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

 Today is Sunday  January 18, 2004.
 This is the 18th day of the year, there are 348 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1878 Thomas E. Campbell           2nd & 4th Governor of Arizona  
    In 1912 Daniel Thomas McCarty             30th Governor of Florida
    In 1925 John Victor Evans                 27th Governor of Idaho
    In 1815 Richard Yates                     13th Governor of Illinois
    In 1781 Ratliff Boon                       2nd Governor of Indiana
    In 1734 Moses Gill                         4th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1836 Thomas Jordan Jarvis               43rd Governor of North Carolin
    In 1855 Henry Carter Stuart                52nd Governor of Virginia
    In 1779 Peter Roget(of Thesaurus fame) invented slide rule, pocket chess
    In 1782 Daniel Webster, early American orator and politician.
    In 1813 Joseph Farwell Glidden, invented 1st useable barbed wire
    In 1854 Thomas A. Watson, needed by Bell.
    In 1892 Oliver Hardy, of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy.
    In 1904 Cary Grant, actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest)
    In 1913 Danny Kaye, comedian, actor, UNICEF

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 3, Day 4
    63 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    78 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    92 Days - Easter
    15 Days - GroundHog Day
    16 DAYS - U.S. National League Football Super Bowl 
    27 Days - Valentine's Day
    58 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    5 Days - Next Sunrise for Barrow, Alaska - Most Northern U.S. Cit
    In 1976 NFL Super Bowl X          Pittsburgh 21, Dallas 17
    In 2004 32 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 382 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 767 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1124 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    National Clean Off Your Desk Day
    In 1644 1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed Pilgrims in Boston.
    In 1778 Captain James Cook stumbles over the Hawaiian Islands.
    In 1869 The elegant California Theatre opens in San Francisco.
    In 1911 1st shipboard landing of a plane (from Tanforan Park to the
            USS Pennsylvania).
    In 1919 Versailles Peace Conference, ending World War I
    In 1956 Tunisian Revolution Day (National Day)
    In 1947  Small river steamer sank on the Yangtze River killing 400 people

 Thought for the day...
    In 1976 Daniel Isaac J. Thornton          32nd Governor of Colorado  
    In 1908 Charles Henry Sawyer               44th Governor of New Hampshire
    In 1819 Archibald Roane                     2nd Governor of Tennessee 
    In 1859 William Slade                      19th Governor of Vermont 
    In 1862 John Tyler                         22nd Governor of Virginia 
    In 1958 Matthew M. Neely                   21st Governor of West Virginia
    In 1862 John Tyler               Died   10th Vice President (US)
    If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very 
    carefully.

 And remember...
    ITS SUNDAY
    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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