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

 Today is Friday  August 13, 2004.
 This is the 226th day of the year, there are 140 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1911 Bertram Thomas Combs              50th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1868 Alonzo Monroe Clark                16th Governor of Wyoming
    In 1655 Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet.
    In 1818 Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights.
    In 1860 Annie Oakley, straight shooter.

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 7, Day 1
    FRIDAY THE 13TH
    21 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    29 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    40 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    67 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    75 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    79 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    In 2004 174 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 559 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 916 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1264 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  5:58 AM 9:09 PM 
    Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus
    Perseid meteor shower, radiant in Cassiopeia
    In 1642 Christiaan Huygens discovers the Martian south polar cap
    In 1961 Berlin Wall erected in East Germany
    In 1876 Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified.
    International Left-handers Day
    In 1868  Series of quakes kills 25,000 & causes $300 million damages
             in areas of Arequipa, Tacna, & Chincha. (Peru & Equador)
    In 1939  Sabotage was suspected in the crash of the 'City of San Francisc
             which fell into the Humboldt River killing 24. (Elko, Nevada)

 Thought for the day...
    In 1907 John Long Routt              1st & 7th Governor of Colorado 
    In 1948 George F. Shafer                   16th Governor of North Dakota
    In 1900 Robert Kingston Scott              46th Governor of South Carolin
    Communism will work when love, not greed, inspires it.

 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 
    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!
    Aug 19 - Birthdate For   Pres. William J Clinton    (US) 42
    Aug 20 - Birthdate for   Pres. Benjamin Harrison    (US) 23
    Aug 21 - Statehood Day for Hawaii
    Aug 27 - Birthdate for   Pres. Lyndon B Johnson     (US) 36
    Sep 09 - Statehood Day for California
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