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

 Today is Sunday  July 4, 2004.
 This is the 186th day of the year, there are 180 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1872 Calvin Coolidge               30th President (US)
    In 1872 Coolidge                      29th Vice President (US)
    In 1824 Robert Burns Lindsay              22nd Governor of Alabama
    In 1877 Clifford Mitchell Walker          61st Governor of Georgia
    In 1827 George Washington Glick            9th Governor of Kansas
    In 1802 John Larue Helm            18th & 24th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1872 Calvin Coolidge                    51st Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1742 John Tayler                         6th Governor of New York
    In 1819 Reuben E. Fenton                   25th Governor of New York
    In 1796 John Motley Morehead               29th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1776 Ethan A. Brown                      7th Governor of Ohio
    In 1868 Albert Houston Roberts             38th Governor of Tennessee
    In 1846 Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham        24th Governor of Texas
    In 1753 Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights.
    In 1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (The Scarlet Letter)
    In 1807 Giuseppe Garibaldi, unifier of Italy.
    In 1826 Stephen Foster, American composer, "Oh, Susanna"
    In 1867 Stephen Mather, organizer of the US National Park Service.
    In 1872 Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-1929)
    In 1878 George M. Cohan, American songwriter, playwright, producer.
    In 1883 Rube Goldberg, made the easy outrageously difficult.
    In 1900 Louis Armstrong, "Satchmo"
    In 1916 Tokyo Rose, radio personality

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 1, Day 3
    61 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    69 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    80 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    116 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 214 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 599 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 956 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1304 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    United States Independence Day
    In 1054 Brightest known supernova starts shining, for 23 days.
    In 1057 Crab Nebula supernova recorded by Chinese & Japanese astronomers.
    In 1776 Future U.S. issues the Declaration of Independence from Britain
    In 1802 US Military Academy officially opens at West Point, NY
    In 1828 first US passenger railroad started, The Baltimore & Ohio
    In 1845 Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond.
    In 1862 Lewis Carroll begins inventing "Alice in Wonderland" for
            his friend Alice Pleasance Liddell during a boating trip.
    In 1863 Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho).
    In 1876 1st public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco.
    In 1882 Telegraph Hill Observatory opens.
    In 1884 Statue of Liberty is presented to the United States, in Paris.
    In 1894 Republic of Hawaii established.
    In 1894 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of the first US autos
    In 1903 Pacific Cable (San Francisco, Hawaii, Guam, Phillipines) opens.
            President Roosevelt sends a message to the Phillipines,
            then a message around the world in 12 minutes.
    In 1933 Work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge.
    In 1946 Philippines gains independence from US
    In 1965 Mariner 4 flies past Mars, sends first close-up photos.
    In 1967 Freedom of Information Act goes into effect
    In 1976 Raid on Entebbe - Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers
    In 1866  Firecracker thrown in wood shavings starts fire that
             destroys over half of Portland, Maine.
    In 1898  French liner 'La Bourgogne' collides with bark 'Cromartyshire',
             560 drown.
    In 1925  44 die when the Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses.
    In 1970  Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of
             Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1910 Melville Weston Fuller         8th U.S.S.C. CHIEF JUSTICE
    In 1887 Anson P. Morrill                  19th Governor of Maine
    In 1891 Hannibal Hamlin                   21st Governor of Maine
    In 1894 Edwin Baruch Winans                22nd Governor of Michigan
    In 1882 Ichabod Goodwin                    29th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1857 William L. Marcy                   13th Governor of New York
    In 1855 Horace Eaton                       20th Governor of Vermont 
    In 1826 Thomas Jefferson                    2nd Governor of Virginia
    In 1831 James Monroe                10th & 14th Governor of Virginia
    In 1826 John Adams               Died   2nd US President
    In 1826 Thomas Jefferson         Died   3rd US President
    In 1831 James Monroe             Died   5th US President
    In 1826 John Adams               Died   1st Vice President (US)
    In 1826 Thomas Jefferson         Died   2nd Vice President (US)
    In 1891 Hannibal Hamlin          Died   15th Vice President (US)
    The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.

 And remember...
    ITS SUNDAY
    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 06 - Birthdate for   Pres. George W Bush
    Jul 09 - Death of President Zachary Taylor
    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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