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

 Today is Friday  June 25, 2004.
 This is the 177th day of the year, there are 189 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1759 William Plumer                      6th & 8th Governor of New Ham
    In 1912 William Thomas Cahill              63rd Governor of New Jersey
    In 1912 Milton Shapp                       42nd Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1792 Carlos Coolidge                    21st Governor of Vermont
    In 1886 Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air
Force in WW I
    In 1894 Hermann Oberth, founder of modern astronautics.
    In 1900 Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, royal relative
    In 1903 George Orwell, English satirist, author (Animal Farm)
    In 1907 J.H.D. Jensen, German physicist (atomic nuclei) (Nobel 1963)

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 13, Day 1
    In 1788 Virginia,          10th state in the Union    (FLAG)
    In 1998 Microsoft's Operating System - Windows 98 Released
    9 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    70 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    78 Days - U.S. Patriot Day
    89 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    125 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 223 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 608 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 965 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1313 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2012 32000 Days until Mardi Gras 2100
    In 1992 COLUMBIA,   US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  4:46 AM 10:18 PM
    In 1178 Five Canterbury monks report something exploding on the Moon
            (the only known observation of probable meteor strike).
    In 1630 The Fork is introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop.
    In 1835 Pueblo founded with construction of first building (start of
            Yerba Buena, later to be called San Francisco).
    In 1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40› per hour.
    In 1950 El Al begins air service.
    In 1950 Korean War begins; North Korea invades South.
    In 1951 1st color TV broadcast: CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
    In 1953 First passenger flies commercially around the world < 100 hours.
    In 1977 Roy C Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightening for 7th time!
    In 1956  51 die in collision of 'Andrea Doria' & 'Stockholm' (Cape Cod)

 Thought for the day...
    In 1995 Warren Earl Burger            15th U.S.S.C. CHIEF JUSTICE
    In 1943 John C. Phillips                   6th Governor of Arizona  
    In 2003 Lester Garfield Maddox            74th Governor of Georgia
    In 1876 Thomas Overton Moore              17th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1979 J. Millard Tawes                  59th Governor of Maryland
    In 1875 James Whitfield                    18th Governor of Mississippi
    In 1930 James Kimble Vardaman              36th Governor of Mississippi  
    In 1957 R. Gregg Cherry                    60th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1940 John Stuchell Fisher               30th Governor of Pennsylvania 
    In 1946 Albert Houston Roberts             38th Governor of Tennessee 
    In 1961 Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson   30th & 33rd Governor of Texas
    Lend money to a bad debtor and he will hate you.

 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 
    ** 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
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