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

 Today is Thursday  January 29, 2004.
 This is the 29th day of the year, there are 337 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1843 William McKinley              25th President (US)
    In 1751 Joseph Bradley Varnum          7th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1845 Charles Frederick Crisp       37th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1907 Paul J. Fannin                    15th Governor of Arizona  
    In 1849 Newton Crain Blanchard            28th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1869 Jared Young Sanders               29th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1802 John Stewart Barry                  4th & 8th Governor of Michiga
    In 1843 William McKinley                   39th Governor of Ohio
    In 1792 Lemuel Hastings Arnold             27th Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1816 John Laurence Manning              37th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1756 Henry Lee                           7th Governor of Virginia
    In 1886 Leslie Andrew Miller               17th Governor of Wyoming
    In 1688 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish religious leader
    In 1737 Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
    In 1843 William McKinley, 25th President (1897-1901)
    In 1850 Lawrence Hargrave, invented the box kite
    In 1860 Anton Chekhov, writer (The Cherry Orchard)
    In 1862 Frederick Delius, English composer
    In 1880 Claude William Dukenfield (better known as W.C. Fields)
    In 1901 Allen B DuMont, perfected 1st practical cathode ray tube.

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 5, Day 1
    In 1861 Kansas,            34th state in the Union    (FLAG)
    3 DAYS - U.S. National League Football Super Bowl 
    4 Days - GroundHog Day
    16 Days - Valentine's Day
    47 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    52 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    67 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    73 Days - Easter
    101 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    In 1995 NFL Super Bowl XXIX       San Francisco 49, San Diego 26
    In 2004 21 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 371 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 756 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1113 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2004 1462 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1964 SATURN SA-5
    In 1788 Australia Day
    In 1861 Kansas becomes 34th state
    In 1904 1st athletic letters given: to Univ of Chicago football team.
    In 1920 Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist $40 week with KC Slide Co
    In 1959 Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" is released

 Thought for the day...
    In 1848 John Winston Jones            20th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1954 Ole H. Olson                       18th Governor of North Dakota
    In 1815 Arnoldus Van der Horst              7th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1971 Larry B Smith          Oklahoma Highway Trooper Killed on Duty   
    Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook 
    and the violinist.

 And remember...
    ITS THURSDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2009!
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    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 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)
    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
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