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

 Today is Thursday  August 19, 2004.
 This is the 232nd day of the year, there are 134 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1946 William Jefferson Clinton     42nd President (US)
    In 1946 Bill Clinton               47th & 49th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1896 Raymond Herbert Talbot            26th Governor of Colorado 
    In 1881 Hugh Lawson White                  45th & 50th Governor of Missis
    In 1932 Thomas P. Salmon                   77th Governor of Vermont
    In 1908 Warren Perley Knowles              37th Governor of Wisconsin
    In 1646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England.
    In 1785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks.
    In 1871 Orville Wright, builder of bicycles and airplanes.
    In 1906 Philo T. Farnsworth, co-inventor of television

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 7, Day 7
    15 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    23 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    34 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    61 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    69 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    73 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    In 2004 168 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 553 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 910 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1258 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1960 SPUTNIK 5,  USSR ROCKET         LAUNCHED
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:10 AM 8:55 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:45 AM 8:09 PM
    Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus
    National Aviation Day
    In 1826 Canada Co. chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario).
    In 1891 William Huggins describes use of spectrum in astronomy.
    In 1960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident)
    In 1960 Sputnik 5 carries 3 dogs into orbit (recovered alive...Yeaaa!)
    In 1979 The crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34
    In 1982 Soyuz T-7 is launched
    In 1955  Hurricane Diane becomes 1st billion dollar (damage) storm,
             mainly from flooding.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1895 William Strong                36th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE 
    In 1876 Michael Crawford Kerr         32nd U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1934 Henry T. Rainey               45th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1867 William Bowen Campbell             16th Governor of Tennessee 
    In 1918 George Herbert Prouty              54th Governor of Vermont 
    Better to be religious with your eloquence,
    than eloquent with your religion.

 And remember...
    ITS THURSDAY
    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 20 - Birthdate for   Pres. Benjamin Harrison    (US) 23
    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 
    Sep 19 - Death of President James A Garfield
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