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

 Today is Thursday  April 28, 2005.
 This is the 118th day of the year, there are 247 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1758 James Monroe                   5th President (US)
    In 1817 Lewis Eliphalet Parsons           19th Governor of Alabama
    In 1869 Clement Calhoun Young             26th Governor of California
    In 1760 Jacques Philippe Villere           2nd Governor of Louisiana
    In 1853 William Wright Heard              27th Governor of Louisiana
    In 1758 James Monroe                10th & 14th Governor of Virginia
    In 1442 Edward IV, king of England (1461-70, 1471-83)
    In 1758 James Monroe (D-R), 5th pres (1817-25)
    In 1774 Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during
solar eclipse
    In 1795 Charles Sturt, Australian explorer
    In 1838 Tobias Asser, Dutch advocate of world law (Nobel Peace Prize 1911
    In 1950 Jay Leno, New Rochelle
    In 1878 Lionel Barrymore, actor
    In 1900 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer
    In 1906 Kurt G”del, famous mathematician (Incompleteness Theorem)
    In 1917 Robert Anderson, playwright
    In 1930 James Baker III, Reagan's Treasury Secretary
    In 1932 Carolyn Jones, Amarillo Tx
    In 1941 Ann-Margret, actress (Carnal Knowledge, Tommy), Valsjobya Sweden
    In 19?? Marcia Strassman, NYC

 On this day...
    2nd Quarter, Week 4, Day 6
    In 1788 Maryland,          7th state in the Union     (FLAG)
    11 Days - 24 hour Sunlight for Barrow, Alaska - North U.S. City
    10 Days - Mother's Day
    32 Days - U.S. Memorial Day
    47 Days - U.S. American Flag Day
     52 Days - Father's Day
    54 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Summer
            Southern Hemisphere  its Winter
    67 Days - U.S. Independence Day
    183 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    In 2005 301 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 658 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2005 1006 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    In 2005 1393 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2009
    In 1991 DISCOVERY,  US SPACE SHUTTLE    LAUNCHED   FLIGHT: 42  VEHICLE: 1
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  5:53 AM 9:02 PM
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  6:35 AM 8:09 PM
    Washington D.C. USA - Sunrise/Set   6:14 AM 7:58 PM
    Feast of St Paul of Cross, confessor
    Kiss Your Mate Day
    In  585 war between Lydia and Media (in Asia Minor) ended by solar eclips
    In 1686 1st volume of Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA is published
    In 1754 Mutiny on HMS Bounty
    In 1788 Maryland becomes 7th state
    In 1914 W H Carrier patents air conditioner
    In 1919 1st successful parachute jump
    In 1932 Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced
    In 1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed, NYC
    In 1942 "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
    In 1945 Fascist leader Mussolini & mistress captured, tried, & shot
    In 1947 Thor Heyerdahl & Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia
    In 1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
    In 1961 Warren Spahn pitches a no hitter at 41
    In 1965 Marines evacuate Americans during Dominican Rep revolution
    In 1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into Army
    In 1969 French Pres Charles de Gaulle retires
    In 1974 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon
    In 1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
    In 1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
    In 1983 Bruins 4-Isles 1 - Wales Conf Championship- Series tied 1-1
    In 1985 Billy Martin named Yankee manager for 4th time
    In 1985 Flyers ?-Isles 1 - Patrick Div Finals- Flyers win series 4-1
    In 1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
    In 1987 Development worker Ben Linder murdered by contras in Nicaragua

 Thought for the day...
    In 1827 Israel Pickens                     3rd Governor of Alabama
    In 1914 Thomas Goode Jones                28th Governor of Alabama
    In 1861 Charles Hobby Pond                21st Governor of Connecticut
    In 1885 Conrad Baker                      15th Governor of Indiana
    In 1898 Claude Matthews                   23rd Governor of Indiana
    In 1923 Knute Nelson                       12th Governor of Minnesota
    In 1802 Richard Howell                      5th Governor of New Jersey
    In 1836 James Burchill Richardson          11th Governor of South Carolin
    In 1909 Frederick Holbrook                 29th Governor of Vermont
    In 1968 Mortimer Robinson Proctor          68th Governor of Vermont
    In 1905 Fitzhugh Lee                       45th Governor of Virginia
    In 1937 John Garland Pollard               56th Governor of Virginia
    In 1884 Henry Mason Mathews                 5th Governor of West Virginia
    In 1903 DeForest Richards                   5th Governor of Wyoming
    If you see a snake, just kill it--don't appoint a committee
    on snakes.

 And remember...
    ITS THURSDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2011!
     29% of all U.S. Space Shuttle launches have occurred on Thursday
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD
    ** NOTE ** U.S. Mint released "MINNESOTA" State Quarter APR 4TH!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in July 2005!
    Apr 30 - Statehood Day for Louisiana
    May 08 - Birthdate for   Pres. Harry S Truman       (US)
    May 11 - Statehood Day for Minnesota
    May 23 - Statehood Day for South Carolina

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