decades. His books include The Panda’s Thumb (1981), The Mismeasure of Man (1981), Eight Little Piggies (1993), Leonardo’s Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms (1998), and several others. He wrote monthly essays for Natural History magazine for more than 20 years, and his essays have also appeared in The New York Review of Books, Discover and Nature. His work has won many awards, including the National Book Award.
On this day in 1878, Pres. Hayes makes a visit to the Badger State:
1878 – President Hayes Visits Madison
On this date President Rutherford B. Hayes visited Madison. Hayes was in Madison at the invitation of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. He and his wife were accompanied by a parade and the president spoke to the crowd at present day Camp Randall. [Source: Wisconsin Mosaic]
Google-a-Day poses a questions about a star:
What star in the Milky Way passes all five tests scientists require for it to be a candidate for extraterrestrial life?