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

 Today is Monday  March 22, 2004.
 This is the 82nd day of the year, there are 284 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1933 Buddy Mackay, Jr.                 41st Governor of Florida
    In 1794 John Hubbard                      17th Governor of Maine
    In 1803 Abner Coburn                      25th Governor of Maine
    In 1882 Oliver Max Gardner                 56th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1921 John J. Gilligan                   62nd Governor of Ohio
    In 1913 Thomas Lawson McCall               30th Governor of Oregon

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 12, Day 4
    15 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    20 Days - Easter
    48 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    48 Days - Mother's Day
    65 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    84 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
    85 Days - Father's Day
    91 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    In 2004 318 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 703 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1060 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2015 31000 Days until Mardi Gras 2100
    In 1982 COLUMBIA,   US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    In 1996 ATLANTIS,   US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    In 1621 Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth)
    In 1733 Joseph Priestly (father of soda pop) invents carbonated water.
    In 1765 Britain enacts the now infamous Stamp Act
    In 1778 Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state
    In 1882 Congress outlaws polygamy.  Male longevity increases.
    In 1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state goes into operation
    In 1945 Arab League is founded
    In 1946 Jordan (formerly Transjordan) gains independence from Britain.
    In 1957 Earthquake gives San Francisco the shakes.
    In 1960 Schawlow and Townes obtain a patent for the laser.
    In 1963 Beatles release their first album, Please Please Me
    In 1968 President Johnson's daughter, Lynda, ordered off Cable Car
            because she was eating an ice cream cone (no food on cars!).
    In 1977 Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India
    In 1978 Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm & Market, dedicated.
    In 1981 Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6.
    In 1981 First Class Postage raised from 15 cents to 18 cents.
    In 1982 3rd Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 3 launched
    In 1934  Fire destroys Hakodate, Japan, killing 1,500, injuring 1,000.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1889 Stanley Matthews              41st U.S.S.C. JUSTICE   
    In 1945 John Hessin Clarke             61st U.S.S.C. JUSTICE  
    In 1836 John Bell                          13th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1851 Isaac Hill                         18th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1913 Frank Swett Black                  35th Governor of New York
    In 1852 Jeremiah Morrow                     9th Governor of Ohio 
    In 1986 John William Bricker               54th Governor of Ohio
    In 1844 William Carroll               6th & 9th Governor of Tennessee
    A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.

 And remember...
    ITS MONDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2010! 
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    In 2004, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Florida
    In 2005, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Minnesota
    In 2006, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Nebraska
    In 2007, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  Washington
    In 2008, U.S. Currency State Quarter to be Released  New Mexico
    All U.S. Space Shuttles Grounded.
    Atlantis    U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Endeavour   U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in March\April 2005!
    Mar 28 - Death of President Dwight D Eisenhower
    Mar 29 - Birthdate for   Pres. John Tyler           (US)
    Apr 04 - Death of President William Henry Harrison
    Apr 12 - Death of President Franklin D Roosevelt
    Apr 13 - Birthdate for   Pres. Thomas Jefferson     (US)
    Apr 15 - Death of President Abraham Lincoln
    Apr 22 - Death of President Richard M Nixon  
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