Good morning, Whitewater
There are no City of Whitewater public meetings scheduled for today.
From the Wisconsin Historical Society, an entry I missed from yesterday —
1943 – McCarthy Breaks Leg in Drunken Accident
On this date future senator Joseph McCarthy broke his leg during a drunken Marine Corps initiation ceremony, despite a press release and other claims that he was hurt in “military action.” Although nicknamed “Tail Gunner Joe”, McCarthy never was a tail gunner, but instead served at a desk as an intelligence officer. In 1951 he applied for medals, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to those who had flown at least 25 combat missions. The Marine Corps has records of only 11 combat flights McCarthy flew on, and those were described as local “milk run” flights. Many of McCarthy’s claims were disputed by political opponents as well as journalists.
And on this date in history, from Wired, the device before the keyboard, recounted in a story entitled, “June 23, 1868: Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap … Ding!” —
1868: U.S. Patent No. 79,265 is issued for a type-writing machine. Surely, we have now reached the pinnacle of human communication.
Christopher Latham Sholes’ machine was not the first typewriter. It wasn’t even the first typewriter to receive a patent. But it was the first typewriter to have actual practical value for the individual, so it became the first machine to be mass-produced.
With the help of two partners, Sholes, a printer-publisher from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, perfected his typewriter in 1867. After receiving his patent, Sholes licensed it to Remington & Sons, the famous gunmaker. The first commercial typewriter, the Remington Model 1, hit the shelves in 1873….
Here’s today’s almanac —
| Almanac | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | Sunrise | Sunset |
| Official Time | 05:16 AM | 08:37 PM |
| Civil Twilight | 04:41 AM | 09:12 PM |
| Tomorrow | 05:17 AM | 08:37 PM |
| Tomorrow will be: | 1 minute shorter | |
| Amount of sunlight: | 15h 21m | |
| Amount of daylight: | 16h 31m | |
| Moon phase: | New Moon | |