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

 Today is Sunday  April 11, 2004.
 This is the 102nd day of the year, there are 264 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1862 Charles E. Hughes             11th U.S.S.C. CHIEF JUSTICE
    In 1862 Charles E. Hughes              57th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1790 George Rockingham Gilmer   27th & 30th Governor of Georgia
    In 1794 Edward Everett                     17th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1862 Charles E. Hughes                  39th Governor of New York
    In 1919 Hugh Leo Carey                     55th Governor of New York
    In 1798 Pierce Mason Butler                28th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1828 Edward P. Salomon                   8th Governor of Wisconsin
    In 1770 George Canning (C), British PM (1827)
    In 1794 Edward Everett, statesman, orator
    In 1862 Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Supreme Court chief justice
    In 1866 Carla Ford, Henry's wife
    In 1893 Dean Acheson, statesman
    In 1916 Dan Fortmann, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
    In 1918 Cameron Mitchell, actor
    In 1925 Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby
    In 1932 Joel Grey, actor (Cabaret)
    In 1938 Michael Deaver, politician, influence peddler
    In 1939 Louise Lasser, NYC - Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!
    In 1942 Anatoli Berezovoi, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5)

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 2, Day 3
    28 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    28 Days - Mother's Day
    45 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    64 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    65 Days - Father's Day
    71 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    84 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    200 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 298 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 683 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1040 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 1970 APOLLO 13,  US SPACE CAPSULE    LAUNCHED
    In 1993 Easter
    Barber Shop Quartet Day
    Feast of St Leo I, pope (440-61), doctor
    In 1814 Napoleon's 1st abdication exiled to Elba
    In 1876 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organized
    In 1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
    In 1898 President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
    In 1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax
    In 1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craf
    In 1947 Jackie Robinson, 1st Negro major league baseball player, NYC
    In 1951 President Truman fires General Douglas McArthur
    In 1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare
    In 1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)
    In 1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann trial
    In 1968 President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
    In 1970 Apollo 13 launched to moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
    In 1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Ran
    In 1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown
    In 1981 Ronald Reagan gets home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
    In 1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2 - Preliminary- Series tied at 2-2
    In 1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
    In 1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT) - Patrick Div Semi Finals- Caps hold 2-0 lead
    In 1986 Halley's Comet closest to earth
    In 1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs KC Royals
    In 1881  River ferry 'Princess Victoria' sank in Thames River, Ontario
             drowning 180 passengers.
    In 1965  Some 40 separate tornadoes strike the U.S. Midwest killing 272,
             injuring 5,000 & causing $200 million damage.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1936 Richard Yates                     24th Governor of Illinois
    In 1958 Paul Andrew Dever                  61st Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1949 Chase Salmon Osborn                27th Governor of Michigan
    In 1918 William C. McDonald                 1st Governor of New Mexico 
    In 1975 John Field Simms, Jr.              16th Governor of New Mexico 
    In 1896 Thomas Michael Holt                46th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1902 Wade Hampton                       49th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1875 Andrew Jackson Hamilton            12th Governor of Texas
    In 1889 Leonard James Farwell               2nd Governor of Wisconsin 
    In 1990 Duane L Grundy         Oklahoma Highway Trooper Killed on Duty   
    Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a
    friend if she were a man.

 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 
    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!
    Apr 12 - Death of President Franklin D Roosevelt
    Apr 13 - Birthdate for   Pres. Thomas Jefferson     (US)
    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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