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

 Today is Monday  February 16, 2004.
 This is the 47th day of the year, there are 319 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    Maxime Zakharov
    In 1812 Henry Wilson                  18th Vice President (US)
    In 1799 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland          15th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1887 Walter Augustus Huxman            27th Governor of Kansas
    In 1884 Robert Flaherty, father of the documentary film.

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 7, Day 5
    29 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    34 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    49 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    55 Days - Easter
    83 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    83 Days - Mother's Day
    100 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    In 2004 3 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 353 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 738 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1095 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2010 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2021 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2083 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2094 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    President's Day, a legal holiday
    In 1883 Ladies Home Journal begins publication.
    In 1914 First airplane flight to Los Angeles from San Francisco.
    In 1918 Lithuania proclaims its short-lived independence.
    In 1923 Howard Carter finds the tomb of Pharoah Tutankhamun
    In 1937 Nylon patented, WH Carothers
    In 1946 First commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Ct

 Thought for the day...
    In 1862 William Pennington            27th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1996 Edmund Gerald Brown, Sr.          32nd Governor of California
    In 1883 Stephen P. Hempstead               2nd Governor of Iowa
    In 1862 William Pennington                 19th Governor of New Jersey
    Life is like a sewer--you get out of it what you put into it.

 And remember...
    ITS MONDAY
    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!
    Feb 22 - Birthdate for   Pres. George Washington    (US)
    Feb 23 - Death of President John Quincy Adams
    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)
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