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

 Today is Sunday  August 29, 2004.
 This is the 242nd day of the year, there are 124 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1934 David H. Pryor                    46th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1830 J. Proctor Knott                  29th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1876 Albert C. Ritchie                 54th Governor of Maryland
    In 1937 James J. Florio                    66th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1843 David Bennett Hill                 32nd Governor of New York
    In 1805 William Gannaway Brownlow          21st Governor of Tennessee
    In 1893 Joseph Blaine Johnson              72nd Governor of Vermont

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 9, Day 3
    8 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    13 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    24 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    51 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    59 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    63 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    91 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 158 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 900 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1248 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:29 AM 8:30 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:53 AM 7:55 PM
    Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
    In 1526 Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs
    In 1533 Last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, killed by Spanish conquerors
    In 1896 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
    In 1949 USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
    In 1954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
    In 1883  Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise
             in the English Channel 32 hrs. after the explosion.
    In 1916  Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast. 1,000 drown.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1880 Paul Octave Hébert                15th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1901 Charles Albert Busiel              48th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1865 John Brough                        26th Governor of Ohio
    In 1862 John Hugh Means                    36th Governor of South Carolin
    Losing weight: the triumph of mind over platter.

 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 09 - Statehood Day for California
    Sep 14 - Death of President William McKinley
    Sep 15 - Birthdate for   Pres. William H Taft       (US) 27 
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