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

 Today is Friday  August 20, 2004.
 This is the 233rd day of the year, there are 133 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1833 Benjamin Harrison             23rd President (US)
    In 1860 Henry T. Rainey               45th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1883 Chase Addison Clark               18th Governor of Idaho
    In 1824 Thomas Carney                      2nd Governor of Kansas
    In 1834 Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls   22nd & 25th Governor of Louisia
    In 1780 William Woodbridge                  2nd Governor of Michigan
    In 1884 Forrest C. Donnell                 41st Governor of Missouri
    In 1917 Terry Sanford                      64th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1809 William Henry Gist                 40th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1892 George D. Aiken                    66th Governor of Vermont
    In 1833 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (1889-1893)

 On this day...
    In 2003 U.S. President George Bush is now 20864 Days old
            becoming the 38th longest living President passing Pres. C A Arth
    3rd Quarter, Week 8, Day 1
    14 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    22 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    33 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    60 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    68 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    72 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    100 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    In 2004 167 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 552 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 909 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1257 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:11 AM 8:53 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:46 AM 8:07 PM
    Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus
    In 1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over
    In 1942 WW II dimout regulations implemented in San Francisco.
    In 1920 US's first radio broadcaster, 8MK later WWJ, Detroit
            begins daily broadcasting.
    In 1930 Dumont's 1st TV Broadcast for home reception, NY city
    In 1940 Churchill says of the Royal Air Force, "Never in the field
            of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
    In 1977 Voyager II launched.
    Admission Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
    In 1852  Steamer 'Atlantic' collided with fishing boat and
             sank with 250 aboard.
    In 1975  Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1968 Channing Harris Cox                52nd Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1832 David Holmes                        1st & 5th Governor of Mississ
    In 1953 Cameron A. Morrison                54th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1978 C. William O'Neill                 59th Governor of Ohio 
    In 1847 Pierce Mason Butler                28th Governor of South Carolin
    Freedom has a thousand charms to show,
    that slaves, however content, will never know.

 And remember...
    ITS FRIDAY
    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 21 - Statehood Day for Hawaii
    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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