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

 Today is Saturday  July 17, 2004.
 This is the 199th day of the year, there are 167 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1744 Elbridge Gerry                 5th Vice President (US)
    In 1744 Elbridge Gerry                     9th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1744 Elbridge Gerry, father of the "gerrymander"
    In 1763 John Jacob Astor, merchant
    In 1859 Mu¤oz Rivera, Puerto Rican patriot, journalist.
    In 1888 Shmuel Agnon, Israeli novelist (Day Before Yesterday) (Nobel 1966
    In 1889 Erle Stanley Gardner, created Perry Mason.
    In 1900 James Cagney, great tough guy and dancer.
    In 1934 Donald Sutherland, (M*A*S*H)
    In 1935 P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele), composer.
    In 1963 Matti Nyk„nen, world's best ski jumper

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 3, Day 2
    48 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    56 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    67 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    94 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    103 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 201 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 586 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 943 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1291 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  5:09 AM 10:01 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:20 AM 8:40 PM 
    Constitution Day, celebrated in South Korea
    Iraqi National Day.
    In 1966 Pioneer 7 research robot is launched into solar orbit.
    In 1821 Spain ceded Florida to US
    In 1841 British humor magazine `Punch' 1st published.
    In 1850 Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)
    In 1898 Spanish American War ends, in Santiago, Cuba.
    In 1917 British royal family adopts the name `Windsor.'
    In 1945 Potsdam Conference. FDR, Stalin, Churchill hold first meeting.
    In 1948 Republic of Korea founded.
    In 1954 Construction begins on Disneyland...
    In 1955 ... Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County.
    In 1959 Tibet abolishes serfdom
    In 1962 Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft).
    In 1969 Apollo/Soyuz, the first US/USSR linkup in space
    In 1984 Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7.
    In 1856  Sunday school excursion train collided with a regular train.
             The ensueing fire killed 46 children. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
    In 1944  2 ammunition ships explode at Port Chicago, California killing
             322 and injuring several hundred others.
    In 1959  2,000 ft. long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Ma
             River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana

 Thought for the day...
    In 1829 Charles Carnan Ridgely            19th Governor of Maryland
    In 1858 John A. Quitman                    10th & 16th Governor of Missis
    He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

 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  Iowa
    In 2005, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Kansas
    In 2006, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  North Dakota
    In 2007, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Wyoming
    In 2008, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Alaska
    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!
    Jul 23 - Death of President Ulysses S Grant
    Jul 24 - Death of President Martin Van Buren
    Jul 26 - Statehood Day for New York
    Jul 31 - Death of President Andrew Johnson
    Aug 01 - Statehood Day for Colorado
    Aug 02 - Death of President Warren G Harding
    Aug 10 - Statehood Day for Missouri
    Aug 10 - Birthdate for   Pres. Herbert Hoover       (US) 31
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