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

 Today is Monday  August 23, 2004.
 This is the 236th day of the year, there are 130 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1839 George Clement Perkins            14th Governor of California
    In 1933 Pete Wilson                       36th Governor of California

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 8, Day 4
    11 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    9 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    19 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    30 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    57 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    65 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    69 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    97 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 164 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 549 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 906 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1254 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:17 AM 8:45 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:49 AM 8:03 PM
    Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
    In 1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed
    In 1869 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco,
            from Boston, after a 16-day rail trip.
    In 1919 "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premiers in Chicago Tribune
    In 1957 Digital Equipment Corp. founded
    In 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of earth from the moon
    In 1973 First Intelsat communications satellite launched
    In 1977 1st man-powered flight (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor)

 Thought for the day...
    In 1926 Bert Manfred Fernald              42nd Governor of Maine
    In 1892 Enoch Louis Lowe                  34th Governor of Maryland
    In 1898 Moody Currier                      43rd Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1846 Elias P. Seeley                    16th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1892 Myron Holley Clark                 21st Governor of New York
    In 1980 Edward A Elliott       Oklahoma Highway Trooper Killed on Duty   
    If you bow at all, bow low.
    test one two fannie

 And remember...
    ITS MONDAY
    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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