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

 Today is Thursday  February 12, 2004.
 This is the 43rd day of the year, there are 323 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1802 Abraham Lincoln               16th President (US)
    In 1765 John Cotton Smith                  7th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1796 Henry Dutton                      22nd Governor of Connecticut
    In 1811 James Johnson                     37th Governor of Georgia
    In 1834 Edmund Needham Morrill            13th Governor of Kansas
    In 1925 Joan Finney                       42nd Governor of Kansas
    In 1773 Jacques Dupre                      8th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1802 Abraham Lincoln, 16th President (1861-1865)
    In 1809 Charles Darwin
    In 1893 General of the Army Omar Bradley, 'The GI General'

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 7, Day 1
    2 Days - Valentine's Day
    33 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    38 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    53 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    59 Days - Easter
    87 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    87 Days - Mother's Day
    In 2003 7 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 357 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 742 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1099 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2002 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2013 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2086 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2092 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 2097 Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday
    In 1961 VENERA,     USSR SPACECRAFT     LAUNCHED
    In 1541 Santiago, Chile founded.
    In 1924 Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premiers in Carnegie Hall
    In 1934 Export-Import Bank incorporated.
    In 1945 San Francisco selected for site of United Nations Conference.
    In 1947 A daytime fireball & meteorite fall is seen in eastern Siberia
    In 1961 USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus

 Thought for the day...
    In 1817 Conrad Baker                      15th Governor of Indiana
    In 1885 Alexander Mouton                  12th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1886 Horatio Seymour                    20th & 24th Governor of New Yo
    In 1907 Frank Wayland Higgins              38th Governor of New York 
    In 1849 John Lyde Wilson                   21st Governor of South Carolin
    In 1936 Ibra Charles Blackwood             69th Governor of South Carolin
    All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

 And remember...
    ITS THURSDAY
    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 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
    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
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