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

 Today is Wednesday  June 9, 2004.
 This is the 161st day of the year, there are 205 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1854 John Franklin Shafroth            17th Governor of Colorado 
    In 1898 Leo Elthon                        32nd Governor of Iowa
    In 1824 George Tobey Anthony               7th Governor of Kansas
    In 1787 Samuel Lewis Southard              15th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1927 George Patterson Nigh            17th & 22nd Governor of Oklahoma
    In 1781 George Stephenson, principal inventor of the railroad locomotive
    In 1791 John Howard Payne, American author, actor, diplomat
    In 1843 Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist, pacifist (Nobel 1905)
    In 1865 Carl Nielsen, Danish composer
    In 1893 Cole Porter, composer, lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate)
    In 1915 Les Paul, guitarist
    In 1934 Donald Duck, famous fowl

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 10, Day 6
    In 1993 Tornadoes in Tulsa county, one hits Glenpool, one hits Broken Arr
            near the hospital, damages three homes, no one killed!
    5 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    6 Days - Father's Day
    12 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    25 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    86 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    94 Days - U.S. Patriot Day - Sept 11th
    141 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 239 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 624 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 981 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1329 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  4:47 AM 10:11 PM
    In 1732 Royal Charter for Georgia, granted to James Oglethorpe.
    In 1860 First dime novel published.
    In 1898 China leases Hong Kong's New Territories to Britain for 99 years.
    In 1931 Goddard patents rocket-fueled aircraft design.
    In 1959 First ballistic missile launched from sub "George Washington"
    In 1946  19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire. (Dubuque, Iowa)
    In 1953  Tornado strikes Worcester, Mass. destroying Assumption College.
    In 1972  14 inches of rain in 6 hrs. burst a 40 year old dam above Rapid
             200 people despite the mayor's efforts to warn the city.
             City, South Dakota destroying 80 blocks of buildings and drownin
    In 1975  Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard. (Sanford, 

 Thought for the day...
    In 1845 Gabriel Moore                      5th Governor of Alabama
    In 1924 Locke Craig                        52nd Governor of North Carolin
    In 1981 Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr.      59th Governor of Virginia  
    In 1983 William Munford Tuck               60th Governor of Virginia 
    Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.

 And remember...
    ITS WEDNESDAY
    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 "TEXAS" State Quarter Jun 1st!
    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!
    Jun 12 - Birthdate for   Pres. George H W Bush      (US) 41
    Jun 15 - Death of President James K Polk
    Jun 15 - Statehood Day for Arkansas
    Jun 20 - Statehood Day for West Virginia
    Jun 21 - Statehood Day for New Hampshire
    Jun 24 - Death of Grover Cleveland
    Jun 25 - Statehood Day for Virginia
    Jun 28 - Death of President James Madison
    Jul 03 - Statehood Day for Idaho
    Jul 04 - Birthdate for   Pres. Calvin Coolidge      (US) 30
    Jul 04 - Death of President John Adams
    Jul 04 - Death of President Thomas Jefferson
    Jul 04 - Death of President James Monroe
    Jul 06 - Birthdate for   Pres. George W Bush
    Jul 09 - Death of President Zachary Taylor
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