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

 Today is Wednesday  August 18, 2004.
 This is the 231st day of the year, there are 135 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1803 Nathan Clifford               30th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1919 Walter J. Hickel             2nd & 8th Governor of Alaska 
    In 1854 James Paul Clarke                 21st Governor of Arkansas
    In 1856 Frank Wayland Higgins              38th Governor of New York
    In 1812 John Hugh Means                    36th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1618 Virginia Dare, 1st child born in America of English parents.
    In 1834 Marshall Field, founded a Chicago-based store chain.

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 7, Day 6
    16 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    24 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    35 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    62 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    70 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    74 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    In 2004 169 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 554 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 911 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1259 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1960 DISCOVERER XIV US SPY SATELLITE
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  6:08 AM 8:58 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:45 AM 8:10 PM
    Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus
    In 1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse
    In 1914 Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality
    In 1963 James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate of Univ of Miss.
    In 1976 USSR's Luna 24 softlands on the Moon
    In 1991 Russian conservatives start a coup to eliminate Gorbachev,
            glasnost and perestroika.  The second Russian revolution begins.
    In 1947  Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing
             300 and destroying an orphanage.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1823 John Treadwell                     5th Governor of Connecticut 
    In 1855 Thomas Metcalfe                   10th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1881 Stephen Miller .                    4th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1965 Philip F. LaFollette        27th & 29th Governor of Wisconsin 
    If we were intended to talk more than we hear,
    we'd have two mouths and only one ear.

 And remember...
    ITS WEDNESDAY
    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 19 - Birthdate For   Pres. William J Clinton    (US) 42
    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 
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