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

 Today is Saturday  October 9, 2004.
 This is the 283rd day of the year, there are 83 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1908 James Elisha Folsom        46th & 48th Governor of Alabama
    In 1894 Ernest William McFarland          14th Governor of Arizona  
    In 1925 Robert Blackwell Docking          38th Governor of Kansas
    In 1813 John Jones Pettus                  20th & 23rd Governor of Missis
    In 1866 William Walton Kitchin             51st Governor of North Carolin
    In 1854 Myron Timothy Herrick              42nd Governor of Ohio
    In 1818 Henry Lippitt                      47th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1547 Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (Don Quixote)
    In 1835 Camille Saint-Sa‰ns, French composer
    In 1890 Aimee Semple McPherson, Pentecostal evangelist, radio preacher
    In 1940 John Lennon, Beatle

 On this day...
    4th Quarter, Week 2, Day 2
    116 Days - GroundHog Day
    127 Days - Valentine's Day
    10 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    18 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    22 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    50 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    73 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Winter
            Southern Hemisphere  its Summer
    77 DAYS - CHRISTMAS
    In 2004 117 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 502 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 859 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1207 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  7:49 AM 6:44 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  7:26 AM 6:56 PM 
    Giacobinid meteor shower, radiant in Draco.
    Leif Ericson Day
    In 1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
    In 1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
    In 1776 Mission Delores is founded by San Francisco Bay.
    In 1888 Public admitted to Washington Monument.
    In 1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles
    In 1962 Uganda gains independence from Britain (National Day).
    In 1975 Andrei Sakharov wins the Nobel Peace Prize
    In 1837  Steamboat 'Home' sinks off Okracoke, N.C. killing 100.
    In 1961  Eruption of a volcano on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic) force
             evacuation of entire population.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1954 Robert Houghwout Jackson       73rd U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1824 Jonathan Dayton 1795-99        4th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1868 Howell Cobb                   23rd U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1923 Henry Harrison Markham            18th Governor of California
    In 1868 Howell Cobb                       34th Governor of Georgia
    In 1950 Frank G. Allen                     54th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1896 Silas Woodson                      22nd Governor of Missouri
    In 1841 John Owen                          24th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1967 Norman S. Case                     70th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1941 John Gardiner Richards             68th Governor of South Carolin
    Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

 And remember...
    ITS SATURDAY
    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
    SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE
    CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE:  WIND SPEED 74 - 95 MPH   
    CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE:  WIND SPEED 96 - 110 MPH
    CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE:  WIND SPEED 111 - 130 MPH
    CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE:  WIND SPEED 131 - 155 MPH
    CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE:  WIND SPEED 156 > MPH
    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
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