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

 Today is Wednesday  August 25, 2004.
 This is the 238th day of the year, there are 128 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1855 Russell McWhorter Cunningham      34th Governor of Alabama
    In 1919 George C. Wallace 49th & 52nd & 53rd & 55th
Governor of Alabama
    In 1802 Thomas Stevenson Drew              4th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1895 Robert Augustine Hurley           57th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1931 Cecil Dale Andrus          26th & 28th Governor of Idaho
    In 1791 Meredith Miles Marmaduke            8th Governor of Missouri
    In 1858 Silas Alexander Holcombe           12th Governor of Nebraska
    In 1927 Althea Gibson, 1st black tennis champion (in a major event)

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 8, Day 6
    7 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    17 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    28 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    55 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    63 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    67 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    95 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 162 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 547 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 904 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1252 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2031 25000 Days until Mardi Gras 2100
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:21 AM 8:40 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:50 AM 8:01 PM
    Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
    In 1689 Montreal taken by the Iroquois
    In 1825 Uruguay gains its independence.
    In 1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, headed for Los Angeles
            after trans-Pacific voyage from Tokyo.
    In 1981 Voyager II flies past Saturn.
    In 1981 Voyager 2 in its closest approach to Saturn,
            sees not a few, but thousands of rings.
    In 1814  Tornado strikes Washington, D.C. while British troops burn the
             capital, killing 30 soldiers & unknown number of civilians.
    In 1915  Galveston, Texas survives hurricane with $50 million damage
             and 275 lives lost.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1828 Robert Trimble                17th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE 
    In 1998 Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.     88th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE  
    In 1914 Powell Clayton                    11th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1844 Daniel Dunklin                      5th Governor of Missouri
    In 1885 Reuben E. Fenton                   25th Governor of New York 
    In 1988 Price Daniel                       39th Governor of Texas
    In 1797 Thomas Chittenden             1st & 3rd Governor of Vermont
    Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more.

 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 
    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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