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

 Today is Tuesday  August 24, 2004.
 This is the 237th day of the year, there are 129 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1955 Mike Huckabee          *Current*  51st Governor of Arkansas
    In 1949 Bob Holden                         54th Governor of Missouri     
    In 1816 Sir Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful trans-Atlantic cables
    In 1886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty Ships

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 8, Day 5
    In 1995 Microsoft's Operating System - Windows 95 Released
    10 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    8 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    18 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    29 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    56 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    64 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    68 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    96 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 163 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 548 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 905 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1253 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:19 AM 8:43 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:49 AM 8:02 PM
    Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
    In   79 Mt. Vesuvius erupts; Pompeii & Herculaneum are buried
    In 1814 British sack Washington, DC.  Please, it needs it again!
    In 1869 The Waffle Iron is invented.
    In 1909 Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
    In 1932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, AE Putnam
    In 1989 Voyager II passes Neptune, Triton, finds rings here too.
    In 1956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC
    In 1960 Temp. drops to -88ø (-127øF) at Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
    In  -79  Mount Vesuvius erupts burying Pompeii & Herculaneum.
    In 1960  60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Braz

 Thought for the day...
    In 1834 William Johnson               11th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE 
    In 1946 James Clark McReynolds         59th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE   
    In 1998 John Richard Williams             17th Governor of Arizona  
    In 1867 Thomas Brown                       2nd Governor of Florida
    In 1931 Augustus Everett Willson          36th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1914 Chester Bradley Jordan             51st Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1852 Joseph Vance                       13th Governor of Ohio
    In 1945 Martin Frederick Ansel             61st Governor of South Carolin
    In 1851 James McDowell                     32nd Governor of Virginia
    Toil is most pleasant when done.

 And remember...
    ITS TUESDAY
    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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