Good morning,
It’s a rainy day for Whitewater, with a day of scattered showers and a high of sixty-nine degrees.
It’s Cinco de Mayo, day of celebration of the Mexican defeat of French forces in 1862. The holiday is perhaps more popular in the United States than even Mexico, and represents a defeat over foreign forces outside the hemisphere occupying part of North America. The French later abandoned Mexico.
There’s a Landmarks Commission meeting tonight in Whitewater, from 5 to 7 p.m.
At Washington School, there’s a fifth grade band concert at 2 p.m.
In Wisconsin history today, the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that today is the birthday of Marc
1942 – Actor Marc Alaimo Born
On this date actor Marc Alaimo was born in Milwaukee. He has appeared in more than 100 TV episodes, including numerous episodes of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek The Next Generation, Walker Texas Ranger, Quantum Leap, and Hill Street Blues. He has also appeared in more than 30 films, including Total Recall, Naked Gun 33 1/3, and Tango & Cash. [Source: Internet Movie Database].
The Internet Movie Database to which I have linked observes that Alaimo “has played more distinct roles than anyone else on Trek: two different humans, two different Cardassians, an Antican, and a Romulan.”
Fans of Star Trek may remember particularly Alaimo’s portrayal of Gul Dukat, a Cardassian (who meets a bad end in the Trek series Deep Space Nine).