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

 Today is Thursday  February 26, 2004.
 This is the 57th day of the year, there are 309 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1844 Horace Larmon Lurton           54th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1936 Joe Frank Harris                  77th Governor of Georgia
    In 1866 Charles Calvin Moore              13th Governor of Idaho
    In 1788 John Reynolds                      4th Governor of Illinois
    In 1914 William Grant Stratton            34th Governor of Illinois
    In 1918 Otis Ray Bowen                    44th Governor of Indiana
    In 1781 Abraham J. Williams                 3rd Governor of Missouri   
    In 1833 Benjamin Franklin Prescott         39th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1867 James Fairman Fielder              46th & 48th Governor of New Je
    In 1914 Malcolm Wilson                     54th Governor of New York
    In 1849 Daniel Hartman Hastings            22nd Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1846 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
    In 1852 John Harvey Kellogg, physician, inspired flaked cereals.
    In 1866 Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 9, Day 1
    In 1922 Robert Donnelly           Tulsa Police Officer Killed on Duty
    19 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    24 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    39 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    45 Days - Easter
    73 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    73 Days - Mother's Day  
    90 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    In 2004 343 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 728 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1085 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2017 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2036 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2047 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2058 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 1863 President Lincoln signs the National Currency Act.
    In 1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony.
    In 1972  Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, W. Va. killing
             125 and leaving 4,000 homeless.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1964 Homer Martin Adkins               39th Governor of Arkansas 
    In 1923 George Clement Perkins            14th Governor of California 
    In 1933 Carl Gunderson                     11th Governor of South Dakota
    In 1960 William John Bulow                 12th Governor of South Dakota
    Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

 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 
    ** 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!
    Mar 01 - Statehood Day for Ohio
    Mar 01 - Statehood Day for Nebraska
    Mar 03 - Statehood Day for Florida
    Mar 04 - Statehood Day for Vermont
    Mar 08 - Death of President Millard Fillmore
    Mar 08 - Death of President William H Taft
    Mar 13 - Death of President Benjamin Harrison
    Mar 15 - Statehood Day for Maine
    Mar 15 - Birthdate for   Pres. Andrew Jackson       (US)
    Mar 16 - Birthdate for   Pres. James Madison        (US)
    Mar 18 - Birthdate for   Pres. Grover Cleveland     (US)
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