Monday was chillier temperatures than what we’d become accustomed to the past week where lighter jackets or even no coats were necessary. I certainly enjoyed the weather and the chance to tackle Operation:

The rain has been here for several hours, and is expected to be with us until 1 PM.

ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY: (1620) On this day in 1620, 41 male passengers on the Mayflower, prior to landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, signed the Mayflower Compact, by which they agreed to abide by the laws of the new government they would establish. (2002) A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit meeting in Prague extended an official invitation to become new alliance members so Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. (1995) A peace agreement, known as the Dayton Accords, was reached by the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, ending the Bosnian War. (1931) The horror classic Frankenstein, based on a stage adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 1818 novel, was released in the United States, and it helped make the hulking monster, who was portrayed by Boris Karloff, one of the most recognizable characters in film history. (1922) Rebecca Ann Felton of Georgia was sworn into office, becoming the first woman seated in the U.S. Senate; Felton, who was appointed to the seat, served only two days. (1920) On Bloody Sunday, the Irish Republican Army killed 11 Englishmen suspected of being intelligence agents, and the Black and Tans took revenge the same afternoon, attacking spectators and players at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park, Dublin, killing 12 and wounding 60. (1783) The first crewed hot-air balloon flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d’Arlandes, traveling from the Château de la Muette across the Bois de Boulogne on the edge of Paris in a balloon made by Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier.

Make it a great day!

PHOTOS: old and recent Rike’s Department Store window displays that can currently be seen in the Winter Garden of the Schuster Center.