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

 Today is Wednesday  January 21, 2004.
 This is the 21st day of the year, there are 345 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1821 John Breckinridge             14th Vice President (US)
    In 1784 Andrew Stevenson              15th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1846 Nathaniel Edwin Harris            58th Governor of Georgia
    In 1843 Louis Alfred Wiltz                23th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1827 Thomas Clement Fletcher            19th Governor of Missouri
    In 1908 Raymond Dancel Gary                15th Governor Of Oklahoma
    In 1883 James Henderson Duff               36th Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1827 John Ireland                       19th Governor of Texas
    In 1910 Albert Dean Rosellini              15th Governor of Washington 
    In 1950 Gary Locke                         21st Governor of Washington
    In 1866 Francis Edward McGovern            22nd Governor of Wisconsin
    Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Confederate General
    In 1743 John Fitch, had a working steamboat years before Fulton.
    In 1813 John C Fremont, mapmaker & explorer of Western US
    In 1815 Horace Wells, dentist, pioneer in use of medical anethesia.
    In 1824 Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson, Confederate general
    In 1884 Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of American Civil Liberties Union
    In 1887 Wolfgang K”hler, Gestalt psychologist (The Mentality of Apes)
    In 1941 Placido Domingo, operatic tenor

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 3, Day 7
    In 1931 James Wooley              Tulsa Police Detective Killed on Duty
    2 Days - Next Sunrise for Barrow, Alaska - Most Northern U.S. Cit
    11 DAYS - U.S. National League Football Super Bowl 
    12 Days - GroundHog Day
    24 Days - Valentine's Day
    55 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    60 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    75 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    81 Days - Easter
    In 1979 NFL Super Bowl XIII       Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31
    In 2004 29 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 379 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 764 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1121 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2004 1470 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    National Hugging Day
    In 1813 The pineapple is introduced to Hawaii.
    In 1954 The Nautilus launched, first nuclear submarine.
    In 1962 Snow falls in San Francisco, believe it or not.
    In 1979 Neptune becomes the outermost planet (Pluto moves closer).
    In 1960  Rock falls trap 437 underground at Coalbrook, South Africa.
             417 die of methane poisoning.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1857 Andrew Stevenson              15th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1977 Benjamin Travis Laney             40th Governor of Arkansas
    In 2002 John A. Love                      35th Governor of Colorado 
    In 1971 Richard B. Russell, Jr.           63rd Governor of Georgia
    In 1962 Andrew Frank Schoeppel            29th Governor of Kansas
    In 1856 Joseph Marshall Walker            14th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1872 Thomas Bragg                       33rd Governor of North Carolin
    In 1876 Charles Jackson                    32nd Governor of Rhode Island 
    In 1935 R. Livingston Beeckman             66th Governor of Rhode Island 
    Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult
    when you do.

 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 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
    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
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