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

 Today is Sunday  August 22, 2004.
 This is the 235th day of the year, there are 131 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1845 William Lewis Douglas              45th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1911 John J. Hickey                     24th Governor of Wyoming
    In 1862 Claude Debussy, composer
    In 1920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author.

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 8, Day 3
    12 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    20 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    31 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    58 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    66 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    70 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    98 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 165 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 550 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 907 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1255 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:15 AM 8:48 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:48 AM 8:05 PM
    Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
    In 1485 Richard III slain at Bosworth Field - Last of the Plantagenets
    In 1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
    In 1851 Gold fields discovered in Australia
    In 1963 Joe Walker in a NASA X-15, reaches 106 km (67 miles)
    In 1969  Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255, most ignore
             warnings to leave low ground.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1859 John Wesley Davis             21st U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1895 Luzon Burritt Morris              39th Governor of Connecticut 
    In 1936 Floyd Björnstjerne Olson           22nd Governor of Minnesota
    In 1960 Oswald West                        14th Governor of Oregon
    Of all the ills that men endure,
    hope is the only cheap and universal cure.

 And remember...
    ITS SUNDAY
    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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