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

 Today is Thursday  April 15, 2004.
 This is the 106th day of the year, there are 260 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1821 Joseph E. Brown                   36th Governor of Georgia
    In 1859 Luren Dudley Dickinson             37th Governor of Michigan
    In 1881 Samuel Roy McKelvie                22nd Governor of Nebraska
    In 1866 R. Livingston Beeckman             66th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1799 Charles Paine                      17th Governor of Vermont
    In 1452 Leonardo da Vinci, painter & visionary
    In 1469 Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs
    In 1684 Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)
    In 1707 Leonhard Euler, mathematician
    In 1741 Charles Wilson Peale, American portrait painter
    In 1793 Friedrich Struve, founder of a dynasty of astronomers, Germany
    In 1850 John Munroe Longyear, American capitalist, bank president
    In 1889 A Philip Randolph, labor leader
    In 1889 Thomas Hart Benton, American painter & muralist
    In 1898 Bessie Smith, Empress of Blues
    In 1907 Nikolaas Tinbergen, zoologist, ethologist (Nobel 1973)
    In 1921 Georgi T Beregovoi, cosmonaut (Soyuz 3)
    In 1922 Harold Washington (D), mayor of Chicago
    In 1924 Neville Marriner, conductor
    In 1933 Elizabeth Montgomery, Hollywood Cal, Bewitching
    In 1933 Roy Clark, country singer
    In 1939 Claudia Cardinale, Tunisia
    In 1955 McDonalds Corporation, restaurant chain started by Ray Kroc
    In 1966 Samantha Fox, England Singer
    In 19?? Julie Sommers, Fremont Nebraska

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 2, Day 7
    24 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    24 Days - Mother's Day
    41 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    60 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    67 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    80 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    196 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 294 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 679 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1036 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2056 16000 Days until Mardi Gras 2100
    African Freedom Day
    Income Taxes are due today  Keep IRS happy
    In 1598 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
    In 1790 1st US patent law passed
    In 1850 SF incorporated
    In 1861 Yankee aggressor army mobilized by Yankee President Lincoln
    In 1895 Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 1620 kg (recor
    In 1912 Titanic sinks in N Atlantic at 2:20AM
    In 1922 Poodle Dog Restaurant closes
    In 1923 1st talking picture is screened before a paying audience
    In 1923 Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics
    In 1928 Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf is founded
    In 1941 1st helicopter flight of one hour duration, Stratford, Ct
    In 1945 FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
    In 1947 Jackie Robinson became 1st black in professional baseball
    In 1952 1st B-52 prototype test flight
    In 1954 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
    In 1955 Ray Kroc starts McDonald's
    In 1973 Walt Disney Story opens
    In 1975 Penguins 3-Isles 1 - Quarter Finals- Penguins hold 2-0 lead
    In 1976 Yankee stadium reopened, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0
    In 1981 Janet Cooke says Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story a 
    In 1983 Rangers 0-Isles 5 - Patrick Div Finals- Isles hold 2-0 lead
    In 1983 Tokyo Disneyland opens
    In 1912  S.S. Titanic sinks after striking iceberg. 1,517 die.

 Thought for the day...
    In 2002 Byron Raymond White            84th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE  
    In 1822 John Collins                      13th Governor of Delaware
    In 1969 Daniel Webster Turner             25th Governor of Iowa
    In 1894 James Madison Harvey               5th Governor of Kansas
    In 1915 Urban Andrain Woodbury             47th Governor of Vermont  
    In 1865 Abraham Lincoln          Died   16th US President
    It is necessary to relax your muscles whenever you can.  
    Relaxing your brain is fatal.

 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 
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "Florida" State Quarter Mar 29th!
    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!
    Apr 22 - Death of President Richard M Nixon  
    Apr 23 - Birthdate for   Pres. James Buchanan       (US)
    Apr 27 - Birthdate for   Pres. Ulysses S Grant      (US)
    Apr 28 - Statehood Day for Maryland
    Apr 28 - Birthdate for   Pres. James Monroe         (US)
    Apr 30 - Statehood Day for Louisiana
    May 08 - Birthdate for   Pres. Harry S Truman       (US)
    May 11 - Statehood Day for Minnesota
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