TODAY  Version 3.6   11/14/93       Copyright 1986, 1993  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Wednesday  October 13, 2004.
 This is the 287th day of the year, there are 79 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1846 Augustus Everett Willson          36th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1877 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo             39th & 43rd Governor of Missis
    In 1915 Wesley Powell                      74th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1827 Thomas Bothwell Jeter              51st Governor of South Carolin
    In 1870 Ben Walker Hooper                  36th Governor of Tennessee
    In 1795 James McDowell                     32nd Governor of Virginia
    In 1769 Horace H. Hayden, cofounder of 1st dental college
    In 1925 Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, British Prime Minister (1979-1990)
    In 1942 Art Garfunkel, singer, built bridge over troubled waters

 On this day...
    4th Quarter, Week 2, Day 6
    112 Days - GroundHog Day
    123 Days - Valentine's Day
    6 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    14 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    18 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    46 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    69 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Winter
            Southern Hemisphere  its Summer
    73 DAYS - CHRISTMAS
    In 2004 113 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 498 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 855 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1203 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  7:57 AM 6:34 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  7:29 AM 6:50 PM 
    In 1775 Continental Congress establishes a navy
    In 1792 George Washington lays the cornerstone of the Executive Mansion
    In 1969 Soyuz 8 is launched
    In 1985 13th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 6 is launched
    In 1987 1st military use of trained dolphins, by US Navy in Persian Gulf.
    In 1972  F27 Chilean charter crashes into 12,000 foot Andean peak.
    In 1972  Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die.
    In 1972  16 survivors of Chilean charter flight survive 69 days by cannib
            

 Thought for the day...
    In 1890 Samuel Freeman Miller         32nd U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1889 William Thomas Minor              23rd Governor of Connecticut
    In 1910 William Eugene Stanley            15th Governor of Kansas
    In 1923 Aretas Brooks Fleming               8th Governor of West Virginia
    Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend
    to one; enemy to none.

 And remember...
    ITS WEDNESDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2010! 
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    In 2004, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Wisconsin
    In 2005, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  West Virgini
    In 2006, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  South Dakota
    In 2007, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Utah
    In 2008, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Hawaii
    All U.S. Space Shuttles Grounded.
    Atlantis    U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Endeavour   U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in March\April 2005!
    Oct 14 - Birthdate for   Pres. Dwight D Eisenhower  (US) 34
    Oct 19 - Birthdate for   Pres. John Adams,          (US) 02
    Oct 20 - Death of President Herbert Hoover
    Oct 27 - Birthdate for   Pres. Theodore Roosevelt   (US) 26
    Oct 31 - Statehood Day for Nevada
    Nov 02 - Statehood Day for North Dakota
    Nov 02 - Statehood Day for South Dakota
    Nov 02 - Birthdate for   Pres. James K Polk         (US) 11
    Nov 02 - Birthdate for   Pres. Warren G Harding     (US) 29
    Nov 08 - Statehood Day for Montana
    Nov 11 - Statehood Day for Washington
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