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

 Today is Monday  September 20, 2004.
 This is the 264th day of the year, there are 102 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1818 Edward Asbury O'Neal              26th Governor of Alabama
    In 1868 James N. Gillett                  22nd Governor of California
    In 1871 Frederick Preston Cone            26th Governor of Florida
    In 1809 Sterling Price                     11th Governor of Missouri
    In   86 Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor
    In  357 Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia, emperor
    In 1878 Upton Sinclair, writer
    In 1934 Sophia Loren, Rome (Desire Under the Elms, Black Orchid)

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 12, Day 4
    2 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    29 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    37 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    41 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    69 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    96 DAYS - CHRISTMAS
    In 2004 136 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 521 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 878 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1226 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1966 SURVEYOR 2, US SPACE ROCKET     LAUNCHED AND FAILED
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  7:11 AM 7:33 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  7:10 AM 7:23 PM
    In 1519 Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of the world.
    In 1797 US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston.
    In 1859 Patent granted on the electric range.
    In 1884 Equal Rights Party founding convention in San Francisco,
            nominated female candidates for President, Vice President.
    In 1945 German rocket engineers begin work in US
    In 1951 First North Pole jet crossing
    In 1954 First FORTRAN computer program is run
    In 1970 Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample
    In 1967  Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border producing worst flood
             in Mexican history. Only 38 die.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1839 Thomas Bibb                        2nd Governor of Alabama
    In 1974 Charles Clinton Gossett           20th Governor of Idaho
    In 1970 Charles Armington Robins          22nd Governor of Idaho
    In 1909 John Albert Johnson                16th Governor of Minnesota 
    In 1965 Hugh Lawson White                  45th & 50th Governor of Missis
    Don't complain, don't explain.

 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!
    Oct 01 - Birthdate for   Pres. Jimmy Carter         (US) 39
    Oct 04 - Birthdate for   Pres. Rutherford B Hayes   (US) 19
    Oct 05 - Birthdate for   Pres. Chester A Arthur     (US) 21
    Oct 08 - Death of President Franklin Pierce
    Oct 14 - Birthdate for   Pres. Dwight D Eisenhower  (US) 34
    Oct 19 - Birthdate for   Pres. John Adams,          (US) 02
    Oct 20 - Death of President Herbert Hoover
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