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

 Today is Friday  August 27, 2004.
 This is the 240th day of the year, there are 126 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1908 Lyndon B Johnson              36th President (US)
    In 1809 Hannibal Hamlin               15th Vice President (US)
    In 1865 Dawes                         30th Vice President (US)
    In 1908 L B Johnson                   37th Vice President (US)
    In 1809 Hannibal Hamlin                   21st Governor of Maine
    In 1943 Bob Kerrey                         38th Governor of Nebraska
    In 1827 James Adams Weston                 35th & 37th Governor of New Ha
    In 1922 John Carl West                     82nd Governor of South Carolin
    In 1870 Peter Norbeck                       9th Governor of South Dakota
    In 1884 Nels Hanson Smith                  18th Governor of Wyoming
    In 1882 Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker
    In 1899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
    In 1908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (1963-1969)

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 9, Day 1
    5 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    15 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    26 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    53 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    61 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    65 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    93 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 160 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 545 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 902 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1250 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1985 DISCOVERY,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:25 AM 8:35 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:52 AM 7:58 PM
    Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
    In 1883 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons
    In 1776 Americans defeated by British in Battle of Long Island
    In 1783 1st hydrogen-filled balloon ascent (unmanned)
    In 1859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn
    In 1883 Krakatoa, WEST of Java, blew apart (Top that, St Helens).
    In 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agreed to outlaw war.
    In 1667  Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S. (Jamestown, Virginia)
    In 1883  Krakatoa, Indonesia explodes with a force, & noise, not equaled 
             modern times. Untold casualties.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1948 Charles E. Hughes             11th U.S.S.C. CHIEF JUSTICE
    In 1948 Charles E. Hughes              57th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1874 Abram Adams Hammond               12th Governor of Indiana
    In 1862 Joseph W. Matthews                 15th Governor of Mississippi 
    In 1847 Silas Wright, Jr.                  16th Governor of New York 
    In 1948 Charles E. Hughes                  39th Governor of New York 
    In 1868 David Lowry Swain                  26th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1866 John Motley Morehead               29th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1902 George Hoadly                      36th Governor of Ohio
    In 1890 Milledge Luke Bonham               42nd Governor of South Carolin
    In 1936 George Henry Dern                   6th Governor of Utah 
    No man can serve two masters, yes-men can serve hundreds.

 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 
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