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

 Today is Saturday  August 28, 2004.
 This is the 241st day of the year, there are 125 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1883 Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus           20th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, social philosopher

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 9, Day 2
    4 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    14 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    25 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    52 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    60 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    64 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    92 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 159 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 544 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 901 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1249 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:27 AM 8:33 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:52 AM 7:57 PM
    Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
    In 1565 St Augustine, Fla established
    In 1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands
    In 1789 William Herschel discovers Enceladus, satellite of Saturn
    In 1828 Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy was born near Tula.
    In 1965 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5
    In 1917 10 suffragists were arrested as they picketed the White House
    In 1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
    In 1973  6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1798 James Wilson                   4th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE  
    In 1855 Henry Watkins Collier             14th Governor of Alabama
    In 1924 Henry Tifft Gage                  20th Governor of California
    In 1915 John Davis Long                    35th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1924 David Marston Clough               13th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1969 Edward John Thye                   26th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1928 Arthur Gustav Sorlie               14th Governor of North Dakota 
    A good man gone wrong is usually a bad man found out.

 And remember...
    ITS SATURDAY
    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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