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

 Today is Wednesday  January 28, 2004.
 This is the 28th day of the year, there are 338 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1818 George Sewall Boutwel              22nd Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1886 Robert LeRoy Cochran               27th Governor of Nebraska
    In 1947 Jeanne Shaheen                     83rd Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1806 William Aiken                      33rd Governor of South Carolin
    In 1815 Andrew Jackson Hamilton            12th Governor of Texas
    In 1611 Johannes Hevelius, Danzig star cataloguer
    In 1853 Jos‚ Martˇ, Cuban poet, essayist, politician
    In 1855 William Seward Burroughs, invented recording adding machine.
    In 1869 Ozaki Koyo, Japanese novelist, essayist, haiku poet (The Heart)
    In 1884 Auguste & Jean Felix Piccard, Swiss scientists, explorers
    In 1887 Artur Rubinstein, pianist
    In 1922 Robert Holley, American biochemist, worked with RNA (Nobel 1968).
    In 1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, ballet dancer

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 4, Day 7
    4 DAYS - U.S. National League Football Super Bowl 
    5 Days - GroundHog Day
    17 Days - Valentine's Day
    48 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    53 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    68 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    74 Days - Easter
    102 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    In 2001 NFL Super Bowl XXXV       Baltimore 34, N.Y. Giants 7 
    In 1996 NFL Super Bowl XXX        Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17
    In 1990 NFL Super Bowl XXIV       San Francisco 55, Denver 10
    In 2004 22 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 372 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 757 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1114 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2004 1463 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2048 19000 Days until Mardi Gras 2100
    In 1986 CHALLENGER, US SPACE SHUTTLE    EXPLODES IN FLIGHT
    In 1807 London's Pall Mall is the 1st street lit by gaslight.
    In 1821 Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
    In 1878 George W. Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator.
    In 1915 US Coast Guard established, Semper Paratus
    In 1938 1st Ski Tow starts running (in Vermont).
    In 1958 Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor
    In 1960 first photograph bounced off moon, Washington DC
    In 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, killing a brave crew and NASA.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1914 Shelby Moore Cullom               18th Governor of Illinois
    In 1936 Oscar Kelly Allen                 37th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1849 David L. Morril                    11th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1970 William Judson Holloway             8th Governor of Oklahoma
    In 1925 Augustus Osborn Bourn              50th Governor of Rhode Island 
    Never cry over spilt milk.  It could've been whiskey.

 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 
    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 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)
    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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