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

 Today is Thursday  July 15, 2004.
 This is the 197th day of the year, there are 169 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1799 Reuben Chapman                    13th Governor of Alabama
    In 1925 Carl Edward Sanders               73rd Governor of Georgia
    In 1897 Sam Houston Jones                 41st Governor of Louisiana
    In 1765 Charles Goldsborough              20th Governor of Maryland
    In 1951 Jesse Ventura                      38th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1820 Charles Henry Hardin               23rd Governor of Missouri
    In 1831 Thomas Michael Holt                46th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1936 George Victor Voinovich            65th Governor of Ohio
    In 1827 William Wallace Thayer              6th Governor of Oregon
    In 1875 Harry Hill McAlister               42nd Governor of Tennessee
    In 1573 Inigo Jones, English architect.
    In 1606 Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter.
    In 1779 Clement Moore, American author, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
    In 1850 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (Mother Cabrini), first US saint.

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 2, Day 7
    50 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    58 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    69 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    96 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    105 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 203 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 588 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 945 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1293 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    National Ice Cream Day
    Saint Swithin's Day
    In 1662 Charles II grants a charter to establish Royal Society in London.
    In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte captured.
    In 1870 NW Territories created & Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province.
    In 1940 first betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Illinois
    In 1954 first US passenger jet transport airplane tested (Boeing 707).
    In 1975 Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later.
    In 1864  Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a
             coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard.
    In 1888  Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for the 1st time in 1,000 years.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1965 Francis Adams Cherry              42nd Governor of Arkansas
    In 1854 George Washington Bonaparte Towns 33rd Governor of Georgia
    In 2000 Leo Arthur Hoegh                  33rd Governor of Iowa
    In 1868 Samuel Wells                      20th Governor of Maine
    In 1942 Ragnvald Anderson Nestos           13th Governor of North Dakota
    In 1957 James M. Cox                46th & 48th Governor of Ohio
    In 1968 Elmo Everett Smith                 27th Governor of Oregon
    In 2000 John O. Pastore                    75th Governor of Rhode Island 
    He walks as if balancing the family tree on his nose.

 And remember...
    ITS THURSDAY
    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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