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

 Today is Tuesday  April 13, 2004.
 This is the 104th day of the year, there are 262 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1743 Thomas Jefferson               3rd President (US)
    In 1743 Thomas Jefferson               2nd Vice President (US)
    In 1890 Francis William Murphy         72nd U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1890 Francis William Murphy             35th Governor of Michigan
    In 1907 Harold E. Stassen                  25th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1917 William Perry Clements, Jr.      43rd & 45th Governor of Texas
    In 1879 Redfield Proctor                   61st Governor of Vermont
    In 1743 Thomas Jefferson                    2nd Governor of Virginia
    In 1519 Catherine de'Medici, queen consort of Henry II of France
    In 1721 John Hanson, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation
    In 1732 Frederick, Lord North (C), British PM (1770-82)
    In 1743 Thomas Jefferson (D-R), 3rd pres (1801-09)
    In 1852 Frank W Woolworth, 5 & 10 king
    In 1899 Alfred Butts, invented `Scrabble'
    In 1906 Samuel Beckett, playwright (Waiting for Godot) (Nobel 1969)
    In 1907 Harold Stassen, perennial pres candidate, Minn Gov
    In 1909 Eudora Welty, novelist
    In 1909 Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Athiest
    In 1917 Howard Keel Actor-singer
    In 1924 Stanley Donen Film director producer
    In 1930 Bradford Dillman
    In 1933 Shani Wallis, Ireland, singer
    In 1935 Lyle Waggoner, actor
    In 1937 Lanford Wilson Playwright
    In 1963 Gary Kasparov, world chess champion from USSR (1985-  )
    In 1970 Ricky Schroder, kid actor

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 2, Day 5
    26 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    26 Days - Mother's Day
    43 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    62 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    63 Days - Father's Day
    69 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    82 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    198 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 296 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 681 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1038 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    Chad Natl Day
    Feast of St Hermenegild, martyr
    In 1796 1st elephant brought to America
    In 1829 English Parliament grants freedom of religion to Catholics
    In 1842 Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" mirror for telescope
    In 1849 Hungarian Republic proclaimed
    In 1865 Sherman's march through Georgia begins
    In 1902 JC Penney opened his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyo
    In 1926 At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout
    In 1934 4.7 million American families reported receiving welfare payments
    In 1940 1st pole vaulter to clear 15 feet, C Warmerdam, Berkeley, Ca
    In 1943 FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial
    In 1945 Allies occupy Vienna
    In 1961 UN General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid
    In 1964 Sidney Poitier became 1st black man to win Oscar for best actor
    In 1965 Lawrence Bradford Jr, 16 of NYC became 1st black congressional pa
    In 1966 Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747's
    In 1970 Apollo 13's Beech-built oxygen tank explodes
    In 1975 Jack Nicklaus wins Masters for 5th time
    In 1975 Penguins 5-Isles 4 - Quarter Finals- Penguins hold 1-0 lead
    In 1976 $2 bill re-introduced as US currency
    In 1979 Ugandan Martyrs Day
    In 1982 Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT) - Preliminary- Isles win series (3-2)
    In 1984 Christopher Wilder, FBI's `most wanted man' accidentally killed s
    In 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 5 returns to Earth
    In 1985 Caps 1-Isles 2 - Patrick Div Semi Finals- Caps hold 2-1 lead
    In 1986 Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synag
    In 1918  Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State
             Hospital, Norman, Oklahoma.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1890 Samuel J. Randall             33rd U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1962 Culbert L. Olson                  29th Governor of California
    In 1911 George Washington Glick            9th Governor of Kansas
    In 1911 John McLane                        53rd Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1853 James Iredell                      23rd Governor of North Carolin
    Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

 And remember...
    ITS TUESDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2010! 
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    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!
    ON THE 15TH OF THIS MONTH FURNACE FILTERS NEED REPLACING!
    Apr 15 - Death of President Abraham Lincoln
    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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