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

 Today is Thursday  May 27, 2004.
 This is the 148th day of the year, there are 218 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1911 Humphrey                      38th Vice President (US)
    In 1922 John David Vanderhoof             36th Governor of Colorado 
    In 1832 Zenas Ferry Moody                   7th Governor of Oregon
    In 1725 Samuel Ward                  9th & 11th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1818 Amelia Bloomer, suffragist known for her pantaloons
    In 1837 Wild Bill Hickock
    In 1894 Dashiell Hammett, author who created the hard-boiled detective
    In 1907 Rachel Carson, ecologist

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 8, Day 7
    4 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    18 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    19 Days - Father's Day
    25 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    38 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    99 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    154 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 252 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 637 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 994 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1342 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1999 DISCOVERY,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  4:59 AM 9:56 PM
    In 1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco
    In 1937 Golden Gate Bridge dedicated.
    In 1896  1st major tornado to strike an urban area in U.S. killing 400 in
             St.Louis and East St.Louis, Missouri. $12-13 million damage.
    In 1975  Worst motor vehicle disaster in U.K. occured when bus full of
             elderly women plunged off Dibble's Bridge, Yorkshire, killing 38

 Thought for the day...
    In 1846 William Durkee Williamson          2nd Governor of Maine
    In 1990 Robert Baumle Meyner               61st Governor of New Jersey 
    Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee--and not
    too far away lest he forget thee.

 And remember...
    ITS THURSDAY
    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 2005, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Oregon
    In 2006, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Colorado
    In 2007, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Idaho
    In 2008, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Arizona
    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!
    May 29 - Birthdate for   Pres. John F Kennedy       (US) 35
    May 29 - Statehood Day for Rhode Island
    May 29 - Statehood Day for Wisconsin
    Jun 01 - Statehood Day for Kentucky
    Jun 01 - Statehood Day for Tennessee
    Jun 01 - Death of President James Buchanan
    Jun 03 - Birthdate for   Pres. Jefferson Davis      (CS) 01
    Jun 08 - Death of President Andrew Jackson
    Jun 12 - Birthdate for   Pres. George H W Bush      (US) 41
    Jun 15 - Death of President James K Polk
    Jun 15 - Statehood Day for Arkansas
    Jun 20 - Statehood Day for West Virginia
    Jun 21 - Statehood Day for New Hampshire
    Jun 24 - Death of Grover Cleveland
    Jun 25 - Statehood Day for Virginia
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