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

 Today is Saturday  January 10, 2004.
 This is the 10th day of the year, there are 356 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1841 Phineas Chapman Lounsbury         37th Governor of Connecticut
    In 1815 John Jones McRae                   21st Governor of Mississippi
    In 1828 John Thompson Hoffman              26th Governor of New York
    In 1756 Benjamin Smith                     16th Governor of North Carolin
    In 1744 Thomas Mifflin                      1st Governor of Pennsylvania
    In 1843 Carroll Smalley Page               45th Governor of Vermont
    In 1738 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mtn Boys)
    In 1877 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, invented the electrostatic
            precipitator, used for pollution control and air ionizers.
    In 1904 Ray Bolger, dancer, actor (Once in Love with Amy, Wizard of Oz)
    In 1910 Galina Ulanova, Russian ballerina

 On this day...
    1st Quarter, Week 2, Day 3
    71 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Spring
            Southern Hemisphere  its Autumn
    86 Days - Daylight Savings Time 
    100 Days - Easter
    04 DAYS - RUSSIAN ORTHODOX NEW YEAR
    23 Days - GroundHog Day
    24 DAYS - U.S. National League Football Super Bowl 
    35 Days - Valentine's Day
    66 Days - St. Patrick's Day
    13 Days - Next Sunrise for Barrow, Alaska - Most Northern U.S. Ci
    In 2004 40 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2004 - New Orleans, LA, USA 
    In 2004 390 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 775 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1132 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, US
    In 2059 15000 Days until Mardi Gras 2100
    In 1776 "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is published.
    In 1840 The Penny Post mail system is started.
    In 1863 1st underground railway opens in London.
    In 1945 Los Angeles Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close.
    In 1946 UN General Assembly meets for first time
    In 1946 US Army establishes first radar contact with moon.  It's there.
    In 1949 first Jewish family show - The Goldberg's begin
    In 1951 first jet passenger trip made
    In 1969 USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus
    In 1978 Soyuz 27 is launched
    In 1883  Fire at the uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
             kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P.T. Barnum fame, escapes unhurt.
    In 1947  Greek steamer 'Himara' struck a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf
             south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard.
    In 1962  Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroyed 7 villages & kill
             3,500 people.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1886 Benjamin Conley                   41st Governor of Georgia
    In 1883 Lot M. Morrill                    23rd Governor of Maine
    In 1923 Lawrence Vest Stephens             30th Governor of Missouri 
    In 1944 Frederick Bartlett Fancher          7th Governor of North Dakota 
    In 1855 Barnabas Kelet Henagan             30th Governor of South Carolin
    If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average.

 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 17 - Death of President John Tyler
    Jan 17 - Death of President Rutherford B Hayes
    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)
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