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

 Today is Wednesday  July 28, 2004.
 This is the 210th day of the year, there are 156 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1860 Elias Milton Ammons               18th Governor of Colorado 
    In 1861 John Albert Johnson                16th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1943 Judy Martz                         22nd Governor of Montana
    In 1884 John E. Miles                      12th Governor of New Mexico 
    In 1165 Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic, philosopher.
    In 1866 Beatrix Potter, English children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit).
    In 1907 Earl S. Tupper, inventor of Tupperware.
    In 1929 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
    In 1958 Terry Fox, runs "Marathon of Hope" across Canada.

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 4, Day 6
    37 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    45 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    56 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    83 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    92 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 190 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 575 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 932 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1280 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1964 RANGER 7,
    In 1973 SKYLAB 3,   US SPACE STATION
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  5:28 AM 9:43 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:28 AM 8:32 PM 
    Capricornid meteor shower, radiant in Capricorn.
    Delta Aquarid meteor shower, radiant in Aquarius.
    In 1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe.
    In 1821 Peru gains its independence.
    In 1849 "Memmon" is first clipper to reach SF, 120 days out of NY
    In 1851 total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph
    In 1866 Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US
    In 1868 14th Amendment ratified, citizenship to exslaves.
    In 1900 The Hamburger is created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
    In 1914 Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia - World War I begins.
    In 1931 Congress makes The Star-Spangled Banner our 2nd National Anthem
    In 1932 President Hoover evicts bonus marchers from their encampment.
    In 1933 1st Singing Telegram is delivered (to Rudy Vallee).
    In 1964 Ranger 7 launched to the moon; sends back 4308 TV pictures.
    In 1973 Skylab 3's astronauts are launched
    In 1976 Eldon Joersz & Geo. Morgan set world airspeed record of 3,530 kph
    In 1883  Shocks triggered by the volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy)
             destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000.
    In 1945  B-25 bomber crashes into the Empire State Building between
             78th & 79th floors, killing 10.
    In 1948  I.G. Farben chemical plant explodes and burns in Ludwigshafen,
             Germany, killing 182, injuring 2,500.
    In 1974  69 killed when packed bus struck heavy truck. (Belem, Brazil)

 Thought for the day...
    In 1948 Frederick Preston Cone            26th Governor of Florida
    In 1978 Ralph Fesler Gates                37th Governor of Indiana
    In 1888 Thomas Carney                      2nd Governor of Kansas  
    In 2001 Joan Finney                       42nd Governor of Kansas        
    In 1908 Llewellyn Powers                  39th Governor of Maine
    No facts are sacred, none are profane.

 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 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
    Aug 19 - Birthdate For   Pres. William J Clinton    (US) 42
    Aug 20 - Birthdate for   Pres. Benjamin Harrison    (US) 23
    Aug 21 - Statehood Day for Hawaii
    Aug 27 - Birthdate for   Pres. Lyndon B Johnson     (US) 36
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