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

 Today is Friday  July 9, 2004.
 This is the 191st day of the year, there are 175 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1865 Thomas Erby Kilby                 39th Governor of Alabama
    In 1876 Charles Hillman Brough            32nd Governor of Arkansas
    In 1835 William Dunnington Bloxham 12th & 16th Governor of Florida
    In 1793 Charles James McDonald            31st Governor of Georgia
    In 1835 William Jonathan Northen          48th Governor of Georgia
    In 1891 Clarence Norman Brunsdale          24th Governor of North Dakota
    In 1825 Addison Crandall Gibbs              2nd Governor of Oregon
    In 1815 Oran Milo Roberts                  18th Governor of Texas
    In 1802 Thomas Davenport, invented 1st successful electric motor.
    In 1819 Elias Howe, invented sewing machine, in Spencer Mass.
    In 1858 Franz Boas, anthropologist, linguist.
    In 1879 Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Pines of Rome).

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 2, Day 1
    56 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    64 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    75 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    111 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 209 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 594 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 951 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1299 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    National POW/MIA Recognition Day
    Independence Day, celebrated in Argentina
    In 1540 Henry VIII's 6-month marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled.
    In 1816 Argentina gains its independence.
    In 1846 Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for the U.S.
    In 1953 first helicopter passenger service, in New York
    In 1957 Announcement of discovery of element 102 - nobelium
    In 1979 Voyager II flies past Jupiter sending home great snapshots.
    In 1917  British warship 'Vanguard' exploded at Scapa Flow killing 800.
    In 1918  "Cornfield meet" between local train and an express
killed 101 a
             injured 171 in worst U.S. railway disaster. (Nashville, Tennesse
    In 1944  World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's -
             Barnum & Bailey 2nd performance. 168 die. (Hartford, Conn.)
    In 1958  Giant splash caused by the fall of 90 million tons of rock and i
             into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain across
             the bay, scouring the mountain clean of all vegetation.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1974 Earl Warren                   14th U.S.S.C. CHIEF JUSTICE
    In 1923 William Rufus Day              52nd U.S.S.C. JUSTICE  
    In 1938 Benjamin Nathan Cardozo        67th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1820 William Wyatt Bibb                 1st Governor of Alabama
    In 1974 Earl Warren                       30th Governor of California
    In 1902 William Marvin                     6th Governor of Florida
    In 1917 Seldon Connor                     30th Governor of Maine
    In 1949 Elliot Woolfolk Major              34th Governor of Missouri
    In 1928 George E. Chamberlain              11th Governor of Oregon
    In 1850 Zachary Taylor           Died   12th US President
    If you always postpone pleasure you will never have it.

 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 
    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 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 
    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
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