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

 Today is Thursday  August 26, 2004.
 This is the 239th day of the year, there are 127 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1872 Joseph T. Robinson                28th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1813 Harrison Reed                      8th Governor of Florida
    In 1895 Earl Kemp Long      40th & 43th & 45th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1746 James Brice                        7th Governor of Maryland
    In 1808 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys           26th Governor of Mississippi
    In 1945 Tom Ridge                          45th Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1811 William Cole Cozzens               42nd Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube).

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 8, Day 7
    6 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    16 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    27 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    54 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    62 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    66 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    94 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 161 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 546 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 903 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1251 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:23 AM 8:38 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:51 AM 7:59 PM
    Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
    In   55 B.C. Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain.
    In 1346 English longbows defeat French in Battle of Cr‚cy
    In 1629 Cambridge Agreement pledged.  Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders
            agreed to emigrate to New England.
    In 1791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat.
    In 1846 W. A. Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF).
    In 1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at SF's Aquatic Park in
            57 seconds.
    In 1920 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted (about time!)
    In 1952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins.
    In 1962 Mariner 2 launched for 1st planet flyby (Venus)
    In 1973 Women's Equality Day

 Thought for the day...
    In 1858 Ralph Metcalf                      27th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1878 Seth Padelford                     45th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1883 Elisha Marshall Pease               5th & 14th Governor of Texas
    In 1863 John Buchanan Floyd                34th Governor of Virginia 
    In 1896 Arthur MacArthur                    4th Governor of Wisconsin 
    A minister says matrimony should be enduring.  It is.

 And remember...
    ITS THURSDAY
    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!
    Aug 27 - Birthdate for   Pres. Lyndon B Johnson     (US) 36
    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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