Good morning.
Wednesday in Whitewater: showers and thundershowers, with a high of eighty-six.
Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets this afternoon from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1972, Palestinian terrorists attacked Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, killing eleven of the Israeli team.
On this day in 1836, Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas:
Houston served as the republic’s president until 1838, then again from 1841 to 1844. Despite plans for retirement, Houston helped Texas win admission to theUnited States in 1845 and was elected as one of the state’s first two senators. He served three terms in the Senate and ran successfully for Texas’ governorship in 1859. As the Civil War loomed, Houston argued unsuccessfully against secession, and was deposed from office in March 1861 after refusing to swear allegiance to the Confederacy. He died of pneumonia in 1863.
Google’s daily puzzle is of lemurs and geography: “If you see a lemur hanging from a branch, you’re probably on an island that formed during the prehistoric breakup of which supercontinent?”