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

 Today is Monday  June 21, 2004.
 This is the 173rd day of the year, there are 193 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1774 Daniel D Tompkins              6th Vice President (US)
    In 1884 John Wellborn Martin              23rd Governor of Florida
    In 1890 Alvin Olin King                   36th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1808 John W. Dana                      14th & 16th Governor of Maine
    In 1781 Matthew Harvey                     15th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1946 Stephen E. Merrill                 82nd Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1774 Daniel D. Tompkins                  5th Governor of New York
    In 1951 James Douglas            *Current* 82nd Governor of Vermont
    In 1774 James Patton Preston               19th Governor of Virginia
    In 1732 Martha Washington, first lady.
    In 1882 Rockwell Kent, artist
    In 1892 Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian
    In 1905 Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher/writer (Nobel 1964, declined
    In 1921 Jane Russell, full-figured gal, in Bemidji Minnesota, (Outlaw).
    In 1935 Fran‡oise Sagan, French novelist
    In 1953 Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani opposition leader

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 12, Day 4
    In 1788 New Hampshire,     9th state in the Union
    13 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    74 Days - U.S. Labor Day
    82 Days - U.S. Patriot Day - Sept 11th
    In Northern Hemisphere  its start of Summer
            In Southern Hemisphere  its start of Winter
    129 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 227 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 612 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 969 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1317 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1993 ENDEAVOUR,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  4:45 AM 10:18 PM
    The longest day of the year: Summer Solstice.
    In 1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by the Inquisition to "abjure, curse,
            and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views.  Still in effect!
    In 1788 US Constitution effective as NH is ninth state to ratify it.
    In 1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine.
    In 1879 F. W. Woolworth opens his first store (failed almost immediately,
            so he found a new location and you know the rest...)
    In 1948 First stored computer program run, on the Manchester Mark I.
    In 1963 Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII
    In 1946  10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas, Texas.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1893 Leland Stanford                    8th Governor of California 
    In 1978 Luther W. Youngdahl                27th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1935 Angus W. McLean                    55th Governor of North Carolin
    Make new friends but keep the old, One is silver the other gold.

 And remember...
    ITS MONDAY
    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 24 - Death of Grover Cleveland
    Jun 25 - Statehood Day for Virginia
    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 
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