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

 Today is Friday  April 23, 2004.
 This is the 114th day of the year, there are 252 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1791 James Buchanan                15th President (US)
    In 1818 John Gill Shorter                 17th Governor of Alabama
    In 1869 James Rolph, Jr.                  27th Governor of California
    In 1873 David William Davis               12th Governor of Idaho
    In 1853 W. Murray Crane                    43rd Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1841 John Tyler Rich                    23rd Governor of Michigan
    In 1879 Thomas Matthew Berry               14th Governor of South Dakota
    In 1923 Dolph Briscoe, Jr.                 42nd Governor of Texas
    In 1484 Julis Caesar Scaliger, Italian scholar (On the Subtlety of Things
    In 1547 Miguel DeCervantes Saavedra - Man Of LaMancha
    In 1564 William Shakespeare, bard (Hamlet, MacBeth, Julius C‘sar)
    In 1605 Boris Godunov, tsar of Muscovy (1598-1605) in Time of Troubles
    In 1791 James Buchanan (D), 15th pres (1857-61)
    In 1813 Stephen Douglas, debated Lincoln
    In 1891 Sergei Prokofiev, composer
    In 1897 Lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957)
    In 1897 Lucius D Clay, general
    In 1899 Dame Ngaio Marsh, Kiwi mystery writer & actress
    In 1902 HalldĒr Laxness, Icelandic novelist (Salka Valka) (Nobel 1955)
    In 1914 Simone Simon, French actress
    In 1916 Bud Wilkinson, college football coach (Oklahoma)
    In 1921 Janet Blair, Altoona Pa
    In 1921 Warren Spahn, left-handed pitcher (Boston/Milwaukee Braves)
    In 1926 Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut (Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3)
    In 1928 Shirley Temple Black, Santa Monica Calif, child actress & ambassa
    In 1932 Halston, fashion designer
    In 1932 Jim Fixx, jogger
    In 1936 Roy Orbison, sings about his Little Woman
    In 1939 David Birney, actor
    In 1940 Lee Majors, actor ($6,000,000 Man)
    In 1942 Sandra Dee, Bayonne NJ
    In 1943 Herve Villechaize "Da Plane!  Da Plane!"
    In 1947 Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Ireland, political activist (or 1940
    In 1949 Joyce DeWitt, Wheeling WV (3s Company)
    In 1960 Valerie Bertinelli aka Mrs Eddie Van Halen, Wilmington Del

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 4, Day 1
    In 2000 Easter
    In 1933 Henry C Morrison          Tulsa Police Detective Killed on Duty
    16 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    16 Days - Mother's Day
    33 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    52 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    53 Days - Father's Day
    59 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    72 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    188 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2004 286 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 671 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1028 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 1990 DISCOVERY,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED 24th
    Feast of St George, martyr, dragon slayer, patron of England
    Lyrid meteor shower, radiant in Hercules
    Natl Secretary Day
    In 1753 St George's Day
    In 1789 President George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY
    In 1871 Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up
    In 1896 VITASCOPE system of movie projection 1st demonstrated
    In 1915 A.C.A. became Natl Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)
    In 1940 Yanks dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
    In 1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF
    In 1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
    In 1962 1st American satellite to reach moon launched from Cape Canaveral
    In 1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satelite
    In 1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
    In 1968 United Methodist Church founded
    In 1969 Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy
    In 1971 Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space statio
    In 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
    In 1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3 - Patrick Div Finals- Flyers hold 3-0 lead
    In 1985 New Coke debuts
    In 1986 Grand Floridan Beach Resort groundbreaking
    In 1940  Dance hall fires kills 198. (Natchez, Mississippi)
    In 1969  Over 1,000 sq. mi. flooded in Shantung Province, China when stor
             surges 20 ft. high pushed flood tides 13 mi. up Yellow River Val

 Thought for the day...
    In 1896 David Howell Jerome                18th Governor of Michigan
    In 1852 John Young                         17th Governor of New York
    In 1948 Louis Benjamin Hanna               11th Governor of North Dakota
    In 1951 Charles Gates Dawes      Died   30th Vice President (US)
    Say what you mean, and mean what you say.

 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 "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 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
    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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