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

 Today is Saturday  June 26, 2004.
 This is the 178th day of the year, there are 188 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1928 William Jennings Sheffield         6th Governor of Alaska
    In 1741 John Langdon                        3rd & 5th Governor of New Ham
    In 1939 Charles Spittal Robb               69th Governor of Virginia
    In 1864 Roland Hill Hartley                10th Governor of Washington
    In 1730 Charles Messier, cataloguer of astronomical "M objects"
    In 1742 Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence
    In 1819 Abner Doubleday, credited with inventing American Baseball
    In 1892 Pearl Buck, author, (The Good Earth)
    In 1904 Peter Lorre, actor, (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers)
    In 1913 Maurice Wilkes, invented stored program concept for computers.
    In 1925 Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut, (Voskhod 2)
    In 1964 Zeng Jinlian, became tallest woman known (2.46 m, 8'1")

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 13, Day 2
    8 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    69 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    77 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    88 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    124 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 222 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 607 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 964 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1312 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  4:47 AM 10:18 PM
    In 1483 Richard III crowned King of England.  Villified by Thomas More.
    In 1797 Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow.
    In 1876 Custer's Last Stand
    In 1900 Walter Reed begins research that beats yellow fever
    In 1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 133 kph
    In 1934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions.
    In 1945 UN Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco.
    In 1948 US responses to Soviet blockade of Berlin with an airlift.
    In 1949 Walter Baade discovers asteroid Icarus INSIDE orbit of Mercury.
    In 1959 St Lawrence Seaway opens, linking Atlantic Ocean with Great Lakes
    In 1963 John F. Kennedy visits West Berlin, "Ich bin ein Berliner".
    In 1968 Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
    In 1978 First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1 launched.
    In 1957  Hurricane Audrey strikes Louisiana claiming 500 lives.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1886 David Davis                   31st U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1972 Walter Augustus Huxman            27th Governor of Kansas
    In 1855 John Isaac Guion                   17th Governor of Mississippi
    In 1842 Samuel Lewis Southard              15th Governor of New Jersey 
    In 1953 Nathan Lewis Miller                46th Governor of New York
    Let he who takes the plunge remember to return it by Tuesday.

 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 
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "TEXAS" State Quarter Jun 1st!
    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!
    Jun 28 - Death of President James Madison
    Jul 03 - Statehood Day for Idaho
    Jul 04 - Birthdate for   Pres. Calvin Coolidge      (US) 30
    Jul 04 - Death of President John Adams
    Jul 04 - Death of President Thomas Jefferson
    Jul 04 - Death of President James Monroe
    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
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