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

 Today is Saturday  January 24, 2004.
 This is the 24th day of the year, there are 342 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1820 John Milton Thayer                  7th & 9th Governor of Nebrask
    In 1836 Hugh Smith Thompson                53rd Governor of South Carolin
    In 1782 Charles Kilborn Williams           22nd Governor of Vermont
    In 1816 Coles Bashford                      5th Governor of Wisconsin
    In 1712 Frederick I (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86)
    In 1888 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, built 1st rocket-powered aircraft.
    In 1949 John Belushi, commedian, actor (Sat Night Live, Blues Brothers)

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 4, Day 3
    8 DAYS - U.S. National League Football Super Bowl 
    9 Days - GroundHog Day
    21 Days - Valentine's Day
    52 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    57 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    72 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    78 Days - Easter
    106 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    In 1982 NFL Super Bowl XVI        San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21
    In 2004 26 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 376 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 761 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1118 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2004 1467 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 1985 DISCOVERY,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED
    In 1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif
    In 1899 The rubber heel is patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan.
    In 1935 1st beer in cans is sold.
    In 1982 San Francisco 49'ers win their 1st Super Bowl, 26-21.
    In 1985 15th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 3 is launched
    In 1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus finds new moons, rings
    In 1939  30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion, Chile. Damage reporte
             over 50,000 square miles.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1993 Thurgood Marshall              86th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1924 Thomas McDonald Waller            35th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1861 Robert Perkins Letcher            15th Governor of Kentucky
    In 1907 Russell Alexander Alger            20th Governor of Michigan
    In 1864 John Peter Richardson              31st Governor of South Carolin
    In 1969 Ralph E. Herseth                   21st Governor of South Dakota 
    In 1937 Andrew Jackson Montague            49th Governor of Virginia 
    Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.

 And remember...
    ITS SATURDAY
    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 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
    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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