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

 Today is Wednesday  February 4, 2004.
 This is the 35th day of the year, there are 331 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1947 Dan Quayle                    44th Vice President (US)
    In 1865 Warren Terry McCray               30th Governor of Indiana
    In 1831 Oliver Ames                        38th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1902 Charles A. Lindburgh, 'Lucky Lindy'

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 5, Day 7
    In 1947 Ray Cowan                 Tulsa Police Sergeant Killed on Duty
    10 Days - Valentine's Day
    41 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    46 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    61 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    67 Days - Easter
    95 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    95 Days - Mother's Day
    In 2007 Super Bowl XLI    Pro Player Stadium   Miami, Florida
    In 2004 15 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 365 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 750 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1107 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    Independence Day, celebrated in Sri Lanka.
    In 1887 Interstate Commerce Act: Federal regulation of railroads
    In 1932 First Winter Olympics held (At Lake Placid, NY).
    In 1936 First radioactive substance produced synthetically - radium E
    In 1948 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gains independence.
    In 1957 First electric portable typewriter placed on sale, Syracuse NY
    In 1974 Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
    In 1783  Worst quake over 8 yr. period kills some 50,000. (Calabria, Ital
    In 1966  All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes in bay off Haneda Airport
             killing 133 tourists. (Japan)
    In 1971  Government exhibit under construction collapses on 200 workers,
             killing more than 65. (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

 Thought for the day...
    In 1954 William Herbert Adams             24th Governor of Colorado 
    In 1941 Louis Lincoln Emmerson            29th Governor of Illinois
    In 1898 Thomas Andrew Osborn               6th Governor of Kansas
    In 1823 John Lambert                        7th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1908 Eli C. D. Shortridge                3rd Governor of North Dakota
    To criticize the incompetent is easy; it is more difficult,
    to criticize the competent.

 And remember...
    ITS WEDNESDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2009!
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "Michigan" State Quarter Jan 26th!
    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!
    Feb 06 - Statehood Day for Massachusetts
    Feb 06 - Birthdate for   Pres. Ronald Reagan        (US)
    Feb 09 - Birthdate for   Pres. William H Harrison   (US)
    Feb 12 - Birthdate for   Pres. Abraham Lincoln      (US)
    Feb 14 - Statehood Day for Oregon
    Feb 14 - Statehood Day for Arizona
    Feb 22 - Birthdate for   Pres. George Washington    (US)
    Feb 23 - Death of President John Quincy Adams
    Mar 01 - Statehood Day for Ohio
    Mar 01 - Statehood Day for Nebraska
    Mar 03 - Statehood Day for Florida
    Mar 04 - Statehood Day for Vermont
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