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

 Today is Monday  July 12, 2004.
 This is the 194th day of the year, there are 172 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1798 William Lewis Sharkey              25th Governor of Mississippi
    In 1877 Arthur Mastick Hyde                36th Governor of Missouri     
    In 1922 Mark O. Hatfield                   29th Governor of Oregon
    In  100 B.C. Julius C‘sar.  (Gallic Commentaries) "Veni, Vidi, Vici."
    In 1730 Josiah Wedgewood, English pottery designer, manufacturer.
    In 1817 Henry David Thoreau, always had Ralph Waldo Emerson
            around to bail him out of trouble.
    In 1854 George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak camera, in Waterville NY
    In 1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers
    In 1895 R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome
    In 1904 Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet (Residence on Earth) (Nobel 1971).
    In 1908 Milton Berle, "Uncle Miltie"
    In 1934 Van Cliburn Pianist

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 2, Day 4
    53 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    61 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    72 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    99 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    108 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 206 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 591 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 948 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1296 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2001 ATLANTIS,   US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    In 1543 Henry VIII marries Catharine Parr (his 6th & last wife).
    In 1812 US forces lead by Gen. Hull invade Canada (War of 1812).
    In 1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
    In 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law ($0.33 per hour).
    In 1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched.
    In 1960 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs.
    In 1962 Cosmonaut Popovich in space 1st time 2, manned craft in space
    In 1977 first free flight test of Space Shuttle Enterprise.
    In 1979 Kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is.) gains independence from Britain.
    In 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, becomes the first woman
            to be a major-party candicate for Vice President.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1914 Horace Larmon Lurton           54th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE 
    In 1833 Abram Marshall Scott                7th Governor of Mississippi
    In 1962 James Thomas Blair, Jr.            45th Governor of Missouri 
    In 1901 Richard B. Hubbard                 17th Governor of Texas
    In 1838 Ezra Butler                        13th Governor of Vermont
    In 1923 William P. Dillingham              44th Governor of Vermont 
    In 1942 James A Long           Oklahoma Highway Trooper Killed on Duty   
    He who is good for making excuses
    is seldom good for anything else.

 And remember...
    ITS MONDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2010! 
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    In 2004, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Iowa
    In 2005, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Kansas
    In 2006, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  North Dakota
    In 2007, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Wyoming
    In 2008, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Alaska
    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!
    Jul 14 - Birthdate for   Pres. Gerald R Ford        (US) 38 
    Jul 23 - Death of President Ulysses S Grant
    Jul 24 - Death of President Martin Van Buren
    Jul 26 - Statehood Day for New York
    Jul 31 - Death of President Andrew Johnson
    Aug 01 - Statehood Day for Colorado
    Aug 02 - Death of President Warren G Harding
    Aug 10 - Statehood Day for Missouri
    Aug 10 - Birthdate for   Pres. Herbert Hoover       (US) 31
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