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

 Today is Wednesday  June 16, 2004.
 This is the 168th day of the year, there are 198 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1862 Lennington Small                  28th Governor of Illinois
    In 1816 Luke Pryor Blackburn              28th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1813 Israel Washburn, Jr.              24th Governor of Maine
    In 1940 Neil Goldschmidt                   33rd Governor of Oregon
    In 1936 Lincoln Almond                     86th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1895 Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame
    In 1902 Barbara McClintock, U.S. cytogeneticist (Nobel 1983)
    In 1920 John Howard Griffin, American photographer, author(Black Like Me)

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 11, Day 6
    5 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
    Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    18 Dasy - U.S. Independence Day
    79 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    87 Days - U.S. Patriot Day - Sept 11th
    134 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 232 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 617 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 974 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1322 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1963 VOSTOK 6,
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  4:45 AM 10:16 PM
    In 1567 Mary Queen of Scots thrown into Lochleven Castle prison
    In 1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill).
    In 1858 "A house divided against itself cannot stand" -
Abraham Lincoln.
    In 1903 Ford Motor Company, a vehicle manufacturer, is founded.
    In 1933 US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is created.
    In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space.
    In 1977 Leonid Brezhnev named president of USSR
    In 1984 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
    In 1964  Quake strikes Niigata, Japan where shock resistant building surv
             only to sink as the ground under it liquified.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1916 Edwin Chick Burleigh              37th Governor of Maine
    In 1949 William A. Comstock                33rd Governor of Michigan
    In 1813 James Wood                          9th Governor of Virginia
    Might as well be frank, monsieur. It would take a miracle
    to get you out of Casablanca.

 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 
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "TEXAS" State Quarter Jun 1st!
    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!
    Jun 20 - Statehood Day for West Virginia
    Jun 21 - Statehood Day for New Hampshire
    Jun 24 - Death of Grover Cleveland
    Jun 25 - Statehood Day for Virginia
    Jun 28 - Death of President James Madison
    Jul 03 - Statehood Day for Idaho
    Jul 04 - Birthdate for   Pres. Calvin Coolidge      (US) 30
    Jul 04 - Death of President John Adams
    Jul 04 - Death of President Thomas Jefferson
    Jul 04 - Death of President James Monroe
    Jul 06 - Birthdate for   Pres. George W Bush
    Jul 09 - Death of President Zachary Taylor
    Jul 10 - Statehood Day for Wyoming
    Jul 11 - Birthdate for   Pres. John Q Adams         (US) 06
    Jul 14 - Birthdate for   Pres. Gerald R Ford        (US) 38 
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