Good morning.

A sunny Saturday, with a high of seventy-four, awaits Whitewater. We’ll have very light winds throughout the day, with eleven hours, forty-eight minutes of sunlight, and twelve hours, forty-four minutes of daylight.

On this day in 1957, the Packers dedicated their new stadium:

1957 – Packers Dedicate New Stadium
On this date the Green Bay Packers dedicated City Stadium, now known as Lambeau Field, and defeated the Chicago Bears, 21-17. In the capacity crowd of 32,132 was Vice president Richard Nixon. [Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

From Google’s daily puzzle, a question about one of Bach’s compositions: “During one of Bach’s cantatas, I sing that I will “shrivel up like a piece of roast goat” if my addiction isn’t satisfied. What voice type am I?”

Good morning.

Whitewater’s week ends with a sunny day, calm winds at 5 MPH, and a high of seventy. Very pleasant.

On this day in 1941, Ted Williams became the last player to hit .400. These generations later, no one in all baseball has equalled that feat:

On this day in 1941, the Boston Red Sox’s Ted Williams plays a double-header against the Philadelphia Athletics on the last day of the regular season and gets six hits in eight trips to the plate, to boost his batting average to .406 and become the first player since Bill Terry in 1930 to hit .400. Williams, who spent his entire career with the Sox, played his final game exactly 19 years later, on September 28, 1960, at Boston’s Fenway Park and hit a home run in his last time at bat, for a career total of 521 homeruns.

On this day in 1925, in Wisconsin history, a great inventor was born:

1925 – Seymour R. Cray Born
On this date Seymour R. Cray was born in Chippewa Falls. Cray received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He established himself in the field of large-scale computer design through his work for Engineering Associates, Remington Rand, UNIVAC, and Control Data Corporation.

In 1957 Cray built the first computer to use radio transistors instead of vacuum tubes. This allowed for the miniaturization of components which enhanced the performance of desktop computers. In the 1960s he designed the world’s first supercomputer at Control Data. In 1972 he founded Cray Research in his hometown of Chippewa Falls where he established the standard for supercomputers with CRAY-1 (1976) and CRAY-2 (1985).

He resigned from the company in 1981 to devote himself to computer design in the areas of vector register technology and cooling systems. Cray died in a automobile accident on October 5, 1996. [Source: MIT and Cray Company]

Google’s daily puzzle asks about an ancient Roman folk remedy (that surely doesn’t work): “What did the ancient Romans believe they could prevent with the herb that sprung from Archemorus’ blood?”

Good morning.

Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny and mild, with a high of sixty-five.

Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets this afternoon at 4:30 PM.

On this day in 1964, the Warren Commission issued its report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of Pres. Kennedy.

Sometimes even the largest animals, like a six-hundred-pound sea turtle, require a helping hand. The marine biologists at the New England Aquarium provided that assistance. Here they are in action:

Google’s daily puzzle is about a particular kind of table: “What kind of table was first produced by the 8th Laird of Merchistoun?”

Good morning.

It’s a sunny midweek day ahead for Whitewater, with a high of sixty-five.

On this day in 1960, the first televised presidential debate took place in Chicago between VP Nixon and Sen. Kennedy. (The first presidential debate this year will take place on October 3rd in Denver.)

Here’s that debate:

Google’s daily puzzle asks about a king: “I was known as the “Lion of the North,” and died heroically on the battlefield. How many years did the war continue after my death?”