Good morning, Whitewater
In the City of Whitewater today, there are three municipal, public meetings scheduled. The Community Development Authority – Business Park Marketing Committee and the Park and Recreation Board meet at 4:30 p.m., and the Irvin Young Library Board meets at 6:30 p.m.
In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports a famous birthday:
1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright Born
On this date Frank Lincoln Wright (he changed his middle name after his parents divorced) was born in Richland Center. An architect, author, and social critic, Wright’s artistic genius demonstrated an extraordinary capacity to create architectural space and vocabulary that drew inspiration from both nature and technology.
The son of William Cary Wright, a lawyer and music teacher, and Anna Lloyd Jones, a school teacher, Frank Lloyd Wright’s family moved to Madison in 1877 to be near Anna’s family in Spring Green. Wright briefly studied civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, after which he moved to Chicago to pursue a career in architecture. Wright started his own firm in 1893 and between 1893 and 1901, 49 buildings designed by Wright were built.
Some notable Frank Lloyd Wright structures in Wisconsin include S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. Administration Building in Racine, the A.D. German Warehouse in Richland Center, and Taliesin and Hillside in Spring Green. The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison was also based on Wright’s design. Frank Lloyd Wright died on April 9, 1959, in Phoenix, Arizona. [Source: American National Biography, Vol. 24, 1999, p.15]
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| Monday, June 8, 2009 | Sunrise | Sunset |
| Official Time | 05:16 AM | 08:31 PM |
| Civil Twilight | 04:41 AM | 09:06 PM |
| Tomorrow | 05:16 AM | 08:32 PM |
| Tomorrow will be: | 1 minute longer | |
| Amount of sunlight: | 15h 15m | |
| Amount of daylight: | 16h 25m | |
| Moon phase: | Full Moon | |