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

 Today is Thursday  January 8, 2004.
 This is the 8th day of the year, there are 358 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1817 John Selden Roane                  6th Governor of Arkansas
    In 1805 John Bigler                        3rd Governor of California
    In 1802 Edward Kent                        9th & 11th Governor of Maine
    In 1844 James William Dawes                 6th Governor of Nebraska
    In 1899 Sherman Adams                      71st Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1942 Bob Taft III         *Current*     67th Governor of Ohio
    In 1929 Scott Milne Matheson               12th Governor of Utah
    In 1866 William G. Conley                  18th Governor of West Virginia
    In 1587 Johannes Fabricius, Dutch astronomer who discovered sunspots
    In 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, codiscoverer of evolution
    In 1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher & founder of Doubleday & Co.
    In 1867 Emily Balch, US sociologist, feminist, pacifist (Nobel 1946)
    In 1868 Sir Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right: gravity bends light.
    In 1891 Walther Bothe, German subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)
    In 1912 Jos‚ Ferrer, actor, director (Cyrano de Bergerac)
    In 1935 Elvis Presley, singer.

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 2, Day 1
    In 2001 U.S. Currency State Quarter Released  New York
    73 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    88 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    06 DAYS - RUSSIAN ORTHODOX NEW YEAR
    25 Days - GroundHog Day
    26 DAYS - U.S. National League Football Super Bowl 
    37 Days - Valentine's Day
    68 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    15 Days - Next Sunrise for Barrow, Alaska - Most Northern U.S. Ci
    In 2004 42 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 392 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 777 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1134 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 1815 Battle of New Orleans, made a hero out of Andrew Jackson (the
            War of 1812 had ended on 12/24/1814, but nobody knew that).
    In 1880 The passing of Norton I, Emperor of the US, Protector of Mexico
    In 1932 Ratification of present San Francisco City Charter.
    In 1935 Spectrophotometer patented, by AC Hardy
    In 1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
    In 1968 US Surveyor 7 lands near crater Tycho on moon
    In 1973 USSR launches Luna 21 for moon landing
    In 1962  Dutch express train crashed into rear of a slow commuter
             train, killing 91. (Woerden, Netherlands)

 Thought for the day...
    In 1914 Simon Bolivar Buckner             30th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1818 Robert Bowie                      13th & 17th Governor of Marylan
    In 1905 Lloyd Lowndes, Jr.                48th Governor of Maryland
    In 1920 Ezra Perin Savage                  15th Governor of Nebraska
    In 1983 Thomas Lawson McCall               30th Governor of Oregon 
    In 1933 Benton McMillin                    32nd Governor of Tennessee 
    He who laughs last probably doesn`t understand the joke.

 And remember...
    ITS THURSDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2009!
    U.S. National Alert Status is HIGH - ORANGE LEVEL      4TH
    In 2004, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Michigan
    In 2005, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  California
    In 2006, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Nevada
    In 2007, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Montana
    In 2008, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Oklahoma
    All U.S. Space Shuttles Grounded.
    Atlantis    U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in Sept\Octo 2004!
    Endeavour   U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in Nov. 2004!
    Jan 09 - Statehood Day for Connecticut
    Jan 09 - Birthdate for   Pres. Richard M Nixon      (US)
    Jan 17 - Death of President John Tyler
    Jan 17 - Death of President Rutherford B Hayes
    Jan 22 - Death of President Lyndon B Johnson
    Jan 26 - Statehood Day for Michigan
    Jan 29 - Statehood Day for Kansas
    Jan 29 - Birthdate for   Pres. William McKinley     (US)
    Jan 30 - Birthdate for   Pres. Franklin D Roosevelt (US)
    Feb 03 - Death of President Woodrow Wilson
    Feb 06 - Statehood Day for Massachusetts
    Feb 06 - Birthdate for   Pres. Ronald Reagan        (US)
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