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

 Today is Saturday  May 1, 2004.
 This is the 122nd day of the year, there are 244 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1780 John McKinley                 23rd U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1816 Henry Massey Rector                8th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1912 Winthrop Rockefeller              44th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1903 Melvin Ernest Thompson            69th Governor of Georgia
    In 1789 Richard Irvine Manning             22nd Governor of South Carolin
    In 1856 Samuel Harrison Elrod               5th Governor of South Dakota
    In 1832 Philip Watkins McKinney            46th Governor of Virginia
    In 1769 Duke of Wellington, who made Napoleon very unhappy.
    In 1830 Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones), hellraiser

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 5, Day 2
    8 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    8 Days - Mother's Day
    25 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    44 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    45 Days - Father's Day
    51 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    64 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    180 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 278 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 663 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1020 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    May Day
    In 1840 1st adhesive postage stamps (English "Penny Blacks") issued.
    In 1850 John Geary becomes 1st mayor of City of San Francisco.
    In 1860 1st school for the deaf founded.
    In 1869 Folies-Bergere opens in Paris.
    In 1884 Construction begins in Chicago on the 1st skyscraper.
    In 1892 US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island.
    In 1898 Dewey sinks the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay
    In 1928 Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration)
    In 1900  Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, U
    In 1919  Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupted, boiling the crater lake which b
             through the crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villag
    In 1928  6 children die & 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romani

 Thought for the day...
    In 1929 Henry Roberts                     45th Governor of Connecticut 
    In 1846 Joseph Maull                      25th Governor of Delaware 
    In 1961 Carl Elias Milliken               46th Governor of Maine
    In 1871 Charles Manly                      31st Governor of North Carolin
    In 1836 Richard Irvine Manning             22nd Governor of South Carolin
    In 1993 Warren Perley Knowles              37th Governor of Wisconsin 
    Some men are discovered; others are found out.

 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 
    In 2004, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Texas
    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 08 - Birthdate for   Pres. Harry S Truman       (US)
    May 11 - Statehood Day for Minnesota
    May 23 - Statehood Day for South Carolina
    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
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