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

 Today is Tuesday  April 27, 2004.
 This is the 118th day of the year, there are 248 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1822 Ulysses S Grant               18th President (US)
    In 1871 Jonathan McMillan Davis           22nd Governor of Kansas
    In 1795 Edward Kavanagh                   13th Governor of Maine
    In 1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian
    In 1759 M Wollstonecraft
    In 1791 Samuel F.B. Morse, invented telegraph
    In 1820 Herbert Spencer, English Victorian philosopher
    In 1822 Ulysses S Grant (R), 18th pres (1869-77)
    In 1840 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)
    In 1896 Wallace Hume Carothers, invented nylon
    In 1900 Walter Lantz, Woody Woodpecker's creator
    In 1904 Arthur F Burns, economist
    In 1904 Cecil Day-Lewis, English poet laureate, detective novelist
    In 1918 John Scali, newspaperman
    In 1922 Jack Klugman, actor (Odd Couple)
    In 1927 Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist
    In 1932 Aimee Anouk, France
    In 1937 Sandy Dennis, Nebraska
    In 1938 Earl Anthony, pro bowling champion
    In 1939 Judy Carne, England
    In 1959 Sheena Easton, Glascow Scotland, singer/Jack LaLane spokesperson

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 4, Day 5
    In 1962 Hugh G. Greer             Tulsa Police Officer Killed on Duty
    In 1942 Tornado storms in Pryor and Claremore, Ok kills 52
    12 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City 
    12 Days - Mother's Day
    29 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    48 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    49 Days - Father's Day
    55 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    68 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    184 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 282 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 667 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1024 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    Feast of St Peter Canisius, confessor, doctor, Apostle of Germany
    Union Day, celebrated in Tanzania
    Stockholders Meeting, Boeing Company, Seattle, WA
    In 4977 BC Johannes Kepler's date for creation of universe
    In 1521 Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives
    In 1565 1st Spanish settlement in Phillipines, Cebu City
    In 1805 US Marines attack shores of Tripoli
    In 1813 Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed
    In 1838 Fire destroys half of Charleston
    In 1861 W Va secedes from Va as Va secedes from US
    In 1865 Steamer Sultana, explodes (1450 Union prisoners dies)
    In 1897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) dedicated
    In 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Phila A's win 6-0
    In 1932 Apollo asteroid discovered with a perigee of 2 million miles
    In 1935 Yanks pull a 1st inning Triple play, beat Phila A's 9-8
    In 1937 US Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment
    In 1945 2nd Republic of Austria found
    In 1946 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed
    In 1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium
    In 1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River
    In 1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
    In 1960 France grants Togo independence (Natl Day)
    In 1961 UK grants Sierra Leone independence
    In 1964 Tanzanian Union Day
    In 1965 RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper
    In 1972 Apollo 16 returns to Earth
    In 1978 14th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 4-3 in 11
    In 1978 Afghanistan revolution (Natl Day)
    In 1982 Nordiques 1-Isles 4 - Semi-Finals- Isles hold 1-0 lead
    In 1986 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) interrupts HBO
    In 1859  'Pomona' sank in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard.
    In 1865  Steamboat 'Sultana' explodes in Mississippi River killing
             possibly 2,000 repatriated Union soldiers.
    In 1942  Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300.
    In 1974  Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali. 17 hours later
             Indonesian soldiers find all 107 had been killed.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1849 William B. Cooper                 23rd Governor of Delaware
    In 1907 Rufus Brown Bullock               40th Governor of Georgia
    In 1818 Christopher Greenup                3rd Governor of Kentucky
    In 1894 Nathaniel Springer Berry           30th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1973 Arthur Horace James                33rd Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1945 Warren Everett Green               13th Governor of South Dakota
    In 1905 Alvin Hawkins                      26th Governor of Tennessee 
    In 1977 Cell C Howell     Oklahoma Highway 1st Lt. Trooper Killed on Duty
    There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball.  Unfor-
    tunately, neither of them works.

 And remember...
    ITS TUESDAY
    *** EDITOR'S NOTE *** ON APRIL 21, 2004:  
             "In 1857 A Douglas patents Bustle"
             THE WORD "BUSTLE" MEANS "A FRAMEWORK MADE OF THIN WIRE 
             OR FOAM THAT IS PLACED UNDERNEATH A WOMAN'S SKIRT
             TO MAKE THE SKIRT APPEAR AT ITS FULLNESS". 
    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 "Florida" State Quarter Mar 29th!
    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 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)
    May 11 - Statehood Day for Minnesota
    May 23 - Statehood Day for South Carolina
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