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

 Today is Friday  September 3, 2004.
 This is the 247th day of the year, there are 119 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1825 Joshua Hopkins Marviel            39th Governor of Delaware
    In 1831 Henry Laurens Mitchell            15th Governor of Florida
    In 1859 Nahum Josiah Batchelder            52nd Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1921 Henry Louis Bellmon              18th & 23rd Governor of Oklahoma
    In 1861 James Hartness                     60th Governor of Vermont
    In 1914 Dixy Lee Ray                       17th Governor of Washington
    In 1596 Nicolo Amati, Italian violin maker
    In 1856 Louis Sullivan, father of modern US architecture.
    In 1907 Andrew Brewin, Canadian lawyer, cofounder of New Democratic Party
    In 1913 Alan Ladd, actor

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 10, Day 1
    3 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    8 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    19 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    46 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    54 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    58 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    86 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    113 DAYS - CHRISTMAS
    In 2004 153 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 538 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 895 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1243 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:39 AM 8:18 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:57 AM 7:48 PM
    In 1783 Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed.
    In 1849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
    In 1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
    In 1935 First automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell
    In 1939 Britain declared war on Germany. France followed six hours later,
            quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada
    In 1940 First showing of high definition color television
    In 1940 US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for military bases
    In 1976 US Viking 2 lands on Mars at Utopia
    In 1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
    In 1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 6 returns to Earth
    In 1925  Dirigible 'Shenandoah' crashed near Caldwell, Ohio. 13 die
    In 1930  Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000. (Dominican Republic)
    In 1975  Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts. of Morocco. 188 die.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1868 Thomas Henry Seymour              20th Governor of Connecticut 
    In 1900 Lorenzo Dow Lewelling             12th Governor of Kansas
    In 1858 George Tyler Wood                   2nd Governor of Texas
    Creditors have much better memories than debtors.

 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!
    Sep 09 - Statehood Day for California
    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
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