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

 Today is Friday  April 9, 2004.
 This is the 100th day of the year, there are 266 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1825 Davis Hanson Waite                 8th Governor of Colorado
    In 1910 Abraham A. Ribicoff               64th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1876 Park Trammell                     20th Governor of Florida
    In 1897 Fred George Aandahl                23rd Governor of North Dakota
    In 1843 Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker        24th Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer
    In 1821 Charles Baudelaire, French Symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil)
    In 1830 Eadweard Muybridge, pioneered study of motion, photography
    In 1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, electrical engineer
    In 1879 Claude William Dukinfield aka W.C. Fields, Phila
    In 1895 Mance Lipscomb, blues musician
    In 1898 Earl (Curly) Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers)
    In 1898 Paul Robeson, singer, actor, football player
    In 1899 Efrem Zimbalist, Sr, concert violinist
    In 1905 J William Fulbright (D-sen-Ark)
    In 1905 Ward Bond, (Wagon Train)
    In 1910 Abe Ribicoff, (Ct-sen)
    In 1919 John Presper Eckert, coinventor of 1st electronic computer (ENIAC
    In 1926 Hugh Hefner, Playboy publisher
    In 1928 Tom Lehrer, proposed poisoning pigeons
    In 1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor
    In 1939 Michael Learned, Washington
    In 1957 Seve Ballesteros, a young old duffer
    In 1965 Paulina Porizkova, Sports Illustrated swimsuit covergirl

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 2, Day 1
    In 1947 Tornado storm in Woodward, Ok kills 101
    In 2003 U.S. Captures Baghdad, Iraq, during Persian Gulf War II
    2 Days - Easter
    30 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    30 Days - Mother's Day
    47 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    66 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    67 Days - Father's Day
    73 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    86 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    202 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 300 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 685 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1042 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 1994 ENDEAVOUR,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    In 1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain
    In 1833 1st tax-supported public library, at Peterborough, NH
    In 1865 Robert E Lee surrenders at Appomattox
    In 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
    In 1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
    In 1942 American & Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
    In 1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
    In 1950 Bob Hope 1st TV appearance
    In 1953 TV Guide publishes 1st issue
    In 1955 UN Charter hearing
    In 1959 Boston Celtics win 8th consecutive NBA championship (record)
    In 1959 NASA names 1st seven astronauts for Project Mercury
    In 1963 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen (posthumously)
    In 1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition
    In 1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
    In 1980 Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isl
    In 1980 Soyuz 35 launched
    In 1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penality shot
    In 1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 1 returns to Earth
    In 1986 It is announced that killed Patrick Duffy will be back on Dallas
    In 1945  Liberty ship at Bari, Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes,
             killing 360 and injuring 1,730.
    In 1947  Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,30

 Thought for the day...
    In 1899 Stephen Johnson Field         34th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1972 James Francis Byrnes           74th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE  
    In 1965 Sherman Minton                 78th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE  
    In 1931 Nicholas Longworth            43rd U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1914 Eben Sumner Draper                 47th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1928 John Alden Dix                     41st Governor of New York
    In 1822 William Jones                      22nd Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1893 Andrew Gordon Magrath              43rd Governor of South Carolin
    In 1972 James Francis Byrnes               77th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1884 John Munford Gregory               31st Governor of Virginia
    In 1972 John Stewart Battle                61st Governor of Virginia 
    If you step on people in this life, you're going to come back
    as a cockroach.

 And remember...
    ITS FRIDAY
    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)
    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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