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

 Today is Tuesday  April 6, 2004.
 This is the 97th day of the year, there are 269 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1831 Lorrin Alamson Cooke              41st Governor of Connecticut
    In 1884 C. Wilbert Snow                   59th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1878 Harry Guyer Leslie                33rd Governor of Indiana
    In 1789 Isaac Hill                         18th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1830 George C. Ludlow                   33rd Governor of New Jersey
    In 1924 Bruce King                         24th & 26th & 29th Governor of
    In 1802 Thomas Walker Gilmer               28th Governor of Virginia
    In 1829 Jacob Beeson Jackson                6th Governor of West Virginia
    In 1483 Raffaello Santi (Raphael), Italian painter & architect
    In 1773 James Mill, philosopher, historian, economist
    In 1810 Philip Henry Gosse, invented institutional aquarium
    In 1823 Joseph Medill, Newspaper editor
    In 1866 Butch Cassidy, outlaw
    In 1866 Lincoln Steffens, muckraker, journalist (Shame of the Cities)
    In 1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Dutch aircraft pioneer
    In 1892 Donald Wills Douglas, American aircraft pioneer
    In 1892 Lowell Thomas, journalist ("So long until tomorrow")
    In 1903 Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer
    In 1928 James Watson, codiscovered structure of DNA
    In 1929 Andr‚ Previn, composer, conductor
    In 1937 Merle Haggard, country singer
    In 1938 Billy Dee Williams, actor (Lady Sings the Blues)
    In 1943 Susan Tolsky, Houston Texas
    In 1944 Michelle Phillips, Long Beach Cal (Mamas & Papas)
    In 1952 Marilu Henner, Chicago, Taxi
    In 1953 Janet Lynn, Olympic ice skater

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 1, Day 5
    5 Days - Easter
    33 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    33 Days - Mother's Day
    50 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    69 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    70 Days - Father's Day
    76 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    89 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    In 2004 303 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 688 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1045 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 1984 CHALLENGER, US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    In  648 BC Earliest total solar eclipse chronicled by Greeks is observed
    In 1663 Kings Charles II signs Carolina Charter
    In 1830 Joseph Smith organized Mormon Church in Fayette, NY
    In 1862 Union defeats Confederacy in Battle of Shiloh, SW Tennessee
    In 1868 Brigham Young marries 27th & final wife
    In 1896 1st modern Olympics
    In 1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
    In 1909 1st credit union established in US
    In 1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson
    In 1917 US declares war on Germany (WWI)
    In 1926 4 planes take off on 1st successful around-the-world flight
    In 1957 NYC ends trolley car service
    In 1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous
comm satellite
    In 1973 Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter & Saturn
    In 1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walked
    In 1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea, beat Indians 6-1
    In 1983 Caps 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Div Semi Finals- Isles hold 1-0 lead
    In 1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 5 is launched
    In 1936  $13 million worth of business district of Gainesville, Georgia
             destroyed by a tornado, killing 203 and injuring 1,800.
    In 1968  Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode
             killing 43 in Richmond, Virginia.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1936 John Hammill                      24th Governor of Iowa
    In 1918 John Quincy Adams Brackett         39th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1915 Curtis Guild, Jr.                  46th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1966 William Smith Flynn                68th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1925 Edward Curtis Smith                49th Governor of Vermont 
    No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.

 And remember...
    ITS TUESDAY
    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
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