TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Saturday  July 8, 2006.
 This is the 189th day of the year, there are 176 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1816 Frost was reported in low places throughout New England.
    In 1886 (8th-9th) Nearly every house in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota was
            moved off its foundation by a disastrous hailstorm.
    In 1950 The town of York NE was deluged with 13.15 inches of rain
            in 24 hours to establish a state record.
    In 1975 Three people were killed and six others were injured when
            lightning struck a walnut tree near Mayo FL.  The nine
            people were stringing tobacco under a tin shed when the
            bolt hit the nearby tree.
    In 1987 Thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced wind gusts to
            90 mph at Waterloo IA, 6.38 inches of rain at Tescott KS,
            and for twenty-five minutes produced ping-pong ball size
            hail at Drummond OK.
    In 1988 Thirty cities in the north central and northeastern U.S.
            reported record high temperatures for the date.  Beckley
            WV equalled their all-time record with a high of 93
            degrees.  Afternoon and evening thunderstorms spawned
            seven tornadoes in Adams and Logan counties of eastern
            Colorado, and hail caused 2.3 million dollars damage in
            Adams, Logan and Washington counties.
    In 1989 Sixteen cities in the central and western U.S. reported
            record high temperatures for the date.  The high of
            103 degrees at Denver CO equalled their record for July,
            and the 110 degree reading at Rapid City SD equalled
            their all-time record high.  Denver reported a record
            five straight days of 100 degree heat, and Scottsbluff NE
            reported a record eight days in a row of 100 degree weather.

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