Good morning, Whitewater
I neglected to mention that yesterday, on June 24th, 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold’s supposed sighting of a UFO in the Pacific northwest led to the widespread use of the term flying saucer. It’s not a moment in Wisconsin history — it’s a national moment.
In Wisconsin history today, in 1950, the Korean War began when communist North Korea invaded the south. According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, over 132,000 Wisconsinites served, in some capacity, in defense of (now) South Korea.
For a catalog — thorough but yet incomplete — of the crimes of communism, there’s no better place to start than The Black Book of Communism. It’s now translated into English, and editor Stephane Courtois catalogs the violence, murder, and oppression of communism. The Korean War was, sadly, only one episode of communism’s murderous ambition. Courtois provides a catalog.
For us, the National Weather Service predicts an even chance of thunderstorms with a high of 86 degrees. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts hot and dry weather, then thunderstorms, for this time in June.