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

 Today is Friday  July 16, 2004.
 This is the 198th day of the year, there are 168 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1928 David Conner Treen                49th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1902 John Woodrow Bonner                13th Governor of Montana
    In 1773 Thomas Worthington                  6th Governor of Ohio
    In 1932 Richard Lewis Thornburgh           43rd Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1890 Thomas Bahnson Stanley             62nd Governor of Virginia
    In 1723 Sir Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter.
    In 1746 Giuseppe Piazzi, discovered 1st asteroid, Ceres.
    In 1872 Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, discoverer of South Pole.
    In 1888 Frits Zernike, inventor of phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953)
    In 1911 Ginger Rogers, danced beautifully with Fred Astaire
    In 1948 Pinchas Zukerman, violinist.

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 3, Day 1
    49 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    57 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    68 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    95 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    104 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 202 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 587 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 944 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1292 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1969 APOLLO 11,  US SPACE CAPSULE    LAUNCHED
    the National Blueberry Festival
    Start of SPACEWEEK.
    In 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain.
    In 1548 La Paz, Bolivia is founded.
    In 1769 Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif.
    In 1790 Congress establishes the District of Columbia.
    In 1861 1st major battle of the Civil War -- Bull Run.
    In 1935 1st automatic parking meter in US installed: Oklahoma City, OK
    In 1945 1st atomic blast, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico.
    In 1969 Apollo 11, first manned ship to land on the moon is launched
            with astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins.
    In 1992 Ross Perot abandons presidential race.  Goes home to pout.
    In 1967  Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37. (Jay, Florida)

 Thought for the day...
    In 1989 John Noel Dempsey                 65th Governor of Connecticut 
    In 1891 Paul Dillingham, Jr.               31st Governor of Vermont 
    He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another`s mishap.

 And remember...
    ITS FRIDAY
    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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