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

 Today is Saturday  September 18, 2004.
 This is the 262nd day of the year, there are 104 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1779 Joseph Story                  15th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE  
    In 1857 John Hessin Clarke             61st U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1764 Daniel Rodney                     10th Governor of Delaware
    In 1812 Herschel V. Johnson               35th Governor of Georgia
    In 1839 William John McConnell             3rd Governor of Idaho
    In 1859 John Lewis Bates                   44th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1813 William L. Greenly                  6th Governor of Michigan
    In 1923 Albert Harold Quie                 35th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1879 Edward Martin                      34th Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1709 Samuel Johnson, Boswell's tour guide.
    In 1819 Jean-Bernard-L‚on Foucault; his pendulum proved earth rotates
    In 1905 Claudette Colbert, in Paris, (Cleopatra)
    In 1905 Greta Garbo, in Stockholm (Ninotchka, Blue Angel)

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 12, Day 2
    4 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    31 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    39 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    43 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    71 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    98 DAYS - CHRISTMAS
    In 2004 138 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 523 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 880 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1228 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2072 10000 Days until Mardi Gras 2100
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  7:08 AM 7:38 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  7:09 AM 7:26 PM
    In 1755 Fort Ticonderoga, New York opened
    In 1793 Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building
    In 1810 Chile gains its independence.
    In 1851 The New York Times goes on sale, at 2 cents a copy.
    In 1927 Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
    In 1966 Gemini X is launched
    In 1977 US Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of earth & moon together
    In 1980 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
    In 1984 Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic
    Independence Day, celebrated in Chile.
    The start of the Jewish New Year.
    In 1919  Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast
             from Florida to Texas. Another 480 lost at sea.
    In 1926  Hurricane hitting Miami causes $150 million damage, kills 250
             and leaves 40,000 homeless.
    In 1974  Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds. 5,000 die

 Thought for the day...
    In 1817 David Hall                         6th Governor of Delaware 
    In 1927 Charles Miller                    45th Governor of Delaware
    In 1930 John Lind                          14th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1819 John Langdon                        3rd & 5th Governor of New Ham
    In 1826 William Sandford Pennington        10th Governor of New Jersey 
    In 1961 Monrad Charles Wallgren            13th Governor of Washington
    In 1972 Robert Eugene Ake      Oklahoma Highway Trooper Killed on Duty   
    Inflation is when the buck doesn't stop anywhere.

 And remember...
    ITS SATURDAY
    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
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