Today:
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight:
Mostly clear, with a low around 69. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Highs are expected to remain in low 80s for the rest of the week, with mostly sunny skies.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
1861 Union and Confederate troops skirmish at Blackburn’s Ford, Virginia, in a prelude to the Battle of Bull Run.
1877 Inventor Thomas Edison records the human voice for the first time.
1902 Birth of Jessamyn West, American author (The Friendly Persuasion).
In Mercury Rising, historian Jeff Shesol recalls the early days of the U.S. space program, when Cold War fears ruled, and no one was sure Glenn would survive America s first orbital flight.
Type keyword(s) to search I Lived With the Astronauts : PM at the Beginning of U.S. Spaceflight
In December 1959, Popular Mechanics spent a week with the Mercury 7 astronauts and witnessed the beginning of U.S. human spaceflight.
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On this day 60 years ago, Alan Shepard packed into the cramped Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket and blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The NASA astronaut climbed to an altitude of 116 miles above Earth s surface and became the first American to reach space. His flight lasted just 15 minutes, but it cemented his legendary status as one of the most daring explorers in our nation s history.
âMr. Horlick was one of the very best citizens I have ever known. He was a great benefactor and the people of Racine are under heavy obligation to him for his many contributions to the advancement and improvement of the city. He was a man of high ideals, and his death will be one of the greatest losses Racine has had for many years.â
â Henry C. Baker
While his name lives on at William Horlick High School on Rapids Drive and several blocks away at Horlick Athletic Field on High Street, today little is known about William Horlick, the man behind the name.