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

 Today is Wednesday  July 14, 2004.
 This is the 196th day of the year, there are 170 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1913 Gerald R Ford                 38th President (US)
    In 1913 Ford                          40th Vice President (US)
    In 1865 Arthur Capper                     20th Governor of Kansas
    In 1869 Benjamin Sanford Paulen           23rd Governor of Kansas
    In 1898 Albert Benjamin Chandler   44th & 49th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1883 Arthur Horace James                33rd Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1912 Woodie Guthrie, folk singer, common man.
    In 1913 Gerald R. Ford, 38th President (1974-1976)
    In 1918 Ingmar Bergman, film maker (Through a Glass Darkly).
    In 1918 Jay Wright Forrester, invented the computer magnetic core memory

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 2, Day 6
    51 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    59 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    70 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    97 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    106 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 204 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 589 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 946 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1294 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1967 SURVEYOR 4, US SPACE ROCKET     LAUNCHED ABD FAILED
    Alpha Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus.
    Bastille Day -- France
    In 1771 Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California
    In 1789 Citizens of Paris storm the (near empty) Bastille prison.
    In 1850 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration.
    In 1853 Commodore Perry requests trade relations with the Japanese.
    In 1865 1st ascent of the Matterhorn.
    In 1953 first national monument dedicated to a Negro - GW Carver
    In 1958 Iraqi army overthrows monarchy, led by  Colonel Saddam Hussein.
    In 1959 first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass
    In 1965 US Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles
    In 1987 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
    In 1957  Soviet steamer 'Eshghbad' sank in Caspian Sea, drowning 270.
    In 1960  Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane
             asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1937 Joseph T. Robinson                28th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1892 Newton Booth                      11th Governor of California 
    In 1965  Adlai E. Stevenson (II)          33rd Governor of Illinois
    In 1900 John Henry Gear                   11th Governor of Iowa
    In 1896 William Eustis Russell             40th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1937 Julius L. Meier                    20th Governor of Oregon
    He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

 And remember...
    ITS WEDNESDAY
    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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