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

 Today is Saturday  July 10, 2004.
 This is the 192nd day of the year, there are 174 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1792 George M Dallas               11th Vice President (US)
    In 1809 Robert Miller Patton              20th Governor of Alabama
    In 1892 Spessard L. Holland               27th Governor of Florida
    In 1871 Hugh Manson Dorsey                59th Governor of Georgia
    In 1849 John William Griggs                38th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1963 Charles Brad Henry    *Current*    26th Governor of Oklahoma     
    In 1820 William Robert Taylor              12th Governor of Wisconsin
    In 1509 John Calvin, theologian
    In 1723 Sir William Blackstone, English jurist, Blackstone's Commentaries
    In 1834 James Whistler, artist, mama's boy
    In 1856 Nikola Tesla, physicist/visionary, developed alternating current.
    In 1867 Finley Peter Dunne, journalist/humorist who created Mr. Dooley.
    In 1871 Marcel Proust, French novelist (Remembrance of Things Past).
    In 1915 Saul Bellow, US novelist (Herzog, Dangling Man) (Nobel 1976).
    In 1920 Owen Chamberlain, codiscoverer of the antiproton (Nobel 1959).
    In 1947 Arlo Guthrie, singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans).

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 2, Day 2
    In 1890 Wyoming,           44th state in the Union    (FLAG)
    55 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    63 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    74 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    110 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 208 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 593 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 950 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1298 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1962 TELSTAR 1,  US SATELLITE        LAUNCHED
    In 1890 Wyoming becomes the 44th state.
    In 1925 USSR's official news agency TASS established.
    In 1925 The Scopes "Monkey Trial" on evolution, starts.
    In 1940 Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces attack by air.
    In 1962 Telstar, 1st communications satelite launched.
    In 1966 Orbiter 1 Launched to moon.
    In 1980 Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I. Queen
    In 1985 French agents sink Greenpeace "Rainbow Warrior" in New Zealand.
    In 1886  Eruption of the Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink & white
             calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces. (North Island, New Zealan
    In 1923  2-pound hailstones kill 23 & many cattle. (Rostov, Russia)
    In 1926  Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, causing $75 million
             damage, killing 21.
    In 1947  200 people killed when train derailed and fell into a river
             in Canton, China.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1844 Isaac Halstead Williamson          13th Governor of New Jersey 
    In 1970 Thomas Bahnson Stanley             62nd Governor of Virginia
    I`ve given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

 And remember...
    ITS SATURDAY
    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 11 - Birthdate for   Pres. John Q Adams         (US) 06
    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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