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

 Today is Monday  January 5, 2004.
 This is the 5th day of the year, there are 361 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    MiHail Drobitko
    In 1928 Mondale                       42nd Vice President (US)
    In 1921 John Hathaway Reed                59th Governor of Maine
    In 1821 Joseph D. Bedle                    31st Governor of New Jersey
    In 1883 Clyde Tingley                      11th Governor of New Mexico 
    In 1944 Ed Rendell              *Current*  47th Governor of Pennsylvania 
    In 1854 Edward Curtis Smith                49th Governor of Vermont
    In 1819 Leonard James Farwell               2nd Governor of Wisconsin
    In 1592 Shah Jahan, Moghul Emperor of India(1628-58), built the Taj Mahal
    In 1779 Stephen Decatur, early American Naval hero
    In 1846 Rudolf Eucken, German Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)
    In 1855 King Camp Gillette, inventor of the safety razor
    In 1876 Konrad Adenauer, German Chancellor
    In 1895 Jeannette Piccard, balloonist, Episcopal priest

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 1, Day 5
    76 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    91 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    02 DAYS - RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS
    09 DAYS - RUSSIAN ORTHODOX NEW YEAR
    28 Days - GroundHog Day
    29 DAYS - U.S. National League Football Super Bowl 
    40 Days - Valentine's Day
    71 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    18 Days - Next Sunrise for Barrow, Alaska - Most Northern U.S. Ci
    In 2004 45 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 395 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 780 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1137 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    Twelfth Night, end of Christmas season
    In 1809 Treaty of Dardanelles was concluded between Britain & France
    In 1911 San Francisco has its first official airplane race.
    In 1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side.
    In 1969 USSR Venera 5 launched.  1st successful planet landing - Venus
    In 1972 NASA announces development of Space Shuttle
    In 1975 Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
    In 1975  14 die when British freighter 'Lake Illawarra' rams pylon
             bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1796 Samuel Huntington                  2nd Governor of Connecticut 
    In 1905 William Claflin                    29th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1933 Calvin Coolidge                    51st Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1863 Moses Wisner                       12th Governor of Michigan
    In 1901 Curtis Hooks Brogden               41st Governor of North Carolin
    In 1903 Roswell Farnham                    40th Governor of Vermont 
    In 1933 Calvin Coolidge          Died   30th US President
    In 1933 Calvin Coolidge          Died   29th Vice President (US)
    What`s the most popular form of birth control?   The headache.

 And remember...
    ITS MONDAY
    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 06 - Statehood Day for New Mexico
    Jan 06 - Death of President Theodore Roosevelt
    Jan 07 - Birthdate for   Pres. Millard Fillmore     (US)
    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
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