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

 Today is Sunday  September 12, 2004.
 This is the 256th day of the year, there are 110 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1843 Daniel Franklin Davis             32nd Governor of Maine
    In 1810 Phillip Francis Thomas            33rd Governor of Maryland
    In 1883 Theodore Christianson              21st Governor of Minnesota
    In 1830 William Sprague                    41st Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1840 Charles Henry Sheldon               2nd Governor of South Dakota
    In 1781 William Adams Palmer               15th Governor of Vermont
    In 1818 Richard Jordan Gatling, US inventor of hand-cranked machine gun
    In 1880 H.L. Mencken, newspaperman, Baltimore's son.
    In 1888 Maurice Chevalier, thanked heaven for little girls.
    In 1892 Alfred A. Knopf, US publisher
    In 1902 Margaret Hamilton, "Wicked Witch of the West"
    In 1913 Jesse Owens, spoiled Hitler's Olympic plans in 1936.
    In 1921 Stanislaw Lem, Polish science-fiction writer

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 11, Day 3
    In 1946 Sylvester Carmack         Tulsa Police Detective Killed on Duty
    In 1946 Ben Johnston              Tulsa Police Detective Killed on Duty
    10 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    37 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    45 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    49 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    77 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    104 DAYS - CHRISTMAS
    In 2004 144 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 529 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 886 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1234 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1959 LUNA 2,     USSR ROCKET         LAUNCHED
    In 1991 DISCOVERY,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    In 1992 ENDEAVOUR,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    In 1993 DISCOVERY,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:56 AM 7:54 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  7:04 AM 7:35 PM
    In  490 BC Athenians defeat 2nd Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon.
    In 1609 Henry Hudson discovers what is now called the Hudson River.
    In 1758 Charles Messier observes the Crab Nebula and begins catalog.
    In 1941 First German ship in WW II is captured by US ship (Busko)
    In 1953 Khrushchev becomes First Secretary of the Communist Party
    In 1959 Bonanza, horse opera, premiers on television
    In 1959 Luna 1 launched by USSR; 1st spacecraft to impact on the moon.
    In 1966 Gemini XI launched
    In 1970 Luna 16 launched; returns samples from Mare Fecunditatis
    In 1974 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia overthrown.
    National Grandparents' Day.
    In 1857  423 die when 'Central America' sinks off Cape Romain, S.C.
    In 1940  49 people killed, 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co. plant
             explodes in Kenvil, New Jersey.
    In 1964  Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million da
    In 1965  Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana killing 75, but
             causing damage of $1.42 billion.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1887 Washington Bartlett               16th Governor of California
    In 1902 Charles Bartlett Andrews          33rd Governor of Connecticut
    In 1915 Lyman Underwood Humphrey          11th Governor of Kansas
    In 1937 Ruffin Golson Pleasant            31st Governor of Louisiana
    In 1961 Philip Matthew Donnelly            42nd & 44th Governor of Missou
    In 1953 Thomas Clark Rye                   37th Governor of Tennessee 
    In 1813 Edmund Jenings Randolph             5th Governor of Virginia 
    In 1876 Henry Alexander Wise               36th Governor of Virginia 
    In 1961 Clarence W. Meadows                22nd Governor of West Virginia
    No woman should imitate men;  men are not worth it.

 And remember...
    ITS SUNDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2010! 
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    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!
    Sep 14 - Death of President William McKinley
    Sep 15 - Birthdate for   Pres. William H Taft       (US) 27 
    Oct 01 - Birthdate for   Pres. Jimmy Carter         (US) 39
    Oct 04 - Birthdate for   Pres. Rutherford B Hayes   (US) 19
    Oct 05 - Birthdate for   Pres. Chester A Arthur     (US) 21
    Oct 08 - Death of President Franklin Pierce
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