Good morning, Whitewater.
Our Saturday will be mostly sunny with a high of sixty-five. Sunrise will be 6:32 and sunset 7:09, for 12h 37m 41s of daytime. We’ve a new moon today.
From Atlas Obscura comes the story of the deadly Snake Island –
On this day in 1944, little more than three months after landing at Normandy, American troops entered Germany proper, near Trier.
On this day in 1892, major fields of study receive their own school at UW-Madison:
1892 – UW-Madison Schools Open
On this date the School of Economics, Political Science and History at UW-Madison opened under the leadership of Professor Richard T. Ely. [Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison]