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

 Today is Monday  July 5, 2004.
 This is the 187th day of the year, there are 179 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1846 Joseph Benson Foraker              37th Governor of Ohio
    In 1783 Edward Wilcox                      24th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1850 John Calhoun Sheppard              54th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1794 Sylvester Graham, inventor of the Graham cracker
    In 1801 David G Farragut, American naval hero, in Knoxville Tenn
    In 1810 P.T. Barnum, showman.
    In 1891 John Northrop, US biochemist, crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946).
    In 1909 Andrei Gromyko, diplomat.
    In 1926 Jan¢s Starker, Hungarian cellist.

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 1, Day 4
    60 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    68 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    79 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    115 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 213 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 598 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 955 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1303 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Earth at aphelion.
    In 1687 Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England
    In 1811 Venezuela gains independence from Spain.
    In 1859 Captain N.C. Brooks discovers the Midway Islands.
    In 1865 William Booth founds the Salvation Army, in London, England.
    In 1935 first Hawaii Calls radio program is broadcast.
    In 1938 Herb Caen gets his first column in the S.F. Chronicle.
    In 1944 first rocket airplane flown
    In 1950 Law of Return passes allowing all Jews rights to live in Israel
    In 1951 Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ
    In 1975 Cape Verde Islands independent, 500 years under Portuguese rule
    In 1978 Soyuz 30 is launched
    In 1643  1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts)
    In 1970  Air Canada DC-8 crashed into farm field 7 miles from Toronto's
             airport killing 109.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1867 James Moore Wayne             20th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE No birth  
    In 1962 John Stelle                       31st Governor of Illinois
    In 2002 Wallace G. Wilkinson              57th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1995 Foster Furcolo                     63rd Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1933 (Charles) Nathaniel Haskell         1st Governor of Oklahoma
    In 1976 Nels Hanson Smith                  18th Governor of Wyoming
    If you wish to succeed, consult three old people.

 And remember...
    ITS MONDAY
    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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