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

 Today is Friday  April 2, 2004.
 This is the 93rd day of the year, there are 273 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1745 Richard Bassett                    4th Governor of Delaware
    In 1833 Thomas Howard Ruger               39th Governor of Georgia
    In 1823 Samuel W. Hale                     42nd Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1906 Daniel Killian Moore               65th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1852 Frederick Bartlett Fancher          7th Governor of North Dakota 
    In 1807 William Fisher Packer              14th Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1826 Henry Howard                       46th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1829 Alfred Henry Littlefield           49th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1894 Robert Emmet Quinn                 72nd Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1929 Frank Leroy Farrar                 24th Governor of South Dakota
    In  742 Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)
    In 1725 Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer, philanderer, adventurer
    In 1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of 150 fairy tales
    In 1834 Fr�d�ric-Auguste Bertholdi, Statue of Liberty sculptor
    In 1840 �mile Zola, French novelist (Nana)
    In 1862 Nicholas M Butler, US educator, pacifist (Nobel 1931)
    In 1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company
    In 1908 Buddy Ebsen, (Davy Crockett, Beverly Hillbillies)
    In 1910 Arnie Herber, NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
    In 1910 Irene Mayer Selznick Producer
    In 1914 Sir Alec Guiness, thespian
    In 1920 Jack Webb, actor (dum-de-dum-dum), just the facts
    In 1928 Joseph Bernardin Chicago Cardinal
    In 1935 Sharon Acker
    In 1941 Leon Russell, pianist, singer
    In 1948 Emmylou Harris, singer, Alabama
    In 1953 Debralee Scott
    In 1954 Ron Palillo

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 1, Day 1
    In 1971 J. Thurman Spybuck        Tulsa Police Sergeant Killed on Duty
    2 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    9 Days - Easter
    37 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City 
    37 Days - Mother's Day
    54 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    73 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    74 Days - Father's Day
    80 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    93 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    In 2004 307 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 692 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1049 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    Feast of St Francis of Paula, confessor
    International Children's Book Day
    In 1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le�n
    In 1792 Congress establishes Coin denominations & authorizes US Mint
    In 1845 H.L. Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of the sun
    In 1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin
    In 1865 Conf Pres Jefferson Davis fled Confederate capital of Richmond Va
    In 1917 Pres Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany
    In 1932 Lindbergh turned over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
    In 1935 Sir Watson-Watt granted a patent for RADAR
    In 1954 Plans to build Disneyland first announced
    In 1956 As the World Turns & The Edge of Night premiered
    In 1958 NACA renamed NASA
    In 1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)
    In 1961 Yuri A Gagarin, 1st man in orbit
    In 1966 USSR Luna 10, 1st to orbit the moon
    In 1970 Qatar gains independence from Britain
    In 1972 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo
    In 1972 TV show Dallas premiers
    In 1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War
    In 1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Is
    In 1984 Soyuz T-11 launched
    In 1986 George Corley Wallace announces retirement plans

 Thought for the day...
    In 1980 Stanley Forman Reed            69th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1965 Simeon Slavens Willis             46th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1976 James Albert Noe                  38th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1972 George Dewey Clyde                 10th Governor of Utah 
    In 1988 Vernon Wallace Thomson             34th Governor of Wisconsin 
    That must be wonderful!  I dont understand it at all.

 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 
    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 04 - Death of President William Henry Harrison
    Apr 12 - Death of President Franklin D Roosevelt
    Apr 13 - Birthdate for   Pres. Thomas Jefferson     (US)
    Apr 15 - Death of President Abraham Lincoln
    Apr 22 - Death of President Richard M Nixon  
    Apr 23 - Birthdate for   Pres. James Buchanan       (US)
    Apr 27 - Birthdate for   Pres. Ulysses S Grant      (US)
    Apr 28 - Statehood Day for Maryland
    Apr 28 - Birthdate for   Pres. James Monroe         (US)
    Apr 30 - Statehood Day for Louisiana
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