TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Saturday  July 9, 2005.
 This is the 190th day of the year, there are 175 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1860 A hot blast of air in the middle of a sweltering summer
            pushed the mercury up to 115 degrees at Fort Scott KS and
            Lawrence KS.
    In 1882 Ice formed on the streets of Cheyenne WY during a rare
            summer freeze.
    In 1936 The temperature hit an all-time record high of 106 degrees
            at the Central Park Observatory in New York City, a record
            which lasted until LaGuardia Airport hit 107 degrees on
            July 3rd in 1966.
    In 1968 Columbus MS received 15.68 inches of rain in 24 hours to
            establish a record for the state.
    In 1987 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Michigan.
            A tornado near Munising MI destroyed part of a commercial
            dog kennel, and one of the missing dogs was later
            found unharmed in a tree top half a mile away.
    In 1988 Twenty-three cities in the eastern U.S. reported record
            high temperatures for the date.  Alpena MI and Buffalo NY
            suffered through their sixth straight day of record heat.
            The percentage of total area in the country in the grips
            of severe to extreme drought reached 43 percent, the
            fourth highest total of record.  The record of 61 percent
            occurred during the summer of 1934.
    In 1989 Morning thunderstorms produced very heavy rain in
            southern Lower Michigan and northern Indiana.  Up to 5.6
            inches of rain was reported in Berrien County MI.  Sioux
            Falls SD reported a record high of 108 degrees.  

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