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

 Today is Saturday  April 10, 2004.
 This is the 101st day of the year, there are 265 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1862 Wilbur Lucius Cross               55th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1835 Samuel Johnson Crawford            3rd Governor of Kansas
    In 1804 Thomas Overton Moore              17th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1893 John Sydney Fine                   37th Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1930 Ray Blanton                        52nd Governor of Tennessee
    In 1847 Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove            6th Governor of Washington
    In 1701 Hugorotius, father of intl law
    In 1778 William Hazlitt, writer
    In 1794 Commodore Matthew Perry, opened Japan
    In 1827 Lewis Wallace, soldier, lawyer, diplomat, author (Ben Hur)
    In 1829 William Booth founder of Salvation Army
    In 1847 Joseph Pulitzer, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World)
    In 1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician & puzzle maker
    In 1880 Frances Perkins, 1st woman cabinet-level position
    In 1883 Kahlil Gibran
    In 1903 Clare Booth Luce, former ambassador
    In 1912 Clarke Hinkle, NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers)
    In 1915 Harry Morgan, actor (Col Potter M*A*S*H)
    In 1917 Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)
    In 1921 Chuck Conners, actor (Rifleman)
    In 1929 Max Von Sydow, actor (Hawaii)
    In 1932 Omar Sharif, actor (Dr Zhivago)
    In 1936 John Madden sports commentator
    In 1938 Dandy Don Meredith, Cowboy & sportscaster
    In 1984 Zoe, 1st frozen-embryo child, in Melbourne, Australia
    In 19?? Claudette Nevins, Birmingham Al

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 2, Day 2
    1 Day - Easter
    29 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    29 Days - Mother's Day
    46 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    65 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    66 Days - Father's Day
    72 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    85 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    201 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 299 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 684 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1041 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 1790 US Patent system established
    In 1816 2nd Bank of US chartered
    In 1825 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
    In 1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt
    In 1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico
    In 1866 ASPCA organized
    In 1871 William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park
    In 1872 Arbor Day 1st observed in Nebraska
    In 1878 Cal St Cable Car RR Co starts service
    In 1882 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco & Hawaii)
    In 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st & last voyage
    In 1916 1st professional golf tournament held
    In 1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced
    In 1932 Paul von Hindenburg elected German president (Hitler was second)
    In 1944 Patrolling the Ether is shown on 3 TV stations simltaneously
    In 1945 Jewish Martyrs Day
    In 1945 Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald
    In 1953 House of Wax, 1st 3-D movie, released in NY
    In 1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
    In 1963 US nuclear sub Thresher went down 220 miles east of Boston
    In 1971 US table tennis team arrived in China
    In 1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Prime Minister Golda Meir
    In 1975 Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in the playoffs
    In 1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed - Yanks win 9-7
    In 1979 Soyuz 33 launched
    In 1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
    In 1982 Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT) - Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead
    In 1983 Caps 3-Isles 6 - Patrick Div Semi Finals- Isle win series 3-2
    In 1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
    In 1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT) - Patrick Div Semi Finals- Caps hold 1-0 lead
    In 1845  More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh, Pa.
    In 1917  Munition factory explosion at Eddystone, PA. kills 133 workers.
    In 1963  Submarine 'Thresher' lost off New Hampshire killing 129.
    In 1964  Iranian motor launch loaded with workers being smuggled into
             Kuwait, caught fire and sank, killing 113. (Persian Gulf)
    In 1972  Perhaps 1/5 of the population of the Iranian province of Fars
             are killed in a quake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale.
    In 1973  BEA shopping spree flight to Basel, Switzerland crashes on
             landing, killing 104 of 143 aboard.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1964 John Gillis Townsend, Jr.         46th Governor of Delaware
    In 1907 Sidney Perham                     28th Governor of Maine
    In 1924 Charles Henry Dietrich             14th Governor of Nebraska
    In 1948 Robert Lee Williams                 3rd Governor of Oklahoma
    Always tell the truth--it's the easiest thing to remember.

 And remember...
    ITS SATURDAY
    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)
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