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

 Today is Friday  June 11, 2004.
 This is the 163rd day of the year, there are 203 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1832 Augustus Hill Garland             14th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1942 Parris N. Glendening              66th Governor of Maryland
    In 1823 James Lawson Kemper                42nd Governor of Virginia
    In 1572 Ben Johnson, playwright
    In 1776 John Constable, English painter.
    In 1847 Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader of English women's movement.
    In 1864 Richard Strauss, German composer (Also Sprach Zarathrustra)
    In 1867 Charles Fabry, discovered ozone layer in the upper atmosphere.
    In 1880 Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to Congress (from Montana).
    In 1907 Paul Mellon, philanthropist.
    In 1910 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, explorer, captain of the "Calypso".

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 11, Day 1
    In 1996 Dick Hobson               Tulsa Police Officer Killed on Duty
    In 2001 Oklahoma's State Capitol to lower the U.S. Flag for the last time
            since 1917!
    3 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    4 Days - Father's Day
    10 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    23 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    84 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    92 Days - U.S. Patriot Day - Sept 11th
    139 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 237 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 622 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 979 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1327 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  4:46 AM 10:13 PM
    Kamehameha Day (celebrated in Hawaii).
    In 1770 Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef
    In 1859 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada.
    In 1895 First auto race.
    In 1942 US and USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II.
    In 1947 WW II sugar rationing finally ends.
    In 1955 First magnesium jet airplane is flown.
    In 1970 US leaves Wheelus Air Force Base in Libya.
    In 1982 Movie "E T, The Extra-Terrestrial" is released.
    In 1960  House packed with wedding celebrants collapses from combined
             weight. 30 die in Lahore, Pakistan.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1901 William James Samford             32nd Governor of Alabama
    In 1958 Robert Taylor Jones               10th Governor of Arizona  
    In 1948 Hugh Manson Dorsey                59th Governor of Georgia
    In 1967 Eurith Dickinson Rivers           65th Governor of Georgia
    In 1880 John Wood                         12th Governor of Illinois
    In 1947 David Ignatius Walsh               49th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1825 Daniel D. Tompkins                  5th Governor of New York
    In 1973 Roy Joseph Turner                  13th Governor of Oklahoma
    In 1825 Daniel D Tompkins        Died   6th Vice President (US)
    Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.

 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 
    ** 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 12 - Birthdate for   Pres. George H W Bush      (US) 41
    Jun 15 - Death of President James K Polk
    Jun 15 - Statehood Day for Arkansas
    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
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