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

 Today is Saturday  January 17, 2004.
 This is the 17th day of the year, there are 349 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1768 Smith Thompson                16th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1943 Newt Gingrich                 58th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1801 Henry Watkins Collier             14th Governor of Alabama
    In 1811 George Smith Houston              24th Governor of Alabama
    In 1935 Ruth Ann Minner        *Current*  63rd Governor of Delaware
    In 1821 Ossian Bingley Hart                9th Governor of Florida
    In 1847 James H. Hawley                    9th Governor of Idaho
    In 1816 Stephen Miller .                    4th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1918 George Michael Leader              38th Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1931 L. Douglas Wilder                  71st Governor of Virginia
    In 1706 Benjamin Franklin
    In 1771 Charles Brockden Brown, father of the American novel.
    In 1880 Mack Sennett, created Keystone Kops
    In 1942 Muhammed Ali, who floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee.

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 3, Day 3
    64 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    79 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    93 Days - Easter
    16 Days - GroundHog Day
    17 DAYS - U.S. National League Football Super Bowl 
    28 Days - Valentine's Day
    59 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    6 Days - Next Sunrise for Barrow, Alaska - Most Northern U.S. Cit
    In 1971 NFL Super Bowl V          Baltimore 16, Dallas 13
    In 2004 33 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 383 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 768 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1125 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 1773 Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66ø 33' S)
    In 1852 British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
    In 1861 Flush toilet is patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest!!).
    In 1871 1st Cable Car is patented by Andrew S. Hallidie.
    In 1893 Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic.
    In 1899 US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific
    In 1943 It was Tin Can Drive Day.
    In 1945 Liberation Day in Poland (end of Nazi occupation)
    In 1957 Nine county commission recommends creation of BART.
    In 1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km
    In 1976 Hermes rocket launched by ESA
    In 1718  53 killed at the spa at Leuherbad (Wallis) Switzerland by two
             snowslides.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1950 Henry Justin Allen                21st Governor of Kansas
    In 1882 Alexander Hamilton Bullock         28th Governor of Massachusetts
    In 1910 George Theodore Werts              37th Governor of New Jersey 
    In 1893 Rutherford B. Hayes         29th & 32nd Governor of Ohio
    In 1937 Robert Davis Carey                 11th Governor of Wyoming 
    In 1862 John Tyler               Died   10th US President
    In 1883 Rutherford B Hayes       Died   19th US President
    No one wants advice--only corroboration.

 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 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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